South Asia

Erratic weather hits Bangladesh's boro rice

According To Report

Not ready to till

South Asia

South Asia

Water sharing with Bangladesh: It may still be too early to talk about Teesta river

Bangladesh PM brings up Teesta during agreement for Kushiyara river; Expert says clarity on water volume still lacking   

Slums on rent

Dhaka has seen a sharp rise in privately owned slums. Are these a better alternative to 'squatter settlements' common in India?

Oil spill in Bangladesh’s Sela river threatens dolphin sanctuary

Nearly 350,000 litres of furnace oil spilled in the river on December 9

Toxic water

Bangladeshis may still be drinking arsenic-laced water

Restoring mangroves

Researchers attempt to reclaim degraded mangrove forests

Future shocks

Devastating earthquakes are waiting to strike India

Logging's out

Monsoon prediction model

Aerial raid on mosquitoes

Ashden awards for sustainable development

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South Asia

Displaced by fencing

Government fails to compensate the homeless in Mizoram, Tripura

The national local elections

Bangladesh loses an opportunity to revive its most important local government—upazilla parishad—as competing national parties turn …

Arsenic-free

Scientists in Sweden are propagating laterite treatment for the removal of arsenic from groundwater in the Bengal Delta plains

Four people killed in protests at coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh

Protestors were demonstrating against land forcibly acquired for plant

South Asia

South Asia

Hamoon most unusual cyclone in India in 30 years, changed categories 4 times in a day: Experts

Was significantly influenced by westerly wind in upper atmosphere, which may have led to initial IMD prediction about landfall timing going haywire