Regions / South Asia / Bangladesh

The outspoken artist and architect speaks to Subi Shah about what gets her fired up.

Report on Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh, by Lauren Crosby Medlicott.

Report on Shahidul Alam's criminal case by Kabir Agarwal.

For decades, Indigenous peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts have lived under the violence of military rule. Hana Shams Ahmed reports on how the Bangladesh government’s push for tourism in the region is further threatening their right to land.

Rich countries’ refuse to compensate vulnerable countries.

The photos, facts, and politics of Bangladesh.

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

Parsa Sanjana Sajid visits a popular shrine and witnesses the everyday mingling of the social and the spiritual.

Under a tree in the studios of Bangladesh’s struggling film industry, women extras in the shadows of glamour wait for work. They tell Sophie Hemery and Alice McCool their stories.

Subi Shah speaks to the internationally renowned Bangladeshi photojournalist about his notorious arrest last year and why he’s still not holding back his criticism of the government.

Her acquaintance with an Urdu poet reveals to Parsa Sanjana Sajid the deep waters of identity and prejudice.

Parsa Sanjana Sajid has been buying her colourful wares for over a decade, but behind the fragile ornaments is a life consumed by work.

What is required to be an authentic person? Parsa Sanjana Sajid ponders the answer from the bright lights of a photo studio.

Parsa Sanjana Sajid shines a light on the stigma faced by single men looking for housing.

A pocket of the city, vibrant with blossoms, is the site where destiny is always taking shape, observes Parsa Sanjana Sajid.

Chandan Robert Rebeiro captures a budding Bangladeshi photographer.

Iqbal Hossein photographs Rohingya refugees, and hears their harrowing experiences.

Bangladeshi farmers employ a new tool in their struggle against poverty and climate change... pumpkins. Kelsi Farrington reports.

The factory collapse in 2013 caused an international outcry – but have labour conditions improved? Thulsi Narayanasamy reports from Bangladesh.