Power-Crisis

Scorching summer heat, the ongoing FIFA World Cup, and one of the worst power crises in the country's history have combined to intensify public suffering. Bangladesh recorded a record 3,431 megawatts of load shedding late Sunday night, the highest ever in the country's history. Although the situ...

It is 5 PM. An unnatural silence hangs over a weaving factory in Koroitala village of Narayanganj’s Araihazar Upazila. This silence is described as "unnatural" because, typically, this is the busiest time for workers, with the rooms echoing the rhythmic "clack-clack" of the looms.Standing beside a r...