Dec 07 Bangladesh Factory Where Fire Killed 112 Had Been Ruled Unsafe By Production DA The eight-story garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, where a fire killed more than 100 people and injured dozens more in the deadliest workplace catastrophe to hit the country in years, had lost its fire safety certification several months… Continue reading
Dec 16 The Daily Frame Bangladeshis hold up caricatures of war criminals during a rally Friday to mark the country's 40th Victory Day in Dhaka. Continue reading
Aug 09 Global Rise in C-Sections Troubles Experts By Talea Miller C-section rates are skyrocketing in some of the world's poorest countries for reasons that may have little to do with the health of the mother or the child. Continue reading
Jun 15 In Many Countries, Cancer Patients Face Stigma, Misperceptions By Beat Beat A growing body of research looks at perceptions of cancer and the stigma for patients, both self-inflicted and from their communities. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch As Bangladesh’s Population Grows, Slum Dwellers Struggle For Clean Water Access Special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on an innovative approach for getting water to slum dwellers in Bangladesh. The report is the latest in a series on global population issues in collaboration with National Geographic magazine and the Pulitzer Center on… Continue watching
Mar 08 Conflict over Bangladeshi Micro-lender is ‘Political’, Some Say By Larisa Epatko A Bangladeshi court has upheld the removal of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as head of the micro-lending Grameen Bank he founded, in a move his supporters are calling politically motivated. Continue reading
Sep 08 Rise of a Megacity: Bangladesh’s Dhaka Sees Population Boom By Larisa Epatko Nearly 500,000 migrants flow into Dhaka, Bangladesh, each year, leaving the countryside to try to make a living in the big city. By 2025, the United Nations estimates Dhaka will grow to about 20 million, rivaling Mexico City, Beijing and… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Megacities Reflect Growing Urbanization, But Poverty Still Rampant The World Bank says Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is the fastest growing city in the world with a population of 15 million. But as more of the world's impoverished flee to megacities for economic opportunities, the perils of urbanization… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch News Wrap: Israel Vows to Block Another Aid Ship Bound for Gaza In other news Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to stop another aid ship bound for Israel's maritime blockade on Gaza. Also, the three-day peace conference in Afghanistan came to a close with a resolution urging the government to… Continue watching
May 27 Watch News Wrap: GM Moves Closer to Bankruptcy In the day's other news, General Motors moved one step closer to bankruptcy as bondholders rejected the company's offer to trade bond debt for G.M. stock, and Chrysler's lawyers asked a federal bankruptcy court to allow it to sell the… Continue watching