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Dhaka: <keyword id="19919639" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bangladesh" source="keywords">Bangladesh</keyword>'s garment industry, a vital economic pillar, is facing a severe crisis due to a volatile mix of <keyword id="20444027" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="political-unrest" source="keywords">political unrest</keyword>, including violent protests, and catastrophic flooding, threatening to unravel years of rapid growth and global prominence. The textile and garment industry, which accounts for over 80 per cent of Bangladesh's total export earnings and contributes approximately 11 per cent to the nation's GDP, has been hit hard. <br /><br />This industry contributes significantly to export earnings and employs millions. <br /><br />Following the unprecedented anti-government protests, which reached a crescendo on August 5, Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled the country. She landed in India on August 5 and is currently staying there. <br /><br />The two-month-long anti-quota protests have led to widespread demonstrations, curfews, and violence. This unrest has not only disrupted factory operations but has also caused significant economic losses. <br /><br />Factories were forced to close, and with the peak season for Christmas shipments and the booking of next season's orders upon us, the timing of the unrest has exacerbated the crisis. <br /><br />The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (<keyword id="22930680" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="BGMEA" source="keywords">BGMEA</keyword>) recently has reported substantial financial losses, estimating a shortfall of Tk 6,400 crore (approx Rs 4,500 crore) due to the shutdowns and communication breakdowns. <br /><br />Khandoker Rafiqul Islam, the newly elected president of the BGMEA, mentioned that the goal of reaching nearly USD 45 billion in exports this year may not be achieved. <br /><br />He attributed this to disruptions in both export activities and production. <br /><br />"I think this is a temporary crisis and we will tide over it. The exact magnitude of the losses will be known later, but yes, there has been an impact," he told PTI. <br /><br />Echoing similar sentiments, former cabinet minister and president of BGMEA, Gholam Sarwar Milon, said the garment industry has been badly hit by both the political unrest and the floods, as both production and the supply chain of raw materials have been severely affected. <br /><br />"The crisis in the garment industry is unprecedented. Production is nearly 15-20 per cent less than the corresponding period last year. Several orders have dried up as investors and order suppliers are wary about investing. Several small factories have either closed down or are working on sub-contracts for big factories," he told PTI. <br /><br />According to BGMEA sources, out of 3,000 major and small garment factories in Bangladesh, nearly 800-900 have closed since last year. <br /><br />"The big factories have survived, but the small and medium factories have borne the brunt. If the situation persists, it will worsen further," he said. <br /><br />Milon suggested that the garment industry needs to diversify into making jute bags and other high-end clothing and also look for new markets. <br /><br />The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association has projected losses of around USD 58 million. The impact on the industry is compounded by the recent flooding, which has further disrupted logistics and exacerbated the economic fallout. <br /><br />Bangladesh's main port, Chattogram, through which more than 90 per cent of the country's international trade transits, has become a focal point of the chaos. The port's operations were paralysed during the political unrest, leading to significant delays in shipments. <br /><br />Factories have struggled to maintain production schedules, and backlogs at ports and airports have stretched to a month in some cases. <br /><br />To mitigate the damage, factories have turned to air freight and extended working hours, but these measures have not fully alleviated the delays. <br /><br />The president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), Mohammad Hatem, said orders are down by 15-20 per cent. <br /><br />"The industry has incurred huge losses in the last few months. In 2014, during political unrest, we suffered a similar situation. It then took us three years to return to the previous state. We hope to tide over the situation soon as Chief Advisor <keyword id="20024384" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="muhammad-yunus" source="keywords">Muhammad Yunus</keyword> is taking several steps to restore normalcy," he told PTI. <br /><br />Hatem feels that if the situation is not overcome soon, there is a growing perception that foreign investors might look at new markets in other South Asian nations. <br /><br />"However, other South Asian markets don't have the infrastructure like Bangladesh, which has such huge production capacity," he said. <br /><br />The garment industry's workforce, which employs over 4 million people directly and nearly 15 million indirectly, with a significant proportion of women, faces mounting uncertainty. <br /><br />The sector's remarkable growth over the past two decades-from USD 5 billion in exports in 2001 to nearly USD 40 billion in 2023-now stands at risk. <br /><br />The floods have compounded the challenges, causing damage to infrastructure and further complicating logistics. <br /><br />Monsoon rainfall-triggered floods in deltaic Bangladesh and upstream Indian regions have killed several people and marooned or affected nearly 3 million others in Bangladesh, posing a huge administrative challenge to the newly installed interim government amid a political transition. <br /><br />"Due to the floods, the supply chain has been badly affected. We reached a high in 2023-24 where our garment exports touched around USD 46 billion. This time it is likely to be much less," said former army major and owner of a woollen garment factory, Mahfuzur Rehman. <br /><br />The sector's growth from a small-scale operation in the early 1980s to becoming the world's second-largest apparel exporter, after China, underscores its strength. <br /><br />In the financial year 2009, Bangladesh's apparel exports were valued at USD 12 billion. By the financial year 2023-24, this figure had surged to over USD 46 billion, reflecting the industry's capacity for recovery and growth even amid adversity. <br /><br />In response to the crisis, the interim government, now led by Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, has prioritised restoring order and stability. <br /><br /> According to garment industry insiders, the path to recovery is fraught with challenges as the political instability has undermined investor confidence, and the recent flooding has further strained the already fragile infrastructure. <br /><br /> "The sector's resilience will be tested as it attempts to regain its footing and restore its reputation as a reliable global supplier," a garment industry owner, who did not wish to be named, said. <br /><br /> He added that despite the current crisis, Bangladesh's textile and garment industry has shown great strength and the ability to recover in the past.

