A crippling natural gas shortage has brought industrial activity across Narsingdi to a virtual standstill, shutting down more than 100 manufacturing units for three consecutive days. Desperate to keep machinery running and fulfil commercial commitments, at least 50 factory owners have resorted to burning firewood as an emergency alternative fuel to power their steam boilers. […]

The bloody carnage of 21 August 2004 remains one of the darkest chapters in the political history of Bangladesh. On that sweltering afternoon, a series of military-grade Arges grenades tore through an Awami League rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in central Dhaka. The explosions killed 24 leaders and activists, including Ivy Rahman, the party’s women’s affairs […]