In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty
New York Times October 4, 2016 KAKHIN BIMILE, Bangladesh — Kismat Ali is a 33-year-old mason living in Kakhin Bimile, a village a few hours drive from Dhaka, Bangladesh’s crowded […]
New York Times October 4, 2016 KAKHIN BIMILE, Bangladesh — Kismat Ali is a 33-year-old mason living in Kakhin Bimile, a village a few hours drive from Dhaka, Bangladesh’s crowded […]
Voice of America June 21, 2016 DHAKA— Amid rows of low buildings in this corner of Dhaka, the stench of flesh hangs in the air. On the street, a man pushes […]
Voice of America April 1, 2016 DHAKA – Sultana Parvin is a mother of two living in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. She is petite, soft-spoken and wears a colorful headscarf. She […]
New York Times November 17, 2015 NABAKALASH, Bangladesh — Sufia Khatun wears a green sari around her thin 76-year-old frame. Round gold-rimmed glasses perch on her wizened face. When she […]
The Guardian September 1, 2015 As day labourers in India’s Maharashtra state, Ayesha Begam and her husband couldn’t afford healthcare, and did not have access to doctors and hospitals. GO […]
Roads and Kingdoms In an unprecedented campaign, thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factories are struggling to become safe places to work GO TO ARTICLE At a garment factory on the outskirts […]
NPR July 23, 2015 Sultan Mahmud’s pink shorts revealed his new prosthetic leg made of plastic and metal. The boyish 20-year-old gripped a railing and stepped forward with feet in […]
The Guardian July 14, 2015 In April 2013, Redowan Ahmed Srabon, a university student, watched in shock as news of the Rana Plaza factory collapse broke on television. Instead of […]
Christian Science Monitor July 12, 2015 DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Students like Eidia Zaman grew up knowing about the threat of cyclones and floods to her coastal country. Now a pilot […]
NPR June 19, 2014 Shahjahan Selim was a supervisor at a garment factory in Rana Plaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh. On April 24, 2013, he remembers a huge crash when the […]