OBSERVED globally on October 1, National Green City Day serves as a powerful annual reminder of the critical importance of sustainable urban development. While this observance originated in Canada in 2014, its message resonates with profound urgency in Bangladesh, a nation also at the confluence of rapid urbanisation and acute climate vulnerability. For...
FLOODING from incessant rain caused by the recent depression in the Bay of Bengal has remained somewhat unchanged while the government鈥檚 disaster management and relief efforts are barely visible. Four of the five north-eastern rivers that were flowing above their danger marks further swelled, as the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre reported in its last cycle on June...
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday officially launched a new data-driven 鈥榲ulnerability鈥� index that would help small island states and developing nations gain access to low-interest financing...
