Media, News & Insights in Bangladesh
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From Mass Movement to Reforms: Insights from Bangladesh’s Latest Roundtable Discussion
Bangladesh is at a pivotal juncture. Recent student-led uprisings are promising to open up shrinking civic spaces over the past 15 years. With the new interim government led by Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus, there is a renewed focus on the reforms necessary to address Bangladesh’s challenges.
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MD Zakaria
MD Zakaria serves as the program director for the South Asia Governance Fund (SAGF) Program, bringing over 15 years of extensive experience in both national and international development endeavors. Specializing […]
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Helga Fraser
Helga Fraser boasts over two decades of seasoned operations expertise, focusing on administration and human resources. Commencing her journey with The Asia Foundation in 2013 as an office executive, she […]
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Mohammad Sadat Sadruddin Shibli
Mohammad Sadat Sadruddin Shibli is a skilled professional with a career spanning more than 19 years. He currently holds the position of program director at The Asia Foundation. Throughout his […]
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Mir Junayed Jamal
Mir Junayed Jamal is a team leader at The Asia Foundation. With over nineteen years of development sector expertise in Bangladesh, he spearheads innovative initiatives in democracy, political governance, women’s […]
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Sukla Dey
Sukla Dey is a senior program manager for The Asia Foundation in Bangladesh and leads the UNESCO-funded project Hooked on Peace, and the Let’s Read program portfolio in Bangladesh. She leads educational […]
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Mohammad Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan
Mohammad Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan works with The Asia Foundation in Bangladesh as director for Finance, Grants, and Administration and is a member of the Bangladesh office’s senior leadership team. He […]
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Ainee Islam
Ainee Islam is a passionate development professional with over 13 years of experience working in Bangladesh, Nepal, Ethiopia, and the United Kingdom. She is a program director at The Asia […]
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Transforming a Time-Honored Tradition of Community Mediation
How The Asia Foundation in the 1990s worked to reform traditional community mediation in Bangladesh to make it more inclusive and more equitable.
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Reducing the Price of Justice: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Bangladesh
Alternative dispute resolution continues to serve the poor and marginalized in Bangladesh, for whom the expensive and overloaded courts are often out of reach.
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Farmers’ Congress 2024: Championing Agricultural Reform and Sustainability in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the Rural Economic and Social Welfare Organization (RESWO) and The Asia Foundation held a grand farmers’ congress in Chuadanga on June 22 as a part of its South […]
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Joyful Reading: “Let’s Read In the Park” Event Inspires Children in Dhaka
A vibrant celebration of reading and creativity took place at “Let’s Read In the Park”, bringing joy and inspiration to children across Dhaka. Supported by The Asia Foundation and organized […]
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Declining Optimism in Bangladesh: Insights from the 2024 Citizens’ Perception Survey
A recent survey by The Asia Foundation and the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) of Brac University reveals a significant decline in public optimism regarding Bangladesh’s economy and […]
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Strengthening Literacy: Let’s Read Bangladesh Hosts Capacity Building Training for Local Partners
From May 31 to June 1, The Asia Foundation’s Let’s Read team in Bangladesh organized a Capacity-Building Training session for its partner organizations. The event, held in collaboration with Light […]
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Fostering Impact Journalism for Public Interests in Bangladesh
A functioning democracy depends on journalism complemented with public interest affairs to expose anomalies and abuses of power. Grassroots correspondents play a crucial role in initiating these conversations and pushing […]
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From Tannery Waste to Biogas and Particle Boards: ILET and The Asia Foundation Build Sustainable Solutions in Bangladesh
On February 25, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology (ILET), University of Dhaka. This collaboration leverages the most advanced and innovative developments of […]
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The Right to Information: A Boot Camp for Young Activists in Bangladesh
In November 2021, in the midst of the Covid pandemic, a young Bangladeshi named Joy Sarker filed a right-to-information request with the Primary Education Office in Rangpur. He wanted to […]
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The Foundation Co-Hosts Dialogue to Address Bangladesh’s External Debt Scenario
On April 4, the Foundation co-hosted a dialogue with the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a partner of the Foundation’s South Asia Governance Program, on Bangladesh’s external debt servicing scenario. […]
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Building State’s Capacity to Strengthen Grievance Management System in Bangladesh
From April 24-25 in Bangladesh, the Bureau of Manpower, Employment, and Training (BMET) collaborated with The Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) on the comprehensive training program “Capacity Enhancement […]
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Bangladesh
We work with government, civil society organizations, the private sector, and religious and secular leaders to address contemporary development challenges in Bangladesh.
