There were once 188 orchid species known to science found in Bangladesh. In the last few decades, 32 of them went extinct, according to a 2020 study. Theocostele alata, Anoectochilus roxburghii,…
Authorities have thought of a new solution to tackle human-tiger conflicts in the Sundarbans: installing nylon fencing. With this, they aim to protect both the communities and the endangered big…
One of the most venomous snakes in the Indian subcontinent is steadily increasing in population across Bangladesh. This begs the question about the country’s readiness to deal with venomous snakes…
In January, in Bangladesh's northern district of Panchagarh, as a landlord was getting a bamboo bush cleared with an excavator to make space for a pond, two orange snakes came…
The massive heat wave scorching large parts of Asia has swept up Bangladesh. The country is experiencing temperatures among the highest in six decades. Bangladesh's capital city, Dhaka, saw the…
The river routes between India and Bangladesh carry tremendous economic and geostrategic significance for both countries. However, environmental management issues have rendered most of these routes useless. India and Bangladesh…
India and Bangladesh recently signed an agreement to share water from the Kushiara river, and water management experts have derided it as “a drop in the ocean.” There are 54…
There is an increasing demand for sand from Bangladesh’s construction industry that has led to an escalation in sand mining. An illegal industry has spread that now overshadows the legal…
When the super cyclone Amphan made landfall in Bangladesh in May 2020, 55,000 houses were destroyed in the country. Wasim Ali, 45, lived in one of them. The tidal surge…
The Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra-Jamuna River Basin (BRB) embraces the unique geography of the Hindu Kush Himalayas, from high altitude Tibet Autonomous region to flood plains in Assam (India) and Bangladesh. The…
Exposure to flooding from cyclone storm surges, such as those brought on by cyclones the size of supercyclone Amphan, is “extremely likely to increase” in the future in South Asia…
On June 1, Bangladesh implemented a total ban on entry into the Sundarbans mangrove forest for three months. The ban applies not only to tourists but also the communities that…
A large part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin makes up the most of Bangladesh's land. The northeastern part of the country, which the Meghna Basin covers, is currently experiencing highly destructive…
Satellite images of the Sundarbans mangroves along the Bay of Bengal, that capture changes before and after tropical cyclones, are helping make sense of mangrove damage from extreme weather events…