Bangladesh garment industry faces crisis amid political unrest and floods

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has sought security assurance from the country's army chief for conducting the <keyword id="21536718" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="womens-T20-World-Cup" source="keywords">women's T20 World Cup</keyword>, scheduled to be held in October 3-20 amid <keyword id="20444027" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="political-unrest" source="keywords">political unrest</keyword> in the country following ouster of former Prime Minister <keyword id="20024637" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sheikh-Hasina" source="keywords">Sheikh Hasina</keyword>. The women's T20 World Cup is slated to be held in two Bangladesh cities ---- Sylhet and Mirpur. <br /><br />According to Cricbuzz, the <keyword id="20013507" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="BCB" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="BCB" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="BCB">BCB</keyword> has written to Bangladesh's army chief of staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman seeking security assurance for organising the tournament. <br /><br />The warm-up round for the women's T20 World Cup is set to begin on September 27. <br /><br />The <keyword id="19901177" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ICC" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="ICC" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="ICC">ICC</keyword> has been monitoring the situation after violent protests against the government led to deaths of hundreds of people and culminated with the resignation and fleeing of former PM Hasina. <br /><br />It is expected that the ICC could also opt to host the tournament at a different venue within a similar time zone, which leaves India, UAE and Sri Lanka as the choices. <br /><br />The current BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon has also fled the country along with a few others board directors, who were believed to be having the backing of the former PM's party Awami League. <br /><br />However, a few other directors remain in <keyword id="19936600" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dhaka" source="keywords">Dhaka</keyword> and hope that the tournament will not be shifted from Bangladesh. <br /><br />BCB umpiring committee chairman Iftekhar Ahmed Mithu said, "We are trying to host the tournament." <br /><br />"To be honest, there are not too many among us present in the country and on Thursday (August 8) we have sent a letter to the Army Chief regarding assurance about the security of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup as we have only two months in hand," he said. <br /><br />"ICC communicated with us two days back and we replied that we will come back to them shortly." <br /><br />"After the (interim) government is formed, still we have to give them assurance of the security considering it cannot be given by the board or any anyone else apart from a law enforcement agency of the country and so we sent the letter and after getting written assurance from them (the Army), we will inform the ICC," he added.<br /><br /><b>SEE ALSO:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/brainbees-solutions-firstcry-ipo-allotment-how-to-check-allotment-ipo-gmp-listing-date-and-more/articleshow/112403576.cms" target="_blank"></a></b><br /><br /> <b><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/brainbees-solutions-firstcry-ipo-allotment-how-to-check-allotment-ipo-gmp-listing-date-and-more/articleshow/112403576.cms" target="_blank">Brainbees Solutions (Firstcry) IPO allotment – How to check allotment, IPO GMP, listing date and more</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/indias-wearables-market-decline-for-the-first-time-as-smartwatch-shipments-fall/articleshow/112397246.cms" target="_blank"></a></b><br /><br /> <b><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/indias-wearables-market-decline-for-the-first-time-as-smartwatch-shipments-fall/articleshow/112397246.cms" target="_blank">India’s wearables market decline for the first time as smartwatch shipments fall</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/ola-wants-to-re-enter-the-quick-commerce-business-to-take-on-blinkit-and-swiggy-instamart/articleshow/112364583.cms" target="_blank"></a></b><br /><br /> <b><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/ola-wants-to-re-enter-the-quick-commerce-business-to-take-on-blinkit-and-swiggy-instamart/articleshow/112364583.cms" target="_blank">Ola wants to re-enter the quick commerce business to take on Blinkit and Swiggy Instamart</a></b><br />

BCB seeks Bangladesh army's assurance for hosting women's T20 World Cup

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A global food crisis is unfolding, spurred by the Ukraine invasion and climate events.</li><li>Food shortages have led to civil unrest in the past, with deadly consequences.</li><li>Experts warn that even if you are well-fed, rising food costs in the country will impact you.</li></ul><p>In India, the cost of lemons has skyrocketed. Jollof rice has become so expensive in Nigeria that people are skipping meals. In Mexico, avocado prices have jumped, making them a luxury few can afford. Orange groves in Florida are yielding the lowest amount of fruit in years. And in Japan, a shortage of salmon is hitting the sushi trade.</p><p>Zoom out and it's clear: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/global-food-crisis-unfolding-how-its-affecting-13-places-worldwide-2022-8">A food crisis is unfolding around the world</a>, with prices shooting up everywhere. And when that happens, everyone feels the pain. People can cut back on movies or even driving when the cost of tickets or gas surges, but everyone needs to eat.</p><p>The crisis — a long time in the making, but brought to a head by Russia's invasion of Ukraine — is already having profound effects. In Peru, protests against a jump in food and fuel costs turned deadly in April. Sri Lanka's government collapsed and its president was ousted in July, as people took to the streets to demonstrate against a scarcity of food, fuel, and medicine.</p><p>Unless urgent action is taken, experts warn that the crisis could have dire global consequences. In some countries, changes in the availability of food might alter age-old recipes and customs. Civil unrest could spread, fueling instability and even war in some of the world's poorest regions. A breakdown in food systems could drive huge waves of migration.