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Let’s Read Bangladesh: Fostering a Passion for Reading at the Kids Time Fair 2024
From February 16-18, our Let’s Read Bangladesh team participated in the Kids Time Fair 2024, organized by Light of Hope Ltd. The fair aimed to acquaint children and parents with […]
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The Asia Foundation Partners with Bangladeshi Organizations to Combat Disinformation
In partnership with the Institute for Environment and Development (IED), The Asia Foundation hosted a national-level network meeting to combat disinformation in Bangladesh. The December event brought together 16 diverse […]
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In Bangladesh, Preserving Indigenous Culture through Storytelling
The population of Bangladesh includes more than 54 Indigenous peoples, among them the Chakma, Marma, Tripura, Tanchangya, Chak, Pankhua, Mro, Bawm, Lushai, Khyang, and Khumi. Approximately 80 percent of this […]
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Bangladesh
Over the past 70 years, The Asia Foundation has worked with the government, civil society, community, religious leaders, and the private sector in Bangladesh. Together with our partners, we work […]
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Governing at the Margins: A Patchwork of Policies and Practices in the Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh
Following the mass forced displacement of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh beginning in August 2017, a vast humanitarian response was mobilized to provide shelter and aid to refugees […]
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The State of Bangladesh’s Political Governance, Development, and Society: According to its Citizens
By Mirza M. Hassan, Syeda Salina Aziz, Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder, Rafsanul Hoque, Sumaiya Tasnim, Raeesa Rahemin, Izlal Moin Husain, Ainee Islam The Survey of the Bangladesh People: A Democracy Perception […]
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Survey Reveals Changing Perceptions in Bangladesh’s Political, Economic, and Social Landscape
A just-published report—based on the survey titled “The State of Bangladesh’s Political Governance, Development, and Society,” jointly conducted by The Asia Foundation, Bangladesh, and BIGD of BRAC University—sheds light on […]
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The Asia Foundation’s Oporajita Team Visits Sweden for H&M Foundation’s Global Change Award Week
A team from The Asia Foundation’s Bangladesh office visited Stockholm, Sweden, on June 2023 to take part in H&M Foundation’s Global Change Award Week. The Foundation is operating as the […]
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Bangladeshi Workers in Maldives: Reforming a Vital Relationship
Abdul—not his real name—is a construction worker from Bangladesh. He works 16 to 18 hours a day laying bricks and doing masonry on a remote island 75km from Malé, the […]
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Development Letters (September 2022 Issue)
Development Letters is a quarterly peer-reviewed periodical focusing on bringing together issues, ideas, and approaches that can be researched, refined, experimented with, and investigated further. This periodical intends to advance […]
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Religious Freedom Gets an Early Warning System in Bangladesh
In the restless Rajshahi district of Bangladesh, a five-year experiment built a community warning system to prevent religious freedom violations.
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GovAsia – Glass Half Full: Civic Space and Contestation in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal
The past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in and concern over the global trend toward democratic regression. In South Asia, regulatory and institutional frameworks have become increasingly restrictive, curbing the ability of citizens and civil society organizations to occupy and use civic spaces to organize, express themselves, and participate in decisions that affect…
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Development Letters (July – August 2022 Issue)
Development Letters is a quarterly peer-reviewed periodical focusing on bringing together issues, ideas, and approaches that can be researched, refined, experimented with, and investigated further. This periodical intends to advance […]
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The Future Forecast: Asia in 2023
At the end of each year, we ask our experts across Asia to reveal what the New Year has in store. Here’s what they told us about 2023.
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Hope over Fate: the Story of BRAC
A new book tells the story of Fazlé Hasan Abed, the “mild-mannered accountant” who helped raise Bangladesh from the ashes of its violent birth and reimagined international development.
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Fighting a Pandemic of Misinformation
How a two-year program helped vulnerable communities in South Asia protect themselves from Covid-19 and the “fake-news pandemic.”
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The Thin Line between Labor Migration and Trafficking
Bangladeshis are a vital workforce for this island destination in the Indian Ocean. But for many it’s far from paradise.
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Do Cities Still Hold a Promise for Young Women in Asia?
The pandemic years have dealt a setback to young urban women in Asia. Can Asian cities still offer women a path to gender equality?
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Development Letters (April – June 2022 Issue)
Development Letters aims to promote ideas with important policy and practical implications for a developing country like Bangladesh. This publication provides a platform to introduce thought-provoking ideas on broad development […]
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Disaster Resilience Unlocks Economic Potential
Investing in disaster preparedness isn’t just an economic gamble that only pays off when disaster strikes.
