THE 1996 Ganges Water Sharing Treaty (GWT) between India and Bangladesh was never designed to last forever. Its architects ...
"My body is burning. But still there is no break at all. I have to complete [my] work… I am suffering [in the heat], but I have to do my job." That's Raina, a garment worker in Bangladesh's capital of ...
Older adults in Bangladesh now face over 2,500 hours of extreme heat each year, severely limiting safe outdoor activity, according to a new international study.
This story was produced by Grist and was co-published with The Asian Dispatch. It is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This reporting ...
Bangladesh is among the most crowded countries in the world. With a young population packed into a low-lying delta, the country is facing acute challenges from rising sea levels and extreme heat.
Few countries in the world are considered more vulnerable to the impact of rising sea levels and climate change than Bangladesh, a nation of 175 million people squeezed into a landmass the size of ...
In his remarks, the foreign minister stressed the importance of multilateralism at a time when the global rules-based system is facing erosion. The meeting discussed global challe ...
In Bangladesh’s Barguna district, a large new building looms above the river, built to double as a school in calm weather and a community shelter during cyclones. But its rooms stand empty; no lessons ...
Dhaka, March 10 -- The SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) on Tuesday organised a regional webinar focusing on the growing impacts of climate change on fisheries across South Asia and the need for ...