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
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.
How the Halda river in danger?
Erroneous environmental and economic development measures in Halda valley have put the river and its rich biodiversity at stake.
The measures include faulty site selection to protect river banks, rubber dams to increase crop production and industrial effluent discharge.
Community clinics act as ‘silver lining’ in coastal Bangladesh
The community clinic is like a silver lining for the coastal population plagued by salinity. There was a time when the marginalised people had to accept living with diseases and ailments due to lack of primary healthcare.
Education, healthcare remain elusive for Sardars
While Bangladesh’s literacy stands at 72 percent people like Tara Bibi, remain averse to the idea of sending her children to school.
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’
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