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Push to Top COP27 Agenda with Thorny Compensation Talks
Developing countries have high expectations from the ‘Africa COP’ due next month as the COP27 president, Egypt, says loss and damage finance is ‘well...
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Stares at Severe Multiple Risks From Climate Change
Average tropical cyclones cost Bangladesh about $ 1 billion annually. By 2050, a third of agricultural GDP could be lost. In case of a...
Climate change
Unchecked Constructions on River Beds Exacerbated Pakistan Floods
Officials and politicians are now waking up the rampant, illegal encroachments and constructions on the beds of the Swat river and other watercourses. They...
Disaster Management
Balochistan Floods: From Nightmare to Rehabilitation
Islamic relief is one of many organizations working in the flood affected areas of Balochistan to provide shelters to homeless flood-ravaged families.
Abdul Shakoor Khan
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Bangladesh
PM Hasina’s Disaster Resilient Housing Project Stands Out, Even as Cyclone Sitrang Leