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Interactive: Bangladesh Labour History · 1881 - 2026 / Fight for Justice

Miftahul Jannat
30 April 2026 • In Focus
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In conversation with Richard Wolff / Can workers seize the opportunity as Western capitalism declines?
Khairul Hassan Jahin
30 April 2026 • Big Picture
Bangladesh workers wage struggle
The expansion of wage labour and the message of May Day
Anu Muhammad
1 May 2026 • Big Picture
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A closer look at Bangladesh’s new labour law: Gains and gaps
Taslima Akther
30 April 2026 • Big Picture
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Fixing a labour justice system that fails workers
AKM Nasim Khandaker Shafin Habib Shan
30 April 2026 • Unheard Voices
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Servants of an algorithm: May Day and the fight for the South Asian digital working class
Shahram Azhar
30 April 2026 • Unheard Voices
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Beyond reform: Securing dignity for Bangladesh’s workers
Gilbert F. Houngbo
30 April 2026 • Unheard Voices
Bangladesh labour law reality for workers
Who counts as a worker?
Ishtiaq Mohammod Fakhruddin
30 April 2026 • Unheard Voices

Humans Behind the Hustle

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Why Rana Plaza survivors are still protesting

Khairul Hassan Jahin
30 April 2026 • Unheard Voices
Thirteen years after Rana Plaza, survivors demand compensation, accountability, and dignity the state has yet to deliver.
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Unseen struggles of ATM security guards in Bangladesh
Ystiaque Ahmed
30 April 2026 • Unheard Voices
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The app treats me like a number: The uncertain lives of Dhaka’s ride-hailing drivers
SB Meraj
30 April 2026 • Unheard Voices
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Between flexibility and uncertainty: The lives behind Dhaka’s food delivery
Musrat Hossain Mithila
30 April 2026 • Unheard Voices

From The Archive

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The Price of Labour

23 April 2026 • Slow Reads Special
Between 2005 and 2026, a series of industrial disasters have exposed persistent failures in workplace safety, regulatory oversight, and accountability.
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Those who remain invisible in Bangladesh’s political imagination
Philip Gain
31 January 2026 • Unheard Voices
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Interview / “Don’t reduce garment workers to victims—recognise their struggles”
Dr Rebecca Prentice, Shormila Akter
30 May 2025 • Unheard Voices
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The weight of untouchability: Rabidas community in Bangladesh
Miftahul Jannat
12 September 2025 • Unheard Voices
Bengali and Non-Bengali Riots at Karnaphuli Paper Mills
Bengali and Non-Bengali Riots at Karnaphuli Paper Mills
Azizul Rasel
9 June 2024 • In Focus
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What the government can really do for returnee women migrants
Raisa Binte Hossain Maisha Zaman
21 April 2026 • Unheard Voices
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Unthreading Partition: The politics of jute sharing between two Bengals
Anwesha Sengupta
28 July 2019 • In Focus
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The hands that clean, the Harijans we refuse to see
Mintu Deshwara
14 November 2025 • Unheard Voices
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Bound by dadan
Md Raihan Raju
31 January 2026 • Unheard Voices
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Fish stocks collapse in the Bay of Bengal, fishermen at risk
Ystiaque Ahmed
24 January 2026 • Slow Reads
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Shifting lives in the haor / A wetland losing its farmers
Khairul Hassan Jahin
24 October 2025 • Unheard Voices
How cities fail their gig workers / Insights from Melbourne and Dhaka
Lutfun Nahar Lata Andrew Copolov
18 July 2025 • Unheard Voices