11 results for Dhaka

26 November 2012

Shafiq Alam, AFP’s Bureau Chief in Dhaka, examines the consequences of a huge clothing-factory fire in Bangladesh. We also visit Brazil, Copenhagen and Lisbon.

27 March 2017

Japan’s foreign ministry has released a manual for small and medium-sized businesses that’s packed with tips on how to stay out of harm’s way overseas. To get people to read it, the ministry has decided on an unusual format…

7 July 2016

Bangladesh is still in shock after last week’s terrorist attack and now there are fears that the Dhaka shootings could devastate the nation’s economy by crippling its key industry: clothes manufacturing. In the wake of the…

28 July 2016

Japan can sometimes feel very far away – both literally and metaphorically – from the troubles of terrorism. But those days could be coming to an end. This Saturday’s annual Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival in Tokyo, usually…