Saba El Kabir

Bangladesh remains bound to an analogue collateral regime. Landlessness is not marginal in rural Bangladesh; it is structural.

 At 2pm on a sweltering April day in a small workshop in rural Mymensingh, a welding machine goes silent.

In 2024, real wages fell across the board: two percent for low-skilled workers, 0.5 percent for high-skilled.

Chattogram port is congested, slow, and uncompetitive

The prices of rice, potatoes, and onions have surged, yet farmers often sell these crops at a loss.

The uprising is not supposed to be a passing eruption.

Palestinians need the siege lifted, freedom of movement restored, and their right to self-determination recognised.

Unicef notes that prolonged school closures increase the likelihood that girls will drop out permanently or be married off as families search for ways to cope.