</p><div type="image" title="A large crowd of protestors waving flags gather in front of the presidential building in Sri Lanka." height="3152" width="5184" msid="93281523" hostid="261"></div><h2><strong>'A food crisis is a price crisis'</strong></h2><p>Global food prices have surged following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February. In the US, prices jumped 10% year-over-year as of May, the biggest increase since 1981, and rose to a record 8.9% in the eurozone. Globally, things are even worse: The UN's world food price index shot up 23% year-over-year as of June. Simply put, more and more people are struggling to afford food. </p><p>"A food crisis is a price crisis," Chris Barrett, an economist and food-policy expert at Cornell University, told Insider. He said its implications are widespread and touch every person's life, even if they don't immediately realize it.</p><p>"If you worry about domestic politics, if you worry about environmental matters, if you worry about immigration matters, if you worry about diplomacy in the military, you should be paying attention to the food crisis, because it is lurking in the background, pushing those things," Barrett said.</p><p>Warnings from global organizations are growing louder and more desperate. According to the UN World Food Programme, 50 million people around the world are on the brink of famine and risk being tipped over, with the WFP's director calling it a "looming hunger catastrophe."</p><h2><strong>'It really is a bunch of crises coming together'</strong></h2><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine pushed the global food system to a breaking point. Before the war, Russia and Ukraine together accounted for 30% of globally traded <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-wheat-russia-prices-food-crisis-2022-6">wheat</a>, 20% of maize, and 70% of sunflower supplies, according to the WFP.</p><p>The war hasn't just laid waste to farms. Putin's troops have blockaded Ukraine's Black Sea coast, stopping vital agricultural products from leaving the country. Meanwhile, the conflict and the resulting Western sanctions on Russia have sent energy costs shooting up, with oil prices up more than 40% this year, which in turn drives up the cost of fertilizer.</p><p>"This issue could be easily prolonged into next year, because if you're a Ukrainian producer and your domestic price is, say, half of what it is on a global basis, your incentive or your ability to plant the next crop has been curtailed significantly due to poor margins, as you are still paying high prices for inputs," Wayne Gordon, a senior commodities strategist at UBS, told Insider. </p><p>Although the Ukraine war sparked the crisis, other factors have been bubbling for a long time. Climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the rising number of conflicts around the world have piled pressure on the global food system in recent years.</p><div type="image" title="A drying ditch of water surrounded by golden grassy hills." height="2624" width="3936" msid="93281526" hostid="261"></div><p>Warning signs have been around since long before the Russian invasion — and can largely be chalked up to the climate crisis. In 2011, for example, the Black Sea region suffered a severe drought that caused a spike in the price of food, particularly wheat. Many analysts have said it contributed to the unrest that triggered the Arab Spring. Samuel Tilleray, a sovereign credit analyst at S&amp;P Global Ratings, told Insider that "there are clear parallels" to that 2011 drought today.</p><p>Greenhouse-gas emissions have sparked unpredictable weather patterns, and a UN report from last year found that by the end of the century, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/06/13/climate-disasters-collide-with-ukraine-war-deepen-hunger-crisis/">as much as 30%</a> of current farmland could become unsuitable to grow crops.</p><p>It's something the world is already seeing now. Severe drought has limited wheat production in major production states like Kansas, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cooking-oil-shortage-ukraine-war-us-uk-indonesia-germany-netherlands-india-2022-5">cooking-oil prices have spiked</a> globally, thanks to drought in South America that limited soybean production.</p><p>The pandemic didn't help matters much, either. Cornell's Barrett said governments across the globe were "trying to revive economies struggling under the weight of the pandemic," but supply-chain disruptions were running rampant, and oil and ocean-freight prices were spiking. As a result, he said, supply was not keeping pace with demand, and prices were continuing to rise. </p><p>"Things were already really strained, and now we are facing even greater strain," Annabel Symington, a spokesperson for the World Food Programme on the global food crisis, said. "It really is a bunch of crises coming together."</p><h2><strong>The crisis impacts you</strong></h2><p>Food is a key element of any community's culture. When that element becomes scarce — or is removed altogether — civil unrest can occur. In 2008, the international price of wheat doubled, along with milk and meat, leading major producers to ban exports to ensure domestic populations would continue to have supply.</p><p>In Morocco, 10 people died in 2008 protesting the food shortages, spurring a wave of strikes and protests. In Bangladesh the same year, 10,000 workers rioted by smashing cars and vandalizing factories out of anger at spiking food prices. Experts say there's no reason this time will be different. </p><p>"High-food-price periods are associated and causally associated with a higher incidence of violence, of political unrest and social unrest," Barrett said. "They're also causally associated with higher rates of forced migration. When people can't feed their families where they live, they leave in search of food. And some of those migrations are quite treacherous."</p><p>But there are remedies — short- and long-term — that governments can employ to keep people fed. Symington, of the World Food Programme, said governments should give all they can to help avert the growing risk of famine in the world's most vulnerable regions. Barrett said that automatic safety-net provisions should always be in place to ensure there are financial resources when anyone becomes food insecure.</p><p>Over the longer term, Symington said international organizations and political leaders should also encourage a shift toward more local food production, making people less reliant on global supply chains. Barrett suggested the World Trade Organization should price stabilize exports to prevent "crazy price gyrations."</p><p>But no matter what actions governments take, life is going to get more expensive for all of us, and a lot more difficult for billions. "Even if you are well-fed and all your loved ones and neighbors are well-fed, you are impacted by this," Barrett said.</p>

