Cyclone Sitrang: ‘Unusual’ quickening of pace, say weatherpeople

T-20 in the last few overs of cyclonic system? Speed doubled within span of four hours between 2 IMD bulletins

ARSENIC POISONING

Gas crisis hits Bangladesh

Reaching for the sun

Micro-financed solar energy systems light up Bangladesh’s rural areas

India on high alert after massive oil spill threatens Sunderbans ecology

Despite warnings from environmentalists, Bangladesh allowed commercial shipping through the sensitive ecological zone of Sela river in 2011

What's the fuss about Bt brinjal?

Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Mondal, director-general of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), is among the handful of people who have …

Stopping cholera with a sari

South Asia

Can Bangladesh trap silt?

Flooding out arsenic

The monsoons help decontaminate paddy soils

Bangladesh wins maritime dispute with India

The dispute has deterred companies from investing in the region’s sea blocks

Dust off the rust

Adequate research-funding can check stem rust resurgence

Cyclone Midhili to make landfall along Bangladesh Coast in early hours of November 18

IMD expects it to maintain cyclone strength for only 12 hours on November 17

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION

In short

Amon crops survive pest threat

New filter to remove arsenic from drinking water

Bangladesh backyard poultry hit by bird flu

Shrimp lose shine in Bangladesh

Resort to heritage

Bangladesh is betting big on its traditional form of farming: floating gardens. Can it help climate-proof the country?

Brinjal blues

Amid countrywide protests against Bt brinjal, Bangladesh government announces plan to expand cultivation of the genetically modified crop

Are pills doctored?

A Punjab resident holds inferior quality drugs responsible for his son's serious illness

Clear link

Tree-fellers turn forest guardians in Bangladesh

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