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    MIT Empowering People To Adapt On The Frontlines Of Climate Change

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    UN Launches Joint Response Plan for Rohingya Crisis

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    A first person account: ‘I speak up for those who cannot’

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    After Bangladesh, river meetings in India address riparian challenges

    River meetings – or 'Nodi Boithoks' – empowered under-threat and overlooked river communities in Bangladesh to have a say in critical conversations about their...
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    COVID-19 impacts Bangladesh banks’. Bad loans rise by 8 per cent in December

    In what clearly looks like a case of pandemic blues, cases of default on bank loans have been pushed up by 8 per cent...
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    Hefazat-e-Islam and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh

    Although Bangladesh has now adopted a zero-tolerance approach to extremism, efforts are lacking to counter violent ideology and behaviours by non-state actors. The conventional...
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