We're in a global food crisis that will wreak havoc on local economies and trigger civil unrest

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13357801" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="food-scarcity" source="Orion">Food scarcity</keyword> is likely to surge in countries throughout the world due to Russia's war with Ukraine. </li><li>In the past, that's led to <keyword id="13357802" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="riots" source="Orion">riots</keyword> — most recently the <keyword id="13357803" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="arab-spring" source="Orion">Arab Spring</keyword> and <keyword id="11894142" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="food" source="Orion">food</keyword> crises in 2007 and 2008. </li></ul><p>When Vladimir Putin invaded Europe's breadbasket, he may have set off shockwaves that could cause civil unrest worldwide.</p><p>Together, Ukraine and Russia <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/oil-price-gold-platinum-russia-invades-ukraine-aluminum-nickel-wheat-2022-2">produce</a> nearly a third of the world's wheat, 19% of the world's corn, and 80% of its sunflower oil <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-europe-sunflower/eu-facing-shortfall-in-sunflower-oil-due-to-ukraine-war-producers-idUSKBN2L118T">supply</a>. The crisis in these countries means the world's food supply chain will take a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60653856">major hit</a>, putting more people at risk of starvation throughout the globe. </p><p>"I would almost say that no country is going to be immune from this kind of trifecta of political risk: pandemic hangover, rising prices, and pressure on living standards," Tina Fordham, a global political analyst, told Insider. </p><p>Soaring food prices, especially bread, have been a trigger for protests, civil unrest, and revolutions in France, Russia, and the Middle East in the past. With wheat prices up <a href="https://www.axios.com/wheat-prices-surge-russia-ukraine-middle-east-80b49d7d-9227-4786-946d-5012b8d8f373.html">70%</a> in the last month, experts worry that countries with an unstable food supply that rely on Ukraine and Russia are at particular risk. Egypt, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Yemen, in particular, get <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/03/06/1083769798/russias-war-on-ukraine-is-dire-for-world-hunger-but-there-are-solutions?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&amp;stream=top">more than half</a> of their imported calories from the region — they're looking at a possible surge of severe malnutrition and starvation. </p><h2>Hunger has driven rebellions in very recent history</h2><p>Two events in recent history renewed scholastic interest in the relationship between food prices and political instability, Slate's Joshua Keating <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2014/04/food-riots-and-revolution-grain-prices-predict-political-instability.html">wrote</a> in 2014. A food crisis in 2007 and 2008 due to <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/225na1_en.pdf">weather shocks and trade restrictions</a> to the food market triggered riots in countries like Haiti, Bangladesh, and Mozambique.</p><p>Food scarcity also played a large role in the Arab Spring, a series of anti-government protests in the Middle East in the early 2010s after international food prices <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/17/bread-food-arab-spring">shot up</a>, unemployment rose, and frustration with corrupt political systems peaked. </p><p>One of the driving forces behind the Arab Spring, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/world-july-dec11-food_09-07">experts say</a>, was the high cost of food. Shrinking farmlands, bad weather, and poor water distribution contributed to higher prices and, as a result, anti-government sentiment. </p><p>"I think that the prices of food mobilized people," Rami Zurayk, an agronomy professor at the American University of Beirut, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/world-july-dec11-food_09-07">told </a>PBS NewsHour about the Arab Spring. </p><p>In Syria, for instance, drought disrupted food production in the late 2000s. Poverty and food insecurity shot up in the country, and "the social unrest that had been simmering for a while in rural areas erupted into riots," Giulia Soffiantini, a researcher for the <em>Global Food Security Journal</em>, <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211912420300547">wrote</a> in 2020. Soffiantini said that these riots largely involved many of those young people who had left their lands because of the drought. </p><p>"While the riots that swept through Syria in March 2011 are clearly a reaction to a brutal regime far from the needs of the people and a response to the wave of political change that began in Tunisia," she said, "the civil war and the rise of rebel groups exemplifies the potential effects of food insecurity on political instability as a catalyst for social unrest." </p><p>Civil unrest is one likely outcome of the impending food crisis, Fordham said, in addition to leaders becoming more unpopular, crime, increased health and malnutrition, especially for populations in countries that are at most risk. And she says that this is going to have a powerful impact on how people view their governments and leaders. </p><p>"This is a problem for every sitting incumbent leader: Boris Johnson, Jair Bolsonaro, Joe Biden, this is the worst combination of factors for elected officials," she said. "Countries having elections in the coming months are at special risk of tensions."  </p><h2>Surging food prices have caused people to revolt in centuries past too </h2><p>Bread shortages were flashpoints for unrest throughout history, including in the <keyword id="13357805" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="french-revolution" source="Orion">French Revolution</keyword> in the late 18th century.</p><p>Tensions began in the 1700s in France, when the crown deregulated the domestic grain trade — meaning sellers were free to increase prices as they wished. That deregulation, among other factors such as a huge rise in population, contributed to food shortages and high costs. In April and May of 1775, at least 300 riots and expeditions occurred in the span of three weeks, in what was coined the "Flour War." </p><p>The rioters set the prices of grain, flour, and bread back to lower levels, Cynthia A. Bouton, a women's and gender studies professor specializing in French history, writes in her book, <em>The Flour War. </em>Farmers and merchants had no choice but to accept them, given that the alternative was pillaging. </p><p>Bouton describes people with families and jobs as being driven to rioting. The "average" person involved was "a middle-aged, married, semi-skilled wage-earning male or female with young children" whose family's survival was threatened by the increasing price of grain. </p><p>"Food rioting flourished during the 18th century and the Revolutionary period, so much so that historians have often observed that food riots were the most classic form of popular protest during that period," Bouton says.</p>

