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Mst Asma Mahmud

Reporter · BD

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 4, 2026
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Jul 13, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Mst Asma Mahmud

    Nepal’s claim for climate compensation and why it matters for us (opens the original)

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    Following the devastating flood in Nepal caused by part of a glacier collapsing, the country is seeking climate compensation from China, India, and the United States, arguing that major emitters should bear responsibility for climate-related harm suffered by countries that have contributed little to global warming. Nepal’s foreign minister has described the demand as a matter of moral liability, rather than charity. But does international law support such a claim? The answer is neither straightf

  2. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Mst Asma Mahmud

    If shipbreaking is regulated, why are workers still dying? (opens the original)

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    On Friday, August 14, nine workers died after suspected toxic gas exposure at the shipbreaking yard of Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries at Bhatiari in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila. An immediate report by the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) stated that the workers were cutting scrap inside an old LNG carrier when toxic gas leaked inside the vessel, killing five workers on the spot. Four more workers died in the hospital, while another 10-12 fell seriously

  3. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Mst Asma Mahmud

    Girls are winning the exam race but losing the career race (opens the original)

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    The numbers from this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations tell a striking story about Bangladesh’s girls. Like in the past eight years, female students have once again outperformed their male counterparts in SSC examinations, and this year the gap widened substantially: the pass rate among girls is 66.68 percent, while that among boys is 57.86 percent, a difference of 8.82 percentage points. Girls also secured 63,896 GPA-5 results, compared to 52,780 among boys.

  4. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Mst Asma Mahmud

    Our climate budget must prioritise the displaced (opens the original)

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    A record-breaking Tk 51,746 crore budget allocation for climate-relevant interventions, marking a 26 percent surge from the previous fiscal year, seems like an unmitigated triumph for a nation on the frontlines of environmental precarity, until one looks closely at where the money actually goes. According to the latest national climate budget data, a staggering 75.2 percent (Tk 38,906 crore) of this total allocation is earmarked solely for adaptation measures, with the bulk concentrated across t

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