Factory Fire In Bangladesh Questions Exploitation Of Workers

Bangladesh has more 4,000 ready-made clothes factories of different sizes, which are earning more than three-quarters of the countries export revenue. The world’s third-largest garments export industry employs more than 3 million workers, 90% of whom are women. Over two decades these garments factories contributed to changing the role of poor Bangladeshi women who mostly used to work as housemaids. Although the cost of labor is low Vikas Bajaj...

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Protests In Phulbari Against Open Pit Coal Mining Project

In Phulbari, 350 kilometers northwest of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, local communities have come together to raise their voices against the proposed Phulbari open pit coal mining project. On November 23, 2012 the authorities had imposed Section 144 banning gatherings of more than four people indefinitely in effort to stop the demonstrations. Thousands of people took to the streets defying the ban and today is the second day[bn]...

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Making a Difference

On September 15 I was in Cox's Bazar to attend the International Coastal Cleanup Day event arranged by Kewkaradong Bangladesh. I have written in details about it which has been published in the 9th edition of TRINO, Bangladesh's top adventure magazine. You can read it here (Page 15-21): Open publication - Free publishing - More roger payne Please click here if the above doesn't work. I have taken a number of pictures during that trip. You can find them here and here...

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Live Blogging US Elctions

As per CNN exit polls the contest seems to be neck-a neck. People are getting frustrated in the slow pace of election results. Please click on this link or this link for the latest standings. CNN: 21 moments that defined the campaign and America BREAKING: Tweets around #Election2012 just surpassed 11 million for the day. — Twitter Government (@gov) November 7, 2012 Twitter hit 20 million tweets on US election today, making it the most tweeted...

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