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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Inequalities in Asian Cities: Focus on Female Micro-Business Owners in Khulna, Bangladesh
The Asia Foundation, in partnership with Kore Global, led an eight-city qualitative research project to explore the multidimensional impacts of Covid-19 on marginalized groups across five Asian countries. Each of […]
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4IR Workforce in Bangladesh Must Include Women—Here’s How
A coming revolution in factory productivity could restore competitiveness to Bangladesh’s all-important garment industry, but it could also leave women garment workers behind.
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Peering into the Year Ahead in Asia
The year is still young, but our country representatives are looking ahead to the trends and developments that will affect the course of peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific in 2022.
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InAsia’s Greatest Hits of 2021
As 2022 beckons, it’s time to take a fond look back at the best of InAsia from the year gone by.
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Asia Foundation and UNESCO Dhaka Celebrate Heritage in Launch of 11 Children’s Books
Dhaka Tribune and 12 other local news organizations spotlight The Asia Foundation and UNESCO Dhaka’s launch of 11 children’s books with the theme “Let’s Read about Heritage.” The virtual launch, […]
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Development Letters (July–September 2021 Issue)
Development Letters aims to promote ideas with important policy and practical implications for a developing country like Bangladesh. This quarterly publication provides a platform to introduce thought-provoking ideas on broad […]
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STITCH for RMG Global Innovation Challenge
Bangladesh is an export-oriented country, and the ready-made garment (RMG) sector accounts for 83 percent of it, employing four million people, with 59 percent of those being women. As globalization […]
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Cyber-Safe and Cyber-Positive Teens in Bangladesh
Teens from all corners of conservative Bangladesh are launching themselves into cyberspace ill-equipped for the dangers awaiting them. A new project is using positive messages to prepare them.
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Development Letters (April–June 2021 Issue)
Development Letters aims to promote ideas with important policy and practical implications for a developing country like Bangladesh. This quarterly publication provides a platform to introduce thought-provoking ideas on broad […]
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Development Letters (January–March 2021 Issue)
Development Letters aims to promote ideas with important policy and practical implications for a developing country like Bangladesh. This publication provides a platform to introduce thought-provoking ideas on broad development […]
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Bangladesh: Toward Better Governance in the Ready-Made-Garment Sector
Bangladesh’s economically important ready-made-garment sector has long relied on cheap labor to compete, but this strategy is showing its limits as productivity stagnates and millions of RMG workers earn barely enough to survive.
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Women Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh: Barely Staying Afloat
In the last decade, women entrepreneurs have made tremendous strides in Bangladesh, stepping out of the home to participate in the economy. How much of that progress will be undone by the pandemic?
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Piloting the Collective Impact Model in Bangladesh
The non-profit organization H&M Foundation (H&MF), with the support of The Asia Foundation, is launching a collaborative pilot project to provide emergency assistance to female garment workers in the wake […]
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Resilience in the Time of Covid
A five-nation initiative to blunt the impact of Covid-19 in South Asia combines international scope, local partnerships, and a question: how to prepare the most vulnerable for the next crisis.
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The Asia Foundation Releases Study on Covid-19 & Women in the Economy in South Asia
A new report series, Covid-19 & The New Normal for Women in the Economy in South Asia, provides strong empirical evidence that the economic impact of the pandemic is expected […]
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Helping an Unlikely Entrepreneur to Keep Safe and Prosper
It’s remarkable enough that Marjina Begum, born in a rural village and married at 13, now employs 560 women in a business she built herself, but she also found a way to keep them safe and Covid-free—with help from The Asia Foundation.
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Development Letters (October 2020 Issue)
Development Letters, a quarterly peer-reviewed periodical, focuses on bringing together issues, ideas, and approaches that can be researched, refined, experimented, and investigated further. This periodical intends to advance innovative research/intervention […]
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The Asia Foundation and UNESCO Dhaka Partnership in Bangladesh
On International Day of Education, The Asia Foundation in Bangladesh and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Dhaka Office jointly announced the establishment of their partnership to develop […]
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Our Predictions for 2021, Following a Year That Defied Prediction
From a pandemic that quickly swept the globe, to the storming of the U.S. capital, 2020 was a year that defied prediction. So, what can we say about 2021? After a year that derailed development trajectories across Asia, our experts look to the year ahead.
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The Best InAsia Podcasts and Posts of 2020
The year of the pandemic was a long, discontented winter that the glorious sun forgot. But it was a year we dug deep into the voices and ideas of our colleagues across Asia in our new InAsia Podcast.