No hope on the horizon
No hope on the horizon

From business leaders to ordinary citizens, everyone in Bangladesh is feeling the weight of an escalating crisis. As Abu Ahmed, a former professor at Dhaka University, put it, There is no good news for the common people. Only desperation is growing. More than five and a half months have passed...

Economy stuck in quicksand of crisis
Economy stuck in quicksand of crisis

The new year ushers in a deepening economic crisis, exacerbated by money laundering, corruption, mismanagement, and looting. Economists and analysts warn that persistent challenges, such as stagnation in business and trade, labor unrest, declining investment and employment, massive defaults on...

Over 1,500 prisoners escape in Mozambique amid unrest
Over 1,500 prisoners escape in Mozambique amid unrest

More than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a Maputo prison Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by the controversial confirmation of the long-ruling Frelimo party as the winner of recent elections. A total of 1,534 detainees escaped the high-security prison located about...

Awami League perpetuates brutality: Mirza Fakhrul
Awami League perpetuates brutality: Mirza Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused the Awami League of engaging in a vicious campaign of violence and unrest nationwide. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Fakhrul alleged that even after the fall of the Awami Leagues fascist regime in a...

Apparel industry in deep crisis: 155 factories closed, millions lost jobs
Apparel industry in deep crisis: 155 factories closed, millions lost jobs

The garment, textile, and knitwear sectors in Bangladesh are in crisis, with industry leaders citing the energy shortage, labor unrest, and instability in the banking sector as the primary causes. These challenges have had a devastating impact on the industry. In the past year alone, 140 factories...

Businesspeople call for security
Businesspeople call for security

Instability in the garment sector continues to persist. Since the beginning of this year, there have been protests over wages, factory attacks over the dominance of the Jhut business after the fall of the government, and most recently, a violent incident where workers attacked the factory owners...