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A 1988 polychrome resin sculpture is displayed of the comic character Tintin and his dog snowy

A radio personality drew popular cartoon Tintin into Bangladesh scenes while quarantining — to the delight of fans

Global Cartoons

Several months ago, Bangladeshi radio personality R. J. Apu, who grew up reading the comics throughout the 1990s — and whose actual name is Zahidul Haque Apu — created cover art that shows Tintin in various cities across the country.

Trainees work at Snowtex garment factory in Dhamrai, near Dhaka, Bangladesh

‘Just a respite’: Accord to protect Bangladesh’s garment workers gets temporary extension

Justice
Clouds cover the skies over the river Ganges ahead of Cyclone Amphan, in Kolkata, India, May 19, 2020.

How to deal with a cyclone in the middle of a pandemic?

Natural disasters
Bangladesh flooded farms.

A climate migration crisis is escalating in Bangladesh

Climate Change
Garment workers block a road as they protest for higher wages.

Bangladesh garment workers re-up protest after meager pay raise

Jobs
Five young Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists vandalize a police vehicle with batons

Opposition protestors clash with police in Bangladesh as election nears

Dhaka police say they were attacked without reason. BNP leaders denounced the police actions as an “injustice” — part of a government plot to exclude BNP from upcoming elections.

Rapper Skibkhan in the video for ‘Shob Chup,’ which condemns the culture of silence around poverty and inequality in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi rappers wield rhymes as a weapon, with Tupac as their guide

Music

There is another story about youthful anger in Bangladesh. No, not radicalization. It’s the story of hip-hop.

People are seen walking past an H&M store through the reflection in the glass.

H&M’s statement about sexual harassment allegations in Bangladeshi factories

Economics

The company is a big buyer from factories in Bangladesh.

Mother and daughter

Working in a garment factory may not bring this mother and daughter long-term economic stability

Economics

Rongmala Begum, like many of Bangladesh’s garment workers, doesn’t know how old she is. She doesn’t have a birth certificate, which is common for the rural poor here. She thinks she’s in her 40s. She has an identification card, but she can’t read it. Begum is illiterate.

Garment workers

Are factories better in Bangladesh after Rana Plaza? That depends on who you ask.

Economics

The Rana Plaza collapse made companies and consumers more aware of working conditions in the clothing factories. In some places, reforms have made workers safer, but the changes are far from universal.