Living on the fringe: Life in a char is as difficult as it gets
Round the year, flooding, poor communication and lack of employment combine to make the lives of char residents much tougher than people on the mainland
In Bangladesh, the marginalised Munda face extra barriers to climate adaptation
Shut off from microfinance and benefits, members of the Hindu minority in coastal Bangladesh have struggled to rebuild their lives after Cyclone Amphan
Finances force Bangladesh to reconsider coal plants
Chinese and Japanese investors have lost interest in funding coal projects due to high costs. That has pushed the country toward natural gas, but it will do little to solve the problems posed by coal.
Bangladesh to declare water emergency in northwest
The Bangladesh government is about to declare a “state of water emergency” in the drought prone Barind tract in the northwest of the country, where over-extraction of groundwater for rice farming and dwindling rainfall caused by climate change have combined to create a crisis.
Power generation made the local people sufferer in Bangladesh
Apparently, the local people are happy with the development activities as some of them have got job here as laborers. But the overall situation is not so simple.
Fading rituals of the indigenous Munda people
Such rituals and festivities were an integral part of the lives of the agro-based community in the delta
The empty mouths behind Bangladesh’s Hilsa success
The much-coveted ban, ensured twice every year, has hiked Bangladesh’s Hilsa produce to a whopping annual average of 387,211 tonnes,65% of the global Hilsa catch
Development in Southwest Bangladesh: Bane for Sundarbans?
In a bid to assist the industrial growth of the southwestern region, the government recently reclassified a number of industries as ‘Green’ which were previously categorized as ‘Red’
Climate change putting Bangladesh’s coastal archaeological sites at risk
More frequent natural disasters and rising sea levels are causing damage to the coastal
Bangladesh faces food supply crunch after flash floods
Unusually heavy pre-monsoon rains wiped out 2 million tonnes worth of rice crops
Bangladesh backtracks on carbon tax proposal ahead of election year
Mooted climate policy was dropped from the budget announced on Thursday
Bangladesh seeks Indian cooperation on ten more shared rivers
Ten more rivers flowing from India to Bangladesh may soon get official recognition as transboundary rivers, enabling joint management by the two governments
Solar for work in Bangladesh
The government is providing solar power systems as welfare payment in job schemes for the poor
Tourists may now be able to cruise along the whole Sundarabans
A deal to allow cruise ships to pass between India and Bangladesh in the world’s largest mangrove could open the way for deeper cooperation between the countries along shared rivers
Solar street lamps light up rural Bangladesh village
And a solar pump provides clean drinking water to schoolchildren, in an area plagued by arsenic in groundwater
From frying pan into fire
Increased rainfall forecasts trigger landslide fears for Rohingya refugees in hillside camps