Ganga barrage top priority for Bangladesh
The Bangladesh government has said it will give top priority to the US$4 billion Ganga Barrage Project, to expand irrigation and reduce salinity levels in the country’s south-west coastal region. The...
View ArticleWater shortages pose risks to Bangladesh’s first nuclear plant
Bangladesh hopes the 2,000 MW Rooppur nuclear power plant on the Padma River will satisfy the country’s growing electricity demand and cut its heavy dependence on waning reserves of natural gas. But...
View ArticleSix years after cyclone, Bangladesh’s freshwater crisis intensifies
Waking up before dawn every day, Asma Khatun walks to a water plant five kilometres away to collect fresh drinking water for her 11-member family. It will be midday or even later before she returns...
View ArticleDiverting the Jamuna won’t solve Dhaka’s water crisis
The Bangladesh government has taken steps to revive the Buriganga River, the lifeline of the capital Dhaka, by diverting water from the transboundary Jamuna River to flush out the pollution that has...
View ArticleInsurance scheme helps Bangladesh flood victims minimise losses
Like the previous year, floodwaters again inundated Ronu Khatun’s homestead in Bangladesh’s Sirajganj area this monsoon, damaging the vegetables and fruits that help the family of six tide over...
View ArticleRising tides, ruined fields show how Bangladesh’s farmers grapple with...
Farmers in Bangladesh’s coastal region say a changing coastline, erratic rainfall, high temperatures and rising sea levels as a result of climate change pose a threat to the livelihoods of millions....
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