Recent Facebook posts by the Bangladesh chief adviser’s press secretary, Shafiqul Alam, attempt to argue that Bangladesh’s 2006 decision to scrap the Phulbari coal-mining project stands as one of the most economically self-sabotaging choices in the country’s history. What was celebrated as a victory for the people and the environment has, almost two decades later, […]
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