Bangladesh’s all-important hilsa fishery is declining amid pressures from human-driven factors and climate change, experts and authorities warn. The fish, Tenualosa ilisha, contributes around 12% of ...
A typical consequence of climate change, drier monsoons with sudden bursts of heavy rain has led to days of inundation and long periods of standing water, creating an ideal situation for breeding ...
Matiur Rahman has been forced to slash his annual rice cultivation almost by half due to low rainfall and lack of water for irrigation over the past fifteen years. Rahman, 55, from Kurigram district ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
More than half of households in Bangladesh's coastal belt report struggling to cope with rapid climate change, citing a lack of adequate disaster-protection infrastructure, according to a new World ...
Abdul Gani stood barefoot at the bow of his fishing boat, gesticulating wildly from side to side, the coast to his left. He began pointing at the locations where his neighbours used to live before ...
Bangladeshi clothing firms under pressure to cut emissions Workers hit by climate impacts, lack green tech skills Unions say workers need training, social support to adapt DHAKA, March 9 (Thomson ...
Bangladesh is facing a growing fire crisis. Data from the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence, compiled by Dataful, shows roughly 250,000 fires occurred nationwide between 1997 and 2018. The ...
(Adds comments by govt adviser, British envoy) By Ruma Paul DHAKA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Disaster-prone Bangladesh is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, which could worsen water ...
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