Russia is disrupting food prices worldwide and it could cause civil unrest — it's happened before

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A political cartoonist in <keyword id="6354759" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</keyword> said he is being physically abused while in police custody.</li><li>Kabir Kishore was jailed in May 2020 after posting cartoons about COVID-19 on social media.</li><li>Journalists are also being targeted elsewhere, like India and China, for their coronavirus coverage.</li></ul><p>A political journalist and cartoonist in Bangladesh who was jailed last year over his coverage of the coronavirus says he is being physically abused while in police custody, the <a href="https://cpj.org/2021/02/bangladeshi-writer-mushtaq-ahmed-dies-in-jail-cartoonist-kabir-kishore-allegedly-abused-in-custody/">Committee to Protect Journalists</a> reported.</p><p>Kabir Kishore was <a href="https://cpj.org/data/people/kabir-kishore/">imprisoned in May of 2020</a> for cartoons he made about life during the pandemic that were shared on social media. The series of cartoons, called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=AKK30M&amp;set=a.26108844592386498649">"Life in the Time of Corona,"</a> criticized the Bangladeshi government's COVID-19 response.</p><p>The cartoons, which were shared on Facebook, featured caricatures of government leaders and allegations of corruption in the healthcare system.</p><p>There were 274 journalists behind bars in 2020, according to the <a href="https://www.onefreepresscoalition.com/list">One Free Press Coalition</a>. Of those, 79% published their reporting online.</p><p><em><strong>Read more: </strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/journalism-burnout-mental-health-crisis-2021-4">Newsrooms are facing a mental-health crisis, and burnout is driving some journalists to quit</a></em></p><p>Military forces arrested Kishore last year and collected phones, external hard drives, a computer, and CDs from his home. Officials said they found evidence he was "spreading rumors to create confusions by drawing cartoons of different ruling-party leaders," <a href="https://cpj.org/data/people/kabir-kishore/">CPJ</a> reported.</p><p>Kishore was among ten journalists accused of "spreading rumors and misinformation on Facebook about the coronavirus situation," a Dhaka Metropolitan Police official told <a href="https://amp.france24.com/en/20200506-bangladesh-police-charge-11-for-spreading-virus-rumours">AFP</a>.</p><p>He was <a href="https://cpj.org/2021/02/bangladesh-charges-3-journalists-under-digital-security-act/">charged in February</a> under a law that prohibits creating propaganda or false information that could hurt the country's image or cause unrest. If convicted under the law, he could face up to 10 years in prison or an $118,000 fine, CPJ reported. He has also been denied bail multiple times.</p><p>During a hearing later that month, Kishore passed a note to his brother that said police had abused him. He said he had severe injuries to his leg and an ear that became infected due to a lack of medical care. </p><p>Out of 180 countries, Bangladesh was ranked 151 on the 2020 <a href="https://rsf.org/en/ranking">World Press Freedom Index</a>, among the lowest of nations in South Asia.</p><p>Journalists elsewhere have been targeted for their coverage of coronavirus.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-10-04/india-targets-journalists-who-report-on-covid-19">Los Angeles Times</a> reported journalists in India are being prosecuted for critical coverage of the country's pandemic response. Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.insider.com/zhang-zhan-arrested-covid-19-wuhan-risk-5-years-prison-2020-12">multiple journalists in China</a> were arrested or disappeared after sharing stories about life in Wuhan after the outbreak.</p>

A political cartoonist says he is being physically abused by police after being jailed for his coverage of coronavirus in Bangladesh

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<p>Leading global risk analytics firm <a href="http://maplecroft.com/">Maplecroft</a> have put out a midyear update of the countries facing the worst risk of conflict and political violence. All together, 48 countries around the world have seen these risks intensify over the last six months. </p>
<p>Ukraine, due to the political instability of the interim government, saw the biggest increase in risk and dropped 52 places in the stability ranking. Maplecroft expects Ukraine to drop further in its 2014 rankings when the impact of pro-Russian separatists <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iran-is-offering-to-supply-gas-to-europe-if-a-russian-energy-embargo-goes-into-effect-2014-5#!INCvU">overrunning eastern Ukraine</a> are taken into account. </p>
<p>Surprisingly, Ukraine is only the 35th least stable country in the world with Russia being designated as being more potentially unstable. </p>
<p>The Arab Spring countries altogether have seen the biggest increase in risk since 2011. Worryingly for investors, the high growth economies of Colombia, Nigeria, the Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, China, Indonesia, and Turkey are all also rated as being at 'high' or 'extreme risk.'</p>
<p>Below are the 16 most unstable countries according to the Maplecroft report. </p>
