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Editor’s Pick: 2020’s Best Investigative Stories from Bangladesh

by Miraj Ahmed Chowdhury • December 21, 2020

In this year’s GIJN’s Editor’s Pick series, Bangla editor Miraj Chowdhury writes that, despite many free speech and coronavirus-related challenges, there are numerous examples of important journalistic investigations taking place in the region. Here are some of the stories that mattered the most in 2020 for the 215 million Bangla speakers around the world.

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How They Did It: Making a Story Too Big to Ignore by Using Surveys

by Miraj Ahmed Chowdhury • May 14, 2019

Reporters at a regional newspaper in Bangladesh, Gramer Kagoj, heard from local villagers that a maternity allowance scheme for poor mothers was being abused by women who weren’t pregnant. With guidance from an expert, they applied statistical survey methods to interview 400 beneficiaries, and their investigation took a different turn — revealing a deeper, systemic problem.

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Editor’s Pick: 2020’s Best Investigative Stories from Bangladesh