Families are slowly melting away from the Bay of Bengal coastline as habitats degrade. Hazel Healy speaks to new arrivals on the edge of destitution in Dhaka.
Filed in: Bangladesh Cities Climate Change Land Poverty
Bangladesh
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Ready or not: can Bangladesh cope with climate change?
New Internationalist co-editor Hazel Healy travelled there to find out how people are adapting to a warming world.
Filed in: Bangladesh Climate Change Land Water World Bank
- Hazel Healy
- April 1, 2012
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The tips are my toes
Mosharraf Hossain on how childhood polio made him determined to shake the complacency of Bangladeshi society.
Filed in: Bangladesh Disability
- Mosharraf Hossain
- November 1, 2005
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In the shadow of the torturer
Jeremy Seabrook draws an unholy line from the obscene imagery of Abu Ghraib to the growing repression in Bangladesh.
Filed in: Bangladesh Human Rights
- Jeremy Seabrook
- August 1, 2004
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Bablu Chowdhury
A floating hotel for the poor, photographed by Bablu Chowdhury from Bangladesh.
Filed in: Bangladesh
- Bablu Chowdhury
- August 1, 2004
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Abir Abdullah
Bangladeshi photographer Abir Abdullah draws inspiration from a disabled badminton player.
Filed in: Bangladesh Disability
- Abir Abdullah
- June 1, 2004
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Iqbal Hossain
A street-sweeper’s lot, photographed by Iqbal Hossain, with words by Faysal Ahmed Dadon from Bangladesh.
Filed in: Bangladesh
- Iqbal Hossain and Faysal Dadon
- May 1, 2004
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Shafiqul Alam Kiron
The infinite joy of childhood, by Bangladeshi photographer Shafiqul Alam Kiron.
Filed in: Bangladesh
- Shafiqul Alam Kiron
- April 1, 2004
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Sameera Huque
A female freedom fighter from Bangladesh’s war of independence, photographed by Sameera Huque.
Filed in: Bangladesh India Women
- Sameera Huque
- June 1, 2003
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