Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s street sweepers: A megacity’s frontline force
Dhaka workforce faces increasing pressure to maintain cleanliness amid growing population, political unrest and health issues
Bangladesh Nationalist Party claims victory in pivotal election
Dynastic heir Tarique Rahman defeats Islamist challengers in post-uprising vote
Letter from Colombo: Geopolitics, cricket’s big business and a missing press pass
A radio host asks if Ireland could play in orange to avoid kit clashes at the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka
Bangladesh election could strengthen pivot toward China and away from India
Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina prioritised relations with India, but her party is excluded from today’s vote
Bangladesh’s Gen Z voters pin hopes on jobs, governance and freedom
Youth unemployment and economic frustration drive demand for political change
Bangladesh’s health system cracks under weight of climate change and industrial pollution
Dhaka, the world’s second most populous city, faces healthcare crisis that is ‘impossible’ to cope with
‘Ireland is a great place to be a writer and to grow up. I’ve also had bad experiences’
Author Adiba Jaigirdar on her dual Irish and Bangladeshi identity, anti-immigrant rhetoric, and writing the books she wished she could have read growing up
Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister, dies at 80
Acquitted earlier this year of corruption charges, Zia died after a prolonged illness
‘Made in Bangladesh’: the reality of a garment industry that fills Ireland’s shops
Bangladesh is one of the biggest exporters of garments - Ireland’s shops are filled with products of its labour
A day in the park that offers respite in Bangladeshi city set to become world’s most populous
Zia Udyan in Dhaka is where thousands of Bangladeshis from all backgrounds go to relax on Fridays
Passport for fashion aims to end industry greenwashing
Data will enable consumers to verify a fashion brand’s green claims
British MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh corruption case
The verdict on former UK minister was delivered in absentia, local media reports
‘The dead bodies float to our houses’: Life in Bangladesh, climate change’s ‘ground zero’
Bhola, in southern Bangladesh, has been called climate change’s ‘ground zero’, where its effects add to impoverishment and migration
‘Aggression in the air’: Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi community
As gardaí investigate numerous alleged assaults, many of the estimated 25,000 people here with Bangladeshi roots worry as they go about their day-to-day lives
Death sentence for ousted leader Sheikh Hasina sparks international law concerns
International rights groups condemn sentence as unfair and UN regrets imposition of capital punishment
‘We want justice for every single dead person’: Bangladesh reacts to ex-PM’s death sentence
Sheikh Hasina, tried in absentia at the country’s International Crimes Tribunal, was found guilty of crimes against humanity
Bangladesh court sentences ousted PM to death over crackdown on uprising last year
In-exile Sheikh Hasina is found guilty of crimes against humanity for ordering crackdown on a student-led uprising
‘We are divided and fighting each other’: Is Bangladesh’s Gen Z revolution falling apart?
More than a year since prime minister Sheikh Hasina was deposed, the movement is losing hope
India wary of China’s bid to tip balance of power in south Asia
For New Delhi, long-standing fears of being 'encircled' by China have never seemed more real,
RTÉ ‘pauses’ Late Late Toy Show pyjamas deal with Penneys amid China worker concerns
Retailer says there is no connection between it and cotton sourced from forced labour in China
Joy Crookes: ‘England has a way of screwing people over constantly’
Mercury-nominated singer Joy Crookes on colonialism, resilience and regarding Sinéad O’Connor as her musical godmother
How Gen Z protests are spreading revolution across Asia
Nepal is just the most recent country to have seen the ruling elite toppled by frustrated young people
Tensions flutter as flag patriotism row reaches east London’s Isle of Dogs
Right-wing activists accuse councils of being anti-British for removing Union Jacks and St George’s Crosses
At least 19 killed and 160 injured as Bangladesh air force jet crashes into college campus
More than 50 people hospitalised with burns as government promises investigation into incident in capital Dhaka
Shattered Lands. Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia: Wonderful telling of a sad history
Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan
Protests grip Bangladesh as pressure mounts on Yunus-led government
Nobel laureate took over as interim head of country last August after then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India
UN may have to halve rations to Rohingya refugees without urgent funding
Any cut would worsen hunger in the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar military leader over Rohingya campaign
Myanmar rulers deny allegations, saying security forces were carrying out legitimate operations against militants who attacked police posts
Around 1,500 killed in Bangladesh protests that ousted PM Hasina, says interim leader
Muhammad Yunus says commission investigating disappearances had found information on 1,600 cases as of October
Golden rice could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year
Evidence on the genetically modified crop is overwhelming: it poses no dangers while offering fantastic life-saving potential
Rescue ship tries to save minds as well as bodies on the Mediterranean
MSF tackles challenge of providing mental healthcare to traumatised asylum seekers and refugees
Kidnap, extortion and murder in the Mediterranean: ‘He’s giving us one option. If you don’t go, he’ll kill you’
Interviews with migrants on a rescue ship help trace their routes to Europe, which can often include legal or semi-legal portions
Former Bangladesh PM Hasina demands probe into July ‘killings and vandalism’
About 300 people died in protests against employment quotas that spiralled into push for Hasina’s overthrow
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