Saif Hasnat

Dhaka

Cricket Correspondent at United News of Bangladesh (UNB)

Independent Reporter at The New York Times

Journalist | Cricket at @UNBnewsroom, Bangladesh at @NYTimes (independently) | Seen in @HuffPost, @TheQuint | Insta/Threads: saif.hasnat

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Articles

Garment lifeline teeters on tariff tightrope

3 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Alex Travelli |Saif Hasnat

IT was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh. Last summer, amid an economic collapse, protesters toppled a tyrant and pushed the country to the brink of chaos. Then in April, as a new government was still working to steady Bangladesh’s economy, came the devastating news that the United States was placing a new 37% tariff on the country’s goods. Bangladesh relies on revenue from its exports to buy fuel, food and other essentials.
Bangladesh's Ousted Leader Sheikh Hasina Faces New Arrest Warrant

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Saif Hasnat |Mujib Mashal

The war crimes tribunal that Sheikh Hasina herself founded has now charged her in the crackdown that killed well more than a thousand demonstrators. A special court in Bangladesh on Sunday issued an arrest warrant for the ousted leader Sheikh Hasina, as prosecutors sought to hold her accountable for the deaths of more than a thousand protesters in the final months of her authoritarian rule.
Bangladesh Bans the Political Party of Its Ousted Former Ruler

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Saif Hasnat

Sheikh Hasina fled the country after a mass uprising against her government, but the party she led remained a factor in Bangladeshi politics. The interim government of Bangladesh on Saturday announced that it would ban all activities of the Awami League, the political party of the country's ousted leader Sheikh Hasina, under the country's antiterrorism act until several legal cases against the party and its leaders have concluded.
Tariffs Could Wreck What Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Have Gained

1 month ago | portside.org | Alex Travelli |Saif Hasnat

Tariffs Could Wreck What Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Have Gained Published May 9, 2025 It was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh. Last summer, amid an economic collapse, protesters toppled a tyrant and pushed the country to the brink of chaos. Then a month ago, as a new government was still working to steady Bangladesh’s economy, came the devastating news that the United States was placing a new 37 percent charge on the country’s goods.
Tariffs could wreck what Bangladesh’s garment workers have gained

1 month ago | telegraphindia.com | Alex Travelli |Saif Hasnat

In Bangladesh, the factories that make clothing for export had remade themselves and raised national incomes along the way. They never bargained for a trade war Alex Travelli, Saif Hasnat Published 06.05.25, 09:55 PM Shein packages in a factory in the garment district in Guangzhou, China, May 2, 2025. Exports have powered China’s growth, with Shein buying 100,000 pieces a month from some suppliers PTI It was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh.
Tariffs Could Wreck What Bangladesh's Garment Workers Have Gained

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Alex Travelli |Saif Hasnat

In Bangladesh, the factories that make clothing for export had remade themselves and raised national incomes along the way. They never bargained for a trade war. Factories like this one in Savar turned Bangladesh into a global garment hub, helping to raise incomes beyond those in neighboring India. Credit... Fabeha Monir for The New York Times It was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh.
Trump’s tariffs hit garment makers in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka hard

2 months ago | straitstimes.com | Mujib Mashal |Pamodi Waravita |Saif Hasnat

COLOMBO/DHAKA - Through Covid-19, political chaos, and economic disarray, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh kept one industry central to their hopes of prosperity afloat: the manufacturing of ready-made garments, with the United States as their main market. Then came President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The two countries are reeling after Sri Lanka was hit with 44 per cent tariffs and Bangladesh subjected to 37 per cent levies.
Trump's Tariffs Hit Garment Makers in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Hard

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Mujib Mashal |Pamodi Waravita |Saif Hasnat

Targeting the manufacturers not only upends the economies of these nations, but also adds to the burden of U.S. companies, analysts warned. William Blair said merchandise costs could go up by about 30 percent and American consumers may ultimately feel the pinch. Bangladesh sends more than $7bn of clothing to the U.S. every year. The country's garment manufacturing industry makes up 80 percent of its total exports and employs more than four million people, mostly women.
As Bangladesh reinvents itself, Islamist hard-liners see an opening

2 months ago | spokesman.com | Mujib Mashal |Saif Hasnat

TARAGANJ, Bangladesh – The extremists began by asserting control over women’s bodies. In the political vacuum that has emerged after the overthrow of Bangladesh’s authoritarian leader, religious fundamentalists in one town declared that young women could no longer play soccer. In another, they forced police to free a man who had harassed a woman for not covering her hair in public, then draped him in garlands of flowers. More brazen calls followed.
Islamist hardliners see a Bangla opening: Women among targets in fundamentalist push

2 months ago | telegraphindia.com | Mujib Mashal |Saif Hasnat

As Bangladesh tries to rebuild its democracy and chart a new future for its 175 million people, a streak of Islamist extremism that had long lurked beneath the country’s secular facade is bubbling to the surface Mujib Mashal, Saif Hasnat Published 02.04.25, 06:46 AM Supporters of the Hizb ut-Tahrir, a banned Islamist group, during a march in Dhaka on March 7 calling for an Islamic caliphate in Dhaka.