Bangladesh
Indian prime minister visits Bangladesh
By Sarath Kumara and Wimal Perera, September 10, 2011
The much-anticipated visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to produce the desired transit and water-sharing deals.
British police trained Bangladeshi death squads
By Simon Whelan, January 7, 2011
Cables released by WikiLeaks reveal how the British government provides training to a Bangladeshi government paramilitary force specialising in executing political opponents.
More than 30 die in Bangladesh ferry disaster
By Wasantha Rupasingha, December 23, 2010
At least 37 people—all women and children—have drowned after a ferry collided with a sand-laden cargo vessel and sank in north-eastern Bangladesh on December 19.
The police shooting of Bangladesh garment workers
By K. Ratnayake, December 21, 2010
The killing of four textile workers is the sharpest expression of a global turn by employers and government to state violence amid the deepening international economic crisis.
Factory fire and police killings fuel discontent among Bangladeshi garment workers
By W.A. Sunil and John Chan, December 16, 2010
Tensions remain high in the Bangladeshi garment industry as a result of Sunday’s bloody crackdown by the Awami League government, in which police fatally shot four striking workers, followed two days later by a factory fire that killed more than 30 workers near Dhaka, the capital.
Bangladesh police shoot striking garment workers
By Wimal Perera, December 15, 2010
Police mobilised by the Awami League government killed four garment workers and injured at least 150 after opening fire with live bullets and tear gas shells on striking workers in Bangladesh last Sunday.
Garment workers in Bangladesh continue protests
By Sarath Kumara, August 4, 2010
Thousands of garment workers demonstrated in Bangladesh for a fifth day yesterday to demand higher pay, defying police repression and a sell-out deal between unions, employer groups and government on Sunday.
Bangladesh government cracks down on protesting garment workers
By Sarath Kumara, July 5, 2010
Sheik Hasina’s government has mobilised riot police in a bid to crush the eruption of a garment workers’ struggle against poverty wages.
Bangladesh attempts to woo foreign investment
By Wimal Perera, June 26, 2010
This month’s Bangladesh budget seeks to address the concerns of big business while the masses continue to live in dire poverty.
Bangladesh fire kills more than 120 people
By Sarath Kumara, June 5, 2010
The toll from a huge fire in one of Dhaka’s poor districts on Thursday has highlighted the indifference of successive governments to the conditions facing the country’s working people.
Bangladesh: Factory fire kills 21 garment workers
By Wimal Perera, March 4, 2010
The deplorable lack of safety standards in Bangladesh’s garment factories is a direct product of the drive for profit.
Bangladesh: The execution of Mujibur Rahman’s killers
By Wije Dias, February 17, 2010
Amid waning support for her government, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed is cynically exploiting the hangings of her father’s killers to exhort supporters to strengthen the ruling Awami League.
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