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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 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

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"

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

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

Himal Southasian's special issue on Bangladesh - ranging from an...Read more about Rethinking Bangladesh: A Special Issue