Tag: Bangladeshi
clashes between police and protesters opposed to the Prime Minister in Dhaka
Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas this Saturday July 29 to disperse protesters who were throwing stones and blocking main roads in the capital Dhaka, calling for the…
after the Rana Plaza drama, a building control system was put in place
Ten years ago, the Rana Plaza accident took place, the deadliest in the recent history of the textile industry. In Bangladesh, on April 24, 2013, 1,134 people died in the…
Bangladesh is suffocating, crushed by a record heat wave
A historic heat wave has been ravaging South and Southeast Asia, especially in Bangladesh for several days. Heat very difficult to bear in a poor and overpopulated country, and with…
Bangladesh inaugurates its first skytrain line in Dhaka
It’s a small revolution for the capital of Bangladesh. Dhaka, with its 22 million inhabitants and its infernal car traffic, inaugurates its first metro line. It took 10 years to…
Bangladesh Prime Minister received by Narendra Modi in New Delhi
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheik Hasina, is meeting her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Tuesday, September 6. On the menu of discussions: trade agreements and financial…
two Rohingya leaders shot dead in refugee camp
In Bangladesh, two leaders of the Rohingya refugee community were shot dead in a camp that hosts nearly a million people belonging to this Muslim minority who fled Burma in…
Pollution reduces the life expectancy of all humans by two years
The life expectancy of all humans is reduced by two years. Blame it on air pollution, according to the Air Quality Life Index report published by researchers at the University…
75 years later, the Indian author Aanchal Malhotra tells the score through objects
At the time of the Paris Book Festival which is currently taking place and where Indian literature is the guest of honor, meeting with Aanchal Malhotra, Indian artist and historian,…