GREEN PROTEST

Plastic chokes Dhaka’s drainage

Millions of carelessly discarded plastic bags choke the sewers of Bangladesh’s capital, while the canals that once provided natural …

DREADFUL LEAD

Can the world emulate Bangladesh’s ‘Community Clinic’ model?

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s initiative ‘Community Clinic’ got global recognition on May 17

Open-access portal on climate change

Bangladesh PM2.5 levels 7 times higher than WHO limit: Study

Clear link between heightened pollution and developmental works  

Bird flu outbreak in Bangladesh; two separate cases reported

More than 700 Sonali breed birds died after highly contagious H5N1 virus was discovered near Dhaka

Schools, libraries, clinics all come floating on boats

When roads in the Chalan Beel region of Bangladesh are submerged during monsoon, these boats serve as the lifeline

Clean air drive

Dhaka's green plans

Four million people affected by ‘double floods’ within a month in Bangladesh’s Sylhet division

Heavy rains in Assam and Meghalaya, as well as unplanned embankments cited as reasons for flooding  

Big earthquake could hit Bangladesh, northeast India

Tremendous strain is building up due to plate convergence under Bangladesh, says a new paper. A single big rupture could cause a magnitude 9 quake

CSE alumnus helps Dhaka garment units harvest rainwater. Here’s how

Md Zahid Hossain’s success in mainstreaming rainwater harvesting for industrial production is something south Asia can look up to

Obituary: Saleemul Huq, climate voice of the Global South

His sudden demise, a month ahead of COP28 in Dubai, is a great loss to the global climate movement

CONTAMINATED WATER

MOUNTING PROBLEM

Brakes on pollution

Delhi, Kolkata first, second globally in PM2.5 pollution: Report

Exposure to PM2.5 pollution tends to be higher in cities located in low- and middle-income countries, according to the report

Dhaka

Climbdown by Dhaka? Little chance of getting more Teesta water from West Bengal, admits Bangladesh official 

The official, as an alternative, has urged India to finance monsoon storage of Teesta water

Indian cities among places with highest rise in exposure to extreme heat: Study

Dhaka in Bangladesh added the highest person-days of deadly heat & humidity

Moradabad 2nd most noise polluted city globally, says UNEP

At least 13 south Asian cities are highly noise polluted, five of which are in India

LE(A)D TO DEATH

POLLUTION DEATHS

Heavy Weather