CHAR-DWELLERS of Bangladesh have to fight against river erosion and natural calamities frequently. Despite having difficulties, they do not want to migrate to the cities because of the open space on the chars, the carefree life and a lack of financial wherewithal. Here, every resident is turned humble financially through the process of river erosion. Nowhere in...
ANYONE living in Bangladesh knows how disasters feel. The rivers swell, the winds rise, the water comes fast and heavy. Cyclones, floods, landslides, river erosion 鈥� they are part of life. Families flee with children on their shoulders. Fields go underwater. Homes are washed away. This is not a one-off event. It is a yearly pattern that鈥檚 only getting worse...
River erosion in Jamuna has washed away at least 150 houses and arable lands in Sirajganj...
A human chain was formed at Islampur in Jmaalpur on Sunday, demanding the effective protection from river erosion...
People from Chalitabunia Union of Rangabali in Patuakhali formed a human chain at front of the National Press Club in the capital on Friday demanding immediate actions to prevent river erosion.
The erosion of purchasing power caused by high inflation between 2022 and 2024 has significantly deepened poverty and vulnerability, driving an additional 1.78 crore people in the country into poverty or at risk of poverty, according to a study...
At least 700 families have become homeless in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts as they have lost their houses due to erosion caused by spells of heavy rain and continued...
Adviser for the environment, forests and climate change ministry and water resources ministry Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Monday said that immediate measures would be taken to prevent riverbank erosion...
Bangladeshi landowners are set to regain around 200 acres of land previously lost to India due to the erosion of the Padma River along the Daulatpur border in Kushtia...
Bangladesh is set to regain around 200 acres of land previously lost to India due to the erosion of the River Padma along the Daulatpur border in Kushtia.
The Daulatdia Ferry Terminal No-4 in Rajbari has been closed since early Friday due to sudden erosion of the River Padma causing suffering for the terminal users...
The erosion of the River Madhumati has turned serious at village Ramkantapur in Lohagara upazila of the southwestern district leaving up to a hundred families homeless, according to local public representatives...