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Pinaki Roy

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

4 HOUR(s)
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.
4 HOUR(s)
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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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Govt scraps 10 coal power projects

The prime minister has approved a proposal to scrap 10 coal-fired power plants that were okayed earlier.
25 June 2021
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Food Grains From Local Sources: Govt to buy less despite low stock

In a surprising move, the government has reduced the internal procurement target of food grains for the coming year, even though it had reached its lowest just two months ago in the current year.
3 June 2021
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Food Grains: Govt paid no heed as stock plunged

It was obvious that the price of rice would increase amid the pandemic. No special expertise was required to see it coming.
25 April 2021
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Food stock now only 4.62 lakh tonnes

With only around 4.62 lakh tonnes of grains in the public food stocks, one of the lowest in years, the government has moved to procure paddy, rice and wheat from local farmers and millers at prices higher than last year’s.
22 April 2021
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Salinity in Coastal Areas: Alternative crops ignite farmers’ hope

People living by the Kirtonkhola river in Barishal noticed in March this year that the river’s water had become unusually salty.
22 April 2021
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World Water Day: Cry for water in the south

Roksana Khatun moves aside dirt and floating leaves from a pond, slowly lowers her earthen pitcher into it and fills it with around 20 litres of water.
21 March 2021
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Dying in silence

The 14 languages declared endangered over two years ago remain in various stages of decline as the number of users diminish, with experts calling for extensive measures from the government to preserve these.
20 February 2021
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The last of the Kharia speakers

Since her husband Abrahm Soreng died two years ago, 70-year-old Veronica Kerketa doesn’t get the chance to talk in her mother tongue at home. None of her children or grandchildren speak the Kharia language.
20 February 2021
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Brick Kilns in Khulna’s Dumuria: United they kill rivers

The Bhadra, once a free-flowing river in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila, has been turned into a narrow canal over the years, thanks to encroachment by brick kilns run by local influential people, including elected representatives.
11 February 2021
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Sangu Reserve Forest: Left exposed to human greed

A vast number of century-old trees have been felled by loggers at a remote reserve forest and wildlife sanctuary in Thanchi of Bandarban in the last two months, and as seen in satellite images, about a hundred acres of it have been totally razed over the last few years.
26 December 2020
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A train to massacre

It was past midnight at Saidpur Rail Station. In the dim light, mostly Hindu Marwaris and some Bangalees from all walks of life could be seen standing beside the platform. Tense, even those who knew each other were not talking.
15 December 2020
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Part of river now MP’s

A ruling party MP has filled up more than 54 acres from the Buriganga river and wetland to construct a power plant and a private economic zone in Basila, according to a government probe report.
30 November 2020
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Future not coal power

Coal-fired power projects are on the chopping block as the government finally plans to give up its obsession for the dirty energy over rising coal import costs and environmental concerns.
18 November 2020
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Onion Self-Sufficiency: Possible, but not so soon

The government intends to make the country self-sufficient in onion by increasing the production of this essential cooking ingredient but it may take years as overcoming the seed crisis remains a major challenge.
24 September 2020
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Just vanished!

So where have they gone? Despite 76,000 children being born in the camps in the last three years, the number of Rohingya refugees in all camps of Ukhiya and Teknaf has actually decreased to 8.60 lakh as of July this year.
11 September 2020
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Aman Farming: Recurring flood ruins a season

Prolonged and multiple monsoon floods have disrupted cultivation of Aman paddy, which provides around 36 percent of total rice production in the country.
2 September 2020
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Nothing special for small farmers

Though farmers have been hit hard by the pandemic, no special stimulus package for small farmers was announced in the proposed budget, frustrating agriculture experts and economists.
11 June 2020
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World Environment Day today: ‘Development’ feasts on forest

Though forests are meant to be conserved, they are being allocated for constructing highways, rail lines, government offices and even for drilling gas wells. For any development project, forestland seems to be readily available.
4 June 2020
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Buy paddy, not rice

To ensure fair prices for Boro farmers, the government under its procurement programme should only buy paddy from the growers instead of rice from millers, a study suggested.
29 May 2020
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Amphan inflicts massive damage

Cyclone Amphan has left behind a trail of destruction in the country’s coastal areas, affecting more than a million people in nine districts in Khulna and Barishal divisions.
21 May 2020

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