Dhaka
Caste on the streets
Dhaka’s street cleaners, many of them Dalits, faced a grim future even before the pandemic.
Shah Tazrian Ashrafi | Jul 21, 2020
Stranded in Geneva Camp
Life in the largest refugee camp for Bangladesh’s Urdu-speaking community.
Gabriele Cecconi | Jun 27, 2019
Scoping the bigger picture
A photography festival in Dhaka seeks new answers to the erosion of public freedoms.
Hadrien Diez | Apr 10, 2019
Out of place, out of time
Dhaka and Bangladesh are evolving on dramatically different courses.
Zafar Sobhan | Mar 26, 2019
Innocent until found protesting
Workers in Bangladesh’s garment industry see no relief despite wage increases.
Sushmita S Preetha | Mar 13, 2019
Stilettoes of steel
An interview with Dhaka-based artist Tayeba Begum Lipi.
Dilpreet Bhullar | Feb 18, 2019
Bangali bideshe
A West Bengali’s perspective of the Bangladeshi diaspora.
Garga Chatterjee | Oct 19, 2015
In the streets of Dhaka
How has the colonial legacy – and the recent past – affected the trajectory of English-language literature in Bangladesh?
Fakrul Alam | Oct 15, 2015
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