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Former Fellow Publishes Report on Heat and Labor Rights in Bangladesh

July 23, 2025

Cara Schulte, the 2024 Malini Chowdhury Fellow on Bangladesh Studies, has published a new report with Climate Rights International, ...Read more about Former Fellow Publishes Report on Heat and Labor Rights in Bangladesh

How you shouldn't study Bangladesh

July 2, 2025
The Daily Star Staff Reporter, Priyam Paul in conversation with the Co-editors of the Journal of Bangladesh Studies Dr. Farida Khan, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and Dr. Elora Shehabuddin, Professor of Gender & Women's Studies and Global...Read more about How you shouldn't study Bangladesh

The Return of Politics in Bangladesh

January 1, 2025

In October 2024, near the official residence of the chief advisor to Bangladesh's interim government, a simple sign stood out on a colorful, graffiti-splattered Dhaka wall. Written in English, the sign listed the country's three largest political parties—the Bangladesh Awami League, Bangladesh...Read more about The Return of Politics in Bangladesh

The Contest to Shape "Country Platforms"

August 30, 2024

Last month, young people in Bangladesh revolted against their government over a jobs quota bill that would have reserved 30 percent of public-sector jobs for family members of veterans of the 1971 war with Pakistan. Protestors did manage to...Read more about The Contest to Shape "Country Platforms"

Three Million: The devastating story of the Bengal Famine of 1943

March 8, 2024
The devastating story of the Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India, where at least three million people died, told for the first time by the eyewitnesses to it.Read more about Three Million: The devastating story of the Bengal Famine of 1943

New Research Underscores the Power of Play-Based Learning

October 13, 2022

A recent two-year study reveals that one of the greatest goals of early childhood development...Read more about New Research Underscores the Power of Play-Based Learning

The election-commission conundrum

April 28, 2022

At Himal Sou thasian, we are aficionados of the long read, but we do understand that both attention (and time) are scarce. That’s the thinking behind Himal Briefs – a new...Read more about The election-commission conundrum

Beyond the Accord Disrupting the unequal power relationships between global brands, suppliers and workers is essential for an ethical, sustainable industry

April 24, 2021

Eight years ago, one of the worst industrial disasters in history—the collapse of an eight storey commercial building in a sub-district of Dhaka—demonstrated to the world the heavy price of producing cheap clothing to fuel the "fast fashion" industry for consumers in the global North. After the...Read more about Beyond the Accord Disrupting the unequal power relationships between global brands, suppliers and workers is essential for an ethical, sustainable industry

Modi’s Arrest in 1971: An Indian Perspective

March 31, 2021

It is characteristic of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he managed to turn an occasion intended to celebrate the birth of Bangladesh into an episode about himself. That may not have been how it is seen in Bangladesh, but that is how it is being seen in India, where his admirers and...Read more about Modi’s Arrest in 1971: An Indian Perspective