Shaon Prodhan, Shahidul Islam Shaon, Nayan Mia, Maqbul Hossain and others like them were working class and self-employed young men in Bangladesh – rickshaw pullers, vegetable vendors, welders, factory workers, tailors, and so on. They risked violence from the ruling Awami League workers and law enforcement agencies to attend rallies and meetings of the Bangladesh […]
Study: Collusive energy contracts cost Bangladesh as much as $1 billion a year
As Bangladesh grapples with an acute electricity crisis brought about through the country having insufficient foreign reserves to purchase the fuel necessary to operate the plants, a study by researchers from SOAS University of London and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) offers a window into why the costs of electricity in Bangladesh are […]
