Kolkata: the city that eats fish reared on sewage
Farmers rear sewage-fed fish to meet the West Bengal city’s growing food demand in the face of competition for wastewater and real estate
Read moreBiswanath 8UK Est. 2015
Farmers rear sewage-fed fish to meet the West Bengal city’s growing food demand in the face of competition for wastewater and real estate
Read moreKutubdia’s islanders don’t have much of a carbon footprint – most don’t have regular electricity. But they are facing the reality of a changing climate, and soon tens of millions of their fellow Bangladeshis will be at risk
Read moreFrom incessant rains to flooded rice fields, the economic impact of global warming has been keenly felt in the coastal town of Cox’s Bazar
Read more18,000 children under the age of 18 drown every year, but study finds moves to curb the deaths are stymied by view of the fatalities as ‘God’s will’
Read moreA damning study says children in the slums of Bangladesh work over 42 hours a week, often at factories supplying to the west
Read moreBangladesh scheme delivers financial support and long-term prosperity; plus, a battle against sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Read moreOverseas Development Institute survey finds 15% of six- to 14-year-olds living in poorest households work an average of 64 hours a week
Read moreLetters: Bangladesh must diversify its economy to create better jobs and strengthen workers’ rights so that women have more job options for a better future
Read moreA pilot scheme introducing speed bumps and other basic safety measures to the Dhaka-Sylhet N2 highway has shown how simple infrastructure can save lives
Read moreWhen earthquakes strike in south Asia, thousands of children are at risk from fragile school buildings. Evacuation drills are aiming to reduce the potential death toll
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