What the Rana Plaza accord changed in Bangladesh's factories
After Rana Plaza killed more than 1,100 people, brands signed a binding safety accord. It brought tens of thousands of inspections, but most brands kept out.
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Bangladesh's Grameen Bank grew from loans made in a famine
Muhammad Yunus lent his own money to villagers in the 1974 famine. By 2013 his borrowers owned 97 percent of the bank, the New York Times reported.
The largest mangrove forest on Earth is shrinking in Bangladesh
The Sundarbans shields millions of people in Bangladesh from cyclones and storm surges. Rising seas are swallowing parts of it, and salt adds strain.
Pakistani police shot Dhaka students demanding language rights
Police shot Bengali-speaking students in Dhaka in 1952 after they defied a ban on assembly. The protest helped shape Bangladesh's 1971 founding.
BRAC's schools in Bangladesh target different villages
Bangladesh's BRAC runs one-room schools in poor areas. A 2016 study found it avoids places that lack public infrastructure or have high female illiteracy.