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‘We faced so many cyclones’: how people in Bangladesh are rebuilding after climate catastrophe

27th December 2021 B8Admin

This year’s Guardian and Observer campaign supports charities fighting global climate injustice. Here, we look at Practical Action, which helps small farms in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh

The world’s bad guys are winning. Is anyone going to stand up to them?

7th February 2021 B8Admin

From the coup in Myanmar to the autocratic regimes in China and Russia, western values are under increasing threat

International

‘All these flashbacks come’: Rohingya’s teens speak out on Myanmar brutality

18th March 2018 B8Admin

Young male refugees in Bangladesh are being helped by pioneering aid efforts that try to address the hidden scars of war

Bangladesh

Africa’s new slave trade: how migrants flee poverty to get sucked into a world of violent crime

14th May 2017 B8Admin

Thousands who dream of a better life in Europe face horrors of modern slavery on way across the Sahara to Libya

International

Rise of Hindu ‘extremist’ spooks Muslim minority in India’s heartland

26th March 2017 B8Admin

In Gorakhpur, the power base of a firebrand monk, religious tension grows with Uttar Pradesh’s 40 million Muslims

International

Police and fear stalk the streets of Dhaka as clothes workers fight for more than £54 a month

17th January 2017 B8Admin

Garment workers in Bangladesh endure harsh conditions and the world’s lowest minimum wage

Bangladesh

Bangladeshi jail ‘cover-up’ as UK journalist faces trial

29th August 2016 B8Admin

Britain refuses to release prison report as 81-year-old is held for sedition