Rohingyas in Southern Bangladesh Wary of Burmese Reforms

While the Myanmar government takes significant strides in political reform, Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh fear their condition may not change any time soon.

Bangladesh Trying to Stay Polio-free

Mobile health teams in Bangladesh are conducting “child-to-child” searches to reach the remaining half million children not vaccinated during a nationwide polio immunization campaign launched on January 7.

Indigenous Groups Face Land-grabbing in Northern Bangladesh

Northern Bangladesh’s mostly Hindu indigenous people are still coming under land-grabbing pressure from the country’s predominantly Bengali Muslim population, say activists.

Death Toll Mounting At the Bangladesh-India Border Despite Indian Government No-shooting Decree

The death toll at the Bangladesh-India border continues to mount three months after the Indian government instructed its border security forces to stop shooting civilians suspected of being undocumented migrants or a threat to national security, say local...

Boom in Bangladesh Brings Few Benefits to Islanders

While a recent boost in income for thousands of islanders living near Bangladesh’s northern border district of Kurigram has transformed mud huts into concrete homes, overall conditions are still dangerously precarious for most, say locals and aid...

Ethnic Bengalis Living Near the Bangladesh-India Border Campaign for Citizenship

Thousands of ethnic Bengalis living near the Bangladesh-India border have for decades found themselves citizens of one nation but bound within the sovereign territory of another. In recent months they have escalated their campaign for a land swap that...

Ethnic Minorities in Bangladesh Face Higher School Drop-out Risk

Ethnic minority children in Bangladesh from the southeast Chittagong Hill Tracts are among the country’s least literate and at heightened risk of dropping out of school, say experts and community leaders.

Old, Alone And Without Support in Bangladesh

As their numbers grow and their family support weakens, elderly people in Bangladesh are not getting the social protection they need, say campaigners and researchers.

Bangladesh’s High-growth Mobile Phone Sector Buying Into Disaster Risk Reduction

Bangladesh’s high-growth mobile phone sector is buying into disaster risk reduction, and the cyclone-affected costal region stands to gain most, say government officials, aid workers and private sector sources.