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 …
Can the world emulate Bangladesh’s ‘Community Clinic’ model?
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s initiative ‘Community Clinic’ got global recognition on May 17
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
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
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
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
Bt brinjal controversy hots up in Bangladesh
Bt Brinjal farmers divided between green activists opposing GM crops and government which claims the crop experiment was fairly suiccessful
Growth thirsty
Groundwater level is plunging in Dhaka. Experts call for making rainwater harvesting mandatory
Bangladesh courts to the rescue of wetlands
Apex court order to leading real estate developer to restore wetland reclaimed for township sets a precedent; order awaited in another case
Arsenic attack on Chittagong
People in the port city depend on arsenic-contaminated groundwater in absence of safe water supply
Buriganga chokes on pollutants
Political will and community participation is needed to revive the dying river that gave life to Dhaka
Environmental fallout of cooperation
Whether energy cooperation will benefit the environment or create problems in South Asia depends largely on whether hydropower is considered …
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