<h3>Syria</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Hosam Katan </span></p><p class="caption">Smoke rises from a site hit by what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Shaar district April 13, 2014. </p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Syria has been in a state of civil war for a little over three years and over <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/charts-of-syrian-refugees-flooding-into-lebanon-2014-4#!IPnCP">1 million refugees</a> having fled into neighboring Lebanon alone. The Syrian regime has also <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/uk-syria-clothing-sarin-chemical-weapons-assad-2013-9#!IPoO7">used Sarin gas</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-syria-opposition-claims-has-evidence-of-chlorine-gas-attack-2014-14#!IPpTr">chlorine bombs</a> against rebel fighters and civilians. </p>
<h3>Central African Republic<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>Siegfried Modola/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">An African Union (AU) soldier stands guard outside a home at the end of a funeral of two men killed by sectarian violence in the Muslim neighbourhood of Kilometre 5 (PK5) in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, on March 23, 2014.</p></div><p></p></div></h3>
<p>The UN Security Council has <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/un-peacekeepers-to-central-african-republic-2014-4#!IPuPU">unanimously voted</a> to send peacekeepers to the Central African Republic amongst fears that the sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims could spiral into genocide.</p>
<h3>Iraq</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Ako Rasheed</span></p><p class="caption">Civilians gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, January 15, 2014.</p></div><p></p></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Sectarian violence in Iraq is </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/un-peacekeepers-to-central-african-republic-2014-4#!IPuPU">reaching its worst levels</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> since the country almost descended into civil war in 2007 and 2008. Hard-line al Qaeda spin off ISIS has also </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/this-map-of-al-qaeda-in-iraq-is-terrifying-2013-12#!IPLx3">taken control</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> of vast swathes of western Iraq after exploiting the chaos in Syria as a spring board. </span></p>
<h3>South Sudan</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic</span></p><p class="caption">A man from Dinka tribe holds his AK 47 rifle in front of cows in a Dinka cattle herders camp near Rumbek, capital of the Lakes State in central South Sudan December 14, 2013. </p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>South Sudan is the world's newest country, and it is also one of the world's poorest. It has also been in a state of civil war since last December which has <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27281666">displaced</a> at least 800,000 people so far.  </p>
<h3>Afghanistan</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>Parwiz Parwiz/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">An Afghan policeman destroys poppies during a campaign against narcotics in Kunar province, April 29, 2014.</p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Afghanistan is poised to become a narco-state. Its opium production is at an <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/afghan-opium-production-is-at-an-all-time-high-2014-5#!IP1PC">all-time high</a>, U.S. troops are due to withdrawal down to minuscule numbers, and the Taliban continues to operate throughout the country. </p>
<h3>Somalia</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>AP</span></p><p class="caption">Al Shabaab fighters march in training.</p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Somalia has been without a functioning central government since the 1990s. During this time various armed groups have come to prominence, with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/al-shabaab-westgate-al-qaeda-20-2014-2#!IP9ru">al Shabaab</a> being the most worrying as it has carried out terrorist attacks across the border in Kenya. </p>
<h3>Democratic Republic of Congo</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">Militants in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo carry weapons through the jungle.</p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo has been in a state of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/these-7-conflicts-were-the-worst-since-rwanda-2014-4#!IQb5p">civil war since 1996</a>. During this time over 5 million people have died and violence, famine, and displacement remain constants in life in eastern regions of the DRC. </p>
<h3>Libya</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>Esam Al-Fetori / REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">A protester in Libya burns the flag during a demonstration against the new central government.</p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Libya has faced growing unrest since Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown during the Arab Spring in 2011. Since then, Libya has faced difficulties establishing a central government, curtailing <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-should-deploy-troops-into-africa-2014-1#!IQqHk">weapons shipments</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-insight-armed-militias-hold-libya-hostage-2014-30#!IQoIV">disarming former militias</a>, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/libya-threatens-to-bomb-north-korean-tanker-if-it-ships-oil-from-seized-port-2014-3#!IQpFg">controlling its oil exports</a>.  </p>
<h3>Sudan</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>AP</span></p><p class="caption">A burning village after an attack by pro-government rebel forces.</p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>The Darfur conflict in Sudan, labeled a genocide by many in the international community, is still <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/these-7-conflicts-were-the-worst-since-rwanda-2014-4#!IQte1">continuing at low levels</a>. Other minorities in Darfur <a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/May-05/255429-ex-bishop-says-sudan-air-force-targeted-church-hospital.ashx#axzz30qxGCa4J">frequently complain</a> of discrimination by the Arab-dominated government, with some having taken up arms.</p>
<h3>Pakistan</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>AP Images</span></p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Pakistan has been embroiled for years in a battle against the Pakistani Taliban, who have targeted <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/05/world/asia/pakistan-violence/">NATO workers</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=newssearch&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCgQ-AsoAjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fworld%2Fpakistan%2FWHO-slaps-travel-restrictions-on-Pakistan-over-polio-fears%2Farticleshow%2F34694992.cms&amp;ei=FqlnU7rQJIjjsAT02ICIBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHw-rrd_xG7ghz89iK4Y-NFzRvfug&amp;sig2=dkJdFG9k6ltsM09H0pxPWw&amp;bvm=bv.65788261,d.cWc">health care professionals</a>, and Pakistani soldiers. The country is also the frequent target of U.S. drone attacks and supports large numbers of Afghan refugees.</p>
<h3>Colombia</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>Jorge Cabrera/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">Military police keep watch at a checkpoint outside a military facility where drug trafficker Carlos Arnoldo Lobo is detained in Mateo, on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa May 3, 2014. </p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Colombia has been fighting drug cartels and a range of rebel forces, including FARC, for years. Rebels <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/05/02/rebel-attack-on-colombia-pipeline-causes-oil-spill/">frequently attack</a> economic interests, such as pipelines. Colombia also has a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-honduras-venezuela-have-worlds-highest-murder-rates-un-2014-10#!IQ9su">startling murder rate</a> of 30.8 per 100,000 people. </p>
<h3>Yemen</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi</span></p><p class="caption">Men look at wall graffiti depicting a U.S. drone along a street in Sanaa, Yemen, November 9, 2013. </p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Yemen has become one of the key centers for a resurgence of al Qaeda in the world. The Yemeni branch of al Qaeda acts relatively in the open, has support, and has <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yara-bayoumy-al-qaeda-vows-to-strike-america-in-new-video-2014-4#!IRink">pledged to attack</a> western interests. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/drone-strike-kills-al-qaeda-suspects-in-yemen-2014-4#!IRilb">Drone strikes</a> have also become a fact of life in Yemen. </p>
<h3>Myanmar</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>Minzayar Minzayar/REUTERS</span></p><p class="caption">Rohingya people wait to receive their share of food aid from the World Food Program (WFP) at the Thae Chaung camp for internally displaced people in Sittwe, Rakhine state, April 24, 2014.</p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Myanmar has been shifting slowly away from a military dictatorship. However, during this time it has <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/drone-strike-kills-al-qaeda-suspects-in-yemen-2014-4#!IRilb">severely limited rights</a> of its Muslim minority, allowed radical Buddhist monks to incite crowds to violence, and has kicked Doctors Without Borders out of the country. </p>
<h3>Egypt</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany</span></p><p class="caption">A man walks near debris after an explosion near a security building in Egypt's Nile Delta city of Mansoura on Dec. 24, 2013.</p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Egypt has had an extremely rocky transition after the Arab Spring forced Mubarak to resign. The first elected president, Muhammad Morsi, was <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/egypt-ban-on-r4bea-rabea-signs-in-facebook-2013-12#!IRRrq">forced from power</a> by the military, which has proceeded to crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood and hand down <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-egyptian-court-recommends-death-sentence-for-683-brotherhood-supporters-2014-28#!IRPe0">mass death sentences</a>. Terrorists have also taken advantage of the chaos to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/drone-strike-kills-al-qaeda-suspects-in-yemen-2014-4#!IRilb">carry out attacks</a> throughout the country.</p>
<h3>Nigeria</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde</span></p><p class="caption">A damaged car is seen at the scene of a car bomb blast in Nyanya, Abuja, May 2, 2014. </p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Nigeria is facing a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nigeria-is-melting-down-2014-5#!IR1EB">myriad of threats</a>. Boko Haram has carried out a five year terrorist campaign culminating in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-nigerias-boko-haram-claims-abduction-of-over-200-schoolgirls-2014-05#!IR73X">kidnapping 230 girls</a> in the north of the country. The country is also facing hefty corruption problems and falling oil prices upon which it is dependent for growth.</p>
<h3>Russia</h3>
<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container"><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>Stringer Russia / Reuters</span></p><p class="caption">Russian special forces stood guard in Sochi before the start of the Olympics.</p></div><p></p></div></p>
<p>Although Putin is facing amazingly high approval ratings following his actions in Ukraine, the situation in Russia is disintegrating. Russia has started viciously <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-putins-surveillance-denial-was-clearly-wrong-2014-4#!ISvUQ">censoring the internet</a>, arresting political dissidents, and Russia's demography is in <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/03/numbers-vladimir-putin-doesnt-want-you-to-see">complete shambles</a>.</p>

The 16 Countries With The Biggest Risk Of Violence And Unrest

<p><table class="image-container float_right" width="200"><tr><td><div class="image"></div><p class="source"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dhaka-Bangladesh.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a></p></td></tr></table>Hundreds of thousands of <keyword id="6361097" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="islam">Islam</keyword>ists rallied in Dhaka after an overnight "long march" to the Bangladeshi capital, demanding the execution of atheist bloggers for defaming Islam.</p>
<p>It is the latest <keyword id="6359715" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="protest">protest</keyword> to rack <keyword id="6354759" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</keyword>, deepening tensions between secularists and the largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, whose leaders are under trial for crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence.</p>
<p>The Islamists converged on Dhaka's main commercial hub to protest against what they say are blasphemous writings by atheist bloggers, defying a pro-government national strike by secular protesters -- who staged a smaller rival protest in Dhaka Saturday -- aimed at resisting the march.</p>
<p>Police said about 100,000 people attended the rally during which protesters chanted "God is great, hang the atheist bloggers".</p>
<p>Protest organizers, who called the rally the "long march" with many traveling from remote villages, put the number at more than half a million, as Dhaka's Motijheel commercial area turned into a sea of white robes.</p>
<p>"I've come here to fight for Islam. We won't allow any bloggers to blaspheme our religion and our beloved Prophet Mohammed," said Shahidul Islam, an imam at a mosque outside Dhaka who walked 20 kilometres (13 miles).</p>
<p>Hefajat-e-Islam, an Islamic group which draws support from tens of thousands of seminaries, organized the rally in support of its 13-point demand including enactment of a blasphemy law to prosecute and hang atheist bloggers.</p>
<p>There has been vociferous debate between staunch atheists and fundamentalists in Bangladesh's social media for years, but it took a deadly turn in February when an anti-Islam blogger was murdered.</p>
<p>This week four online writers were arrested on charges of hurting religious sentiment through their Internet writings against Islam.</p>
<p>Following recent <keyword id="6354896" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="protests">protests</keyword> over the on-going war crimes tribunal the government has blocked about a dozen websites and blogs to stem the unrest. It has also set up a panel, which includes intelligence chiefs, to monitor blasphemy on social media.</p>
<p>Under the country's cyber laws, a blogger or Internet writer can face up to ten years in jail for defaming a religion.</p>
<p>Dhaka has been virtually cut off from the rest of the country since Friday afternoon -- when secularists called a 22-hour nationwide strike to obstruct the march -- as private transport operators stopped services fearing clashes between Islamists and secular protesters.</p>
<p>Hefajat-e-Islam has accused the government of ordering the transport shutdown to try to foil its march to the capital. While the secularists claim the main goal of the march is to halt the war crime trials of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, a charge the Islamists deny.</p>
<p>On Friday, a ruling party activist was shot dead after the secularists clashed with hundreds of seminary students holding a rally in support of the march, local police chief Yasir Arafat told AFP.</p>
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<keyword id="19895063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="India" source="keywords">India</keyword> on Tuesday named a tried and tested squad for the <keyword id="21536718" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Womens-T20-World-Cup" source="keywords">Women's T20 World Cup</keyword> under the leadership of <keyword id="19939186" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Harmanpreet-Kaur" source="keywords">Harmanpreet Kaur</keyword>, hoping the experienced bunch takes the team to an elusive ICC trophy. Barring Uma Chetry, all the squad members who were part of an unsuccessful Asia Cup campaign in July have been retained for the marquee event beginning in the UAE from October 3. <br /><br /> The competition was shifted to the UAE from Bangladesh following unrest in the South Asian nation owing to a students' protest. <br /><br /> Spin all-rounder Shreyanka Patil and top-order batter Yastika Bhatia have been included in the squad subject to fitness. Shreyanka had fractured her finger during the Asia Cup game against Pakistan while Bhatia is recovering from a knee injury. <br /><br /> Following the loss to Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final, Kaur will be under pressure to lead her team to the coveted title. The men were finally to able get the monkey off their back and win an ICC title after an 11 year gap back in June. <br /><br /> The women, who too have all the resources at their disposal, would be expected to cross the finishing line on this occasion. <br /><br /> Kaur first captained the team in the 2018 edition and since then India have reached one final but it has largely been a story of missed opportunities. <br /><br /> Their biggest challenge will be to beat Australia as usual. Both teams are in the same group which also includes Pakistan and Sri Lanka. <br /><br /> On expected lines, the squad is loaded with spinners including Deepti Sharma, Asha Sobhana and Radha Yadav. The two specialist pacers are Renuka Singh and Arundhati Reddy while Pooja Vastrakar is the sole fast bowling all-rounder. Titas Sadhu is a notable name missing in the pace department. <br /><br /> "Given the players we have it's a good squad. Hope Yastika and Sheyanka get fit," former India captain Diana Edulji told PTI. <br /><br /> Star batter Smriti Mandhana has been named Kaur's deputy and like always will be the key at the top of the order. <br /><br /> Besides the thin fast bowling resources, India are also not a side full of power-hitters. Kaur and Richa Ghosh will be responsible for producing the big hits in the middle overs phase of the game. <br /><br /> India will open their campaign against New Zealand on October 4. <br /><br /> India's squad for Women's <keyword id="19921630" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="T20-World-Cup" source="keywords">T20 World Cup</keyword>: <br /><br /> Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk)*, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil*, Sajana Sajeevan.<br /><br /><strong>SEE ALSO:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/apple-iphone-16-to-be-launched-on-september-9-heres-everything-we-know-so-far/articleshow/112828818.cms">Apple iPhone 16 to be launched on September 9 – here’s everything we know so far</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/a-company-with-8-employees-looking-to-raise-12-crore-ended-up-getting-applications-worth-over-4700-crore/articleshow/112824522.cms">Delhi firm with just 8 employees seeks ₹12 crore via IPO, gets ₹4,700 crore worth of investor applications!</a><br /><br /></strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/telegram-comes-under-the-scanner-in-india-for-extortion-and-gambling-will-it-be-banned-in-india/articleshow/112807370.cms"><strong>Telegram comes under the scanner in India for extortion and gambling – will it be banned in India?</strong></a><br />

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