South Asia

South Asia

Oil spill in Bangladesh’s Sela river threatens dolphin sanctuary

Nearly 350,000 litres of furnace oil spilled in the river on December 9

Toxic water

Bangladeshis may still be drinking arsenic-laced water

Restoring mangroves

Researchers attempt to reclaim degraded mangrove forests

Future shocks

Devastating earthquakes are waiting to strike India

Logging's out

Monsoon prediction model

Aerial raid on mosquitoes

Ashden awards for sustainable development

South Asia

South Asia

Displaced by fencing

Government fails to compensate the homeless in Mizoram, Tripura

Four people killed in protests at coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh

Protestors were demonstrating against land forcibly acquired for plant

South Asia

South Asia

ARSENIC POISONING

Gas crisis hits Bangladesh

Reaching for the sun

Micro-financed solar energy systems light up Bangladesh’s rural areas

Stopping cholera with a sari

South Asia

Can Bangladesh trap silt?

Flooding out arsenic

The monsoons help decontaminate paddy soils

Cyclone Midhili to make landfall along Bangladesh Coast in early hours of November 18

IMD expects it to maintain cyclone strength for only 12 hours on November 17

Bangladesh wins maritime dispute with India

The dispute has deterred companies from investing in the region’s sea blocks