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Pinaki Roy

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AFTERMATH OF NEPAL-CHINA FLOODS / ‘Everything is gone’

17 September 2026
The muddy river runs through what was once a settled riverside neighbourhood in Devighat near the China-Nepal border. Its banks have been ripped open, strewn with broken concrete, stones and debris.
17 September 2026
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‘Everything is gone’: Nepal’s thriving river town buried in mud and grief

16 September 2026
A catastrophic river surge has erased thriving commercial hubs near the China-Nepal border, leaving behind suffocating mud skeletal ruins, and a $4.77 billion recovery bill
16 September 2026
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Hilsa haul takes a nosedive

14 September 2026
Hilsa production is declining after a steady rise over two decades due to water pollution from three power plants located near the Hilsa Sanctuary, siltation of rivers and overfishing, raising concerns about the much-loved fish’s sustainability and affordability.
14 September 2026
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Rivers erode five times the size of Dhaka in five decades

6 September 2026
Over the past five decades, the Jamuna and Ganges rivers, along with the Padma formed by their confluence, have eroded about 1,585sqkm of land, according to government data. That is more than five times the combined area of Dhaka’s two city corporations.
6 September 2026
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Strong El Niño threatens Boro harvest in the next season

5 September 2026
Bangladesh could see lower Boro rice production in the coming season as climatologists warn of an exceptionally strong El Niño, which typically brings hotter and drier conditions during the crop’s growing period.
5 September 2026
Bangladesh rainfall forecast challenges

Met office’s old ways mask true extent of rainfall

24 July 2026
Climate change is rendering Bangladesh’s half-century-old meteorological terminology struggling to keep pace with the ground reality.
24 July 2026
Bangladesh weather warning system

Warning system struggles to keep pace as climate events intensify

23 July 2026
Bangladesh met office considers overhauling rainfall classifications
23 July 2026
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'Don't wait until El Niño risks become a real crisis'

17 July 2026
We have seen extensive media coverage of El Niño, including from the UN, but much less attention has been paid to its different variants.
17 July 2026
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Time for 'river view' university

Amid encroachment by housing estates, private universities and refuelling stations, the tiny Turag, the major flood flow system of the capital from north to south, is being choked and reduced every day.
23 May 2009
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Plots in Turag up for sale

The grabber has raised the plinth about 10 feet above the water level which easily draws attention.
22 May 2009
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Turag almost grabbed

Although the AL pledged before the national elections to bring "changes in political culture and prevailing ill practices", no change is apparent in the culture of river grabbing.
20 May 2009
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Sidr was one of the fiercest cyclones

Sidr was considered as fierce a cyclone as the ones that hit the country in 1970 and 1991 killing 5 lakh and 1.4 lakh people respectively
16 November 2007
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