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The story of Bangladesh’s digital rise is often told with a sense of triumph. Over the past decade, the country has moved from limited connectivity to one of the fastest growing...Read more about Bangladesh’s Journey through Digital Euphoria and Digital Dysphoria

The Earth is an active tinderbox. More than simply experiencing global warming, the Earth is experiencing Global Burning. Europe has had more than 1,700 fires since the start of 2026, burning nearly 620,600 hectares (roughly 1,500,000 acres) of land. The USA, during the same period, has...Read more about An emergency action plan for a 100% renewable Bangladesh

She hadn't planned to be there. Riya was a third-year sociology student at Dhaka University; she...Read more about From the Classroom to the Street

On 3 January 2026, the Board of Control for Cricket in India issued a quiet directive - in doing so,...Read more about Mustafissure: On an alarming crack in the cricket world

Last week a deadly fire killed 16 workers at a textile factory in Bangladesh. Workers were locked in a building with poor fire and safety conditions. There was no fire safety clearance.

Unfortunately, this was not an isolated occurrence; in the last five years, there were...Read more about Garment worker tragedies: we need to move beyond auditing and address the root cause

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

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 Studies and Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center...Read more about How you shouldn't study Bangladesh: In Conversation with the Co-editors of the Journal of Bangladesh Studies

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