Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s poison water
Two decades after potentially deadly toxins were found in Bangladesh’s water supply, twenty million residents are still being affected. A......
Boatloads of Bangladeshi refugees sent back by Indonesia
What is going on with the Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees? Indonesia has accused Australia of abrogating our responsibilities and has......
Rana Plaza factory collapse: One year on
On the 24th of April 2013 the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh claiming 1,129 lives and injuring a......
Workers rights in Bangladeshi factories: keeping the pressure up
Do you remember the of the Tazreen factory fire in Bangladesh that killed 112 people? Today the owners of the......
Fashion is a killer – another fire in Bangladesh
A factory fire overnight has added ten more to the thousands of Bangladeshi textile workers have died this year because......
Turning a blind eye to fatal fashion
In response to the death of over 400 industrial workers in Bangladesh an international agreement has been made to prevent......
Where are your clothes made?
Last week in Bangladesh, a retail manufacturing building collapsed, killing more than 400 workers and injuring more than 2500 in......
Bangladeshi deaths examined in ‘Crossfire’ exhibition
How much death do we really need to see? It’s a question which springs up regularly in the media and......
Bagladeshis warn world to take notice of their climate problems
With 710 kilometres of lowlying coastline subject to frequent storms, Bangladesh is a country particularly vulnerable to climate change. Two......
Australian aid to be invested in coal mining in Bangladesh
This week Madrid’s hosting an annual meeting of the board of governors for the international financier the Asian Development Bank......