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Dozens dead, millions stranded as floods hit Bangladesh, India
Forecasters say the floods were set to worsen over the next two days with heavy rains in Bangladesh and upstream in India’s northeast.
Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods…
22 killed, 170 injured in fire at Bangladesh container depot
Doctors say the death toll could rise as some of the injured are in critical condition.
A massive fire has swept through a container depot in southeastern Bangladesh, killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 170, according to…
Four million people hit by floods in Bangladesh: UN
As floodwater recedes in most areas, thousands of people now face shortages of food and other essential items.
Using a plastic dustpan, Kolpona Akter is busy sloughing water out of her home in Shahjalal Upasahar, a lower-income…
Matarbari power plant may kill 14,000 people
A Greenpeace report has warned that a coal-fired power plant funded by Japan in Bangladesh threatened a vast environmental disaster which became a major concern for the locals, despite the project’s benefits.
The Matarbari power plant in…
Elderly people in Bangladesh need more support
Faridpur /Bangladesh - Elderly people in Bangladesh are not getting the protection they need as their numbers grow in the country.
Bangladesh has about 15 million people aged 60 and above; by 2050, their number will increase to 36…
Unplanned urbanization threatens world’s longest natural sea beach and displacement of locals
Dhaka, Bangladesh - The tourist attraction of the Cox's Bazar in Dhaka is being tampered with and threatened by unplanned urbanization and a continued disregard by the authorities of its pristine nature warned
experts.
For tourists,…
Roof Gardening is a hobby and means of earning
Bogura/ Dhaka, Bangladesh - Rooftop gardening, as a hobby in Bangladesh, is an alternative way to meet the demand for plantation mainly in cities as the amount of usable land currently is decreasing in the country.
Roof gardeners from…
Bangladesh’s climate adaptation projects
The government of Bangladesh is implementing a project aimed at enhancing the climate resilience of vulnerable communities, who live on coastal islands and riverine chars in the country.
The project, titled “Adaptation Initiative for…
Bangladesh sentences four to death for prominent writer’s murder
Dhaka court pronounces the verdict in the 2004 killing of Humayun Azad by members of a now-banned Muslim group.
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced four people to death for the murder of prominent writer and academic Humayun Azad in…
Bangladeshis adapt floating farms to survive
Floating gardening, a form of hydroponics using aquatic plants as the medium, is a traditional cultivation system in Bangladesh practiced for year-round seedling and vegetable production.
This environment-friendly technique provides an…