The ice-and-rock avalanche that set off a deadly flash flood in Nepal's Rasuwa district on 26 August holds lessons for downstream Bangladesh on early warning and cross-border river data.
With lightning deaths rising, the writer argues that lightning arrester towers in haor fields would protect farmers far sooner than planting palm trees.
EnvironmentAt a special meeting on 2 July 2026, Dhaka South City Corporation decided to form a high-level committee to draw up a tree-planting master plan for its 10 zones, and to coordinate with RAJUK and the fire service on earthquake risk.
A new El Nino declared by NOAA on 11 June could break all records, raising the risk of floods, droughts, heatwaves and food crises across the world.
EnvironmentRain sent the Surma, Kushiyara, Manu, Khowai and Juri rising fast, and on 28 April 2026 the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre warned of flash floods in the Sylhet region, with about half of the haor boro crop still uncut.
Early rain and waterlogging have damaged low-lying boro fields in Netrokona's haors, and fuel and labour shortages are adding to farmers' costs as the harvest begins.
An opinion piece argues that planting trees, cutting plastic, protecting rivers and saving energy are essential for Bangladesh's survival, not a luxury.
The belief that animals sense earthquakes in advance dates back to Roman times, and a space-based tracking project is now testing whether it holds up scientifically.
Hit by three floods this year, Sunamganj's haor farmers are replanting Aman paddy, often with high-interest loans, in a bid to recover.
After Cyclone Remal killed a record number of animals in the Sundarbans, conservationists say Bangladesh has no effective plan to keep wildlife safe in disasters.
More than a hundred hippos have been trapped in the mud of Botswana's Thamalakane River after severe drought dried it up, wildlife officials said.
