South Asia

Plastic chokes Dhaka’s drainage

Millions of carelessly discarded plastic bags choke the sewers of Bangladesh’s capital, while the canals that once provided natural …

Can the world emulate Bangladesh’s ‘Community Clinic’ model?

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s initiative ‘Community Clinic’ got global recognition on May 17

Bird flu outbreak in Bangladesh; two separate cases reported

More than 700 Sonali breed birds died after highly contagious H5N1 virus was discovered near Dhaka

Schools, libraries, clinics all come floating on boats

When roads in the Chalan Beel region of Bangladesh are submerged during monsoon, these boats serve as the lifeline

Bangladesh PM2.5 levels 7 times higher than WHO limit: Study

Clear link between heightened pollution and developmental works  

Four million people affected by ‘double floods’ within a month in Bangladesh’s Sylhet division

Heavy rains in Assam and Meghalaya, as well as unplanned embankments cited as reasons for flooding  

Big earthquake could hit Bangladesh, northeast India

Tremendous strain is building up due to plate convergence under Bangladesh, says a new paper. A single big rupture could cause a magnitude 9 quake

CSE alumnus helps Dhaka garment units harvest rainwater. Here’s how

Md Zahid Hossain’s success in mainstreaming rainwater harvesting for industrial production is something south Asia can look up to

Delhi, Kolkata first, second globally in PM2.5 pollution: Report

Exposure to PM2.5 pollution tends to be higher in cities located in low- and middle-income countries, according to the report

Climbdown by Dhaka? Little chance of getting more Teesta water from West Bengal, admits Bangladesh official 

The official, as an alternative, has urged India to finance monsoon storage of Teesta water

Bt brinjal controversy hots up in Bangladesh

Bt Brinjal farmers divided between green activists opposing GM crops and government which claims the crop experiment was fairly suiccessful

Growth thirsty

Groundwater level is plunging in Dhaka. Experts call for making rainwater harvesting mandatory

Bangladesh courts to the rescue of wetlands

Apex court order to leading real estate developer to restore wetland reclaimed for township sets a precedent; order awaited in another case

Arsenic attack on Chittagong

People in the port city depend on arsenic-contaminated groundwater in absence of safe water supply

Buriganga chokes on pollutants

Political will and community participation is needed to revive the dying river that gave life to Dhaka

Environmental fallout of cooperation

Whether energy cooperation will benefit the environment or create problems in South Asia depends largely on whether hydropower is considered …