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Capitalist solution for a capitalist failure

In April 2013, a horrendous collapse of a rickety garment factory in Bangladesh killed more than 1,100 workers. The year before, fire swept through another, killing 117 people, and despite such tragedies, improvements in that country’s garment sector have been few and far between. Bangladesh-rmg-workerThe reality is that capitalism and globalization have given Western consumers cheap goods and helped emerging economies grow, but that’s usually done through the exploitation of workers and the environment. Shop floor co...

Taj Mahal to get mud-pack treatment

India’s iconic Taj Mahal monument is to be given a mud-pack to remove yellow pollution stains, archaeologists say. The treatment is hoped to restore the natural sheen and colour of the white marble monument. It will be the fourth time the 17th century mausoleum has had the treatment. tajmahalThe last mud-pack was applied in 2008, but pollution levels around the monument to love remain high and officials say it needs cleaning again. The Taj Mahal sits on the bank of the Yamuna River, at the city of Agra in India’s northern s...

The story behind USAID’s new nutrition strategy  

The international community has struggled to deliver when it comes to nutrition, but the issue is gaining unprecedented traction, and aid donors are looking for ways to take advantage of that new momentum. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s new “multi-sectoral nutrition strategy” will allow the agency to combine resources from a variety of initiatives and program areas to tackle malnutrition and childhood “stunting” like never before, said Richard Greene, senior deputy assistant to the USAID administrator. [caption id="attachment_7025" align="alignleft" width="300"]USAID

Electric revolution in transport sector

Green and yellow auto rickshaws chug through the crowded streets of New Delhi. Tuk tuks sputter on the roads in Thailand to tourists’ delight. Millions in South and Southeast Asia rely on these three wheelers—known variously as rickshaws, tuk tuks or tricycles—as an affordable mode of transportation. ebikeBut while beloved by many, the vehicles are also blamed for bottleneck congestion and pollution, spewing carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and particle matters that become trapped inside the lungs. “In many places both inside China and in other Asian cou...

Birangona women: ‘Tell the world our story’

When writer and actor Leesa Gazi was 17, her father told her a story that would leave an indelible mark. He said that after the end of the 1971 war – the war that gave Bangladesh its independence from Pakistan – he crossed paths with a convoy of trucks full of women. These were the women people had been whispering about, the ones captured from their village homes and interred in rape camps, most having witnessed the death of their family members. He saw hundreds and hundreds of them, standing up in those trucks as they were finally freed, and this was one of the abiding images he carried with him as his country took its first steps into nationhood.

Life on the streets, but to accept

When Ashraful decided he wanted a better education, he didn’t realize that it would drive him away from his family and lead him to a life on the streets, selling newspapers for a pittance just to get by. Ashraful knew what he wanted in life — a better education. And for the then 14-year-old, that opportunity lay in the busy metropolis of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. street lifeFilled with hope and determination, Ashraful left his family and the village he’d known his whole...
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