Just a few days ago, Sakhina Begum’s teenage grandson Ariful narrowly escaped a crocodile attack while he and his friend were catching crabs from a canal near his home.

Given Bangladesh’s riverine nature, it is natural to expect the human and economic toll of river erosion to be inordinately high -- so far, alongside short term solutions, the strategy to deal with ...

As water levels recede in the Jamuna River, severe erosion has been reported along the riverbanks in the Sonatala area of Bogra. Although the Water Development Board has placed geo-bags filled with ...

Mitigating riverbank erosion is a big challenge and requires a comprehensive strategy, which the state is yet to make, ...

Unlike Steinbeck’s defamed ‘salt-water-eating bushes’ of the Sea of Cortez, the Sunderbans is an excellent forest treasure ...

In December 2023, the Water Development Board handed over the embankment. Salam Sheikh, a resident of Jilbunia village in ...

Farmers in the Sunderbans are among the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change-induced and man-made disasters ...

In the aftermath of the unprecedented flooding in Naga City and its neighboring municipalities, many on Facebook have expressed concern that our country is ill-equipped to address such natural ...

The upgrade work of the port would begin within a few days and it would be completed within 2025, he said, adding that upon ...

Moved by these memories, Shakhawat decided to honour his father's legacy. In 2018, he planted 100 Krishnachura trees in Subarnachar as a tribute to his father's enduring love for nature. At the time, ...

While much of Asia and Southeast Asia are prone to seasonal flooding, statistics show that inundations have been particularly ...

Flooding stands as one of the most frequent and devastating natural hazards globally, affecting millions of people and regions across all continents each year.