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Marriage Trafficking: How the Teknaf Corridor Turned Marriage into an Export Route.

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This report features data and infographics by Sadia Tasmim, Suhala Samsunnahar, Sayama Sharmeen Haque, Md. Ferdous Hasan Hridoy, Sadia Islam, and Sheikh Sadikur Rahman;...

Himalayan hazards are becoming more complex. Our warning systems need to catch up

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Mehebub Sahana, University of Manchester; Nimesh Dhungana, University of Manchester; Priyank Pravin Patel, Presidency University, Kolkata, and Reshma Shrestha, Kathmandu University The exact timeline of...

“We won” – But then who lost? Is democracy a tug of war?

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On the afternoon of 25th July 2026, my friends and I were twenty minutes from the Jantar Mantar protest site, near Bangla Sahib Gurudwara,...

What remains after Nepal’s Gen Z protests? Survivors reflect one year later

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Nepal observed its first Gen-Z Martyrs’ Day on September 8, 2026, with a nationwide public holiday, marking exactly one year since young protesters took to the...

International essay-writing competition for youth – 2026 (Deadline extended)

Have you seen something unfair in your community and...

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Himalayan hazards are becoming more complex. Our warning systems need to...

Mehebub Sahana, University of Manchester; Nimesh Dhungana, University of...

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“We won” – But then who lost? Is democracy a tug...

On the afternoon of 25th July 2026, my friends...

Are the US and Iran back at war? Why bombing your way to peace won’t work

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The United States has launched new airstrikes across Iran...

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India’s cockroach movement brought down a minister. Bringing real reform will be much harder

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Over the past few weeks, young people have mobilised...

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Bangladesh’s energy crisis worsens as US’s war on Iran drags on

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Rashid Ahmed waited two hours at a fuel station in Dhaka’s Mirpur district on March 10, watching the line of motorcycles stretch into the next block as the pump operator....

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Palestinians are being locked out of the digital economy

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For many people around the world, the digital economy...

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One in four of us is Disabled. It’s time the UK government heard us

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Last month’s elections in England, Scotland and Wales confirmed...

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Marriage Trafficking: How the Teknaf Corridor Turned Marriage into an Export Route.

This report features data and infographics by Sadia Tasmim, Suhala Samsunnahar, Sayama Sharmeen Haque, Md. Ferdous Hasan Hridoy, Sadia Islam, and Sheikh Sadikur Rahman;...