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Redwan Ahmed
Redwan Ahmed
SCMP Contributor
Redwan Ahmed is an award-winning freelance multiplatform journalist based in Bangladesh. His work focuses on the exploitation of workers in the country's garment industry, human rights violations and climate crises.

Syndicates in both countries send thousands of Bangladeshis to Malaysia for fake jobs, labour advocates say, forcing them into illegal overstay as they seek new jobs to pay debts.

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Turnout was low after voters apparently heeded an opposition call to stay away, dismayed by the collapse in freedom of speech and safety to dissent in recent years.

Critics of PM Sheikh Hasina say her rule, since 2009, has brought in corruption, hyper-nationalism, erosion of freedoms and violence against her political rivals.

Across Asia’s Muslim nations, Pride Month has remained muted, with LGBTQ events an easy target for religious hardliners and opportunistic politicians.

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Fast-growing Dhaka is struggling to deal with the mountains of trash generated by its 23 million inhabitants. But it has big plans to start turning its garbage into energy – and even dreams of being ‘zero waste’ one day.

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