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SM Najmus Sakib

Journalist Dhaka
SM Najmus Sakib

SM Najmus Sakib is a journalist based in Dhaka. His work focuses on human rights, refugee rights, public health, the environment and climate change. Follow him on Twitter @ns_rafsan.

 

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Garment Industry in Bangladesh Struggles to Contain Pollution
 
 
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Mission Cotton / India Story Analysis
The Mission for Cotton Productivity targets 140 districts across fourteen states, a coverage that reflects the crop's political and economic weight in India's agrarian landscape.

India Cannot Sell Its Cotton to the World Until It Admits Why the World Stopped Buying

  • Subir Ghosh

8 May 2026
Functional Clothing / Shapewear Feature
Shapewear's repositioning from corrective occasionwear to all-day comfort reflects a category reset driven by consumer demand for products that function across every context of daily life.

Shapewear Finally Stopped Selling Transformation and Started Selling Infrastructure

  • Subir Ghosh

15 May 2026
 
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Recycling Crisis / Tshirt Study Report
The environmental cost of a cotton t-shirt is set long before it reaches a shop floor, determined by cultivation, water use and the inefficiencies of industrial fibre processing.

Why Bangladesh Loses More Cotton Than Norway's Best Recycling System Can Ever Recover

  • Special Correspondent

28 May 2026
Cotton Production / Latin America Overview Interview
The distance between a validated research finding and its adoption on a working farm is rarely a scientific problem. It is an economic, institutional, and logistical one.

Inclusion or Concentration: Latin American Cotton Faces a Reckoning

  • Subir Ghosh

26 May 2026
 
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Consumer Trends / Viet Nam Commentary
Gen Z, with a population of over 15 million in Viet Nam, a tech-savvy, socially conscious cohort is flexing its economic muscle, projected to account for 40% of consumer spending by 2030. Their demand for transparency and sustainability is forcing brands to rethink their strategies.

Green Dreams or Greenwashing? Gen Z’s Battle for Sustainable Fashion in Viet Nam

  • Special Correspondent

18 June 2025
Cotton Crisis / Pakistan Status Analysis
The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) and All-Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) have time and again warned that the current tax structure makes domestic cotton unviable, forcing mills to rely increasingly on cheaper imported alternatives. Industry insiders fear that during the crop year 2025–26, cotton ginning and textile sectors may operate at less than 50% of their total production capacity.

Pakistan's Cotton Sector Faces Imminent Collapse as Government Scrambles for Solutions

  • Special Correspondent

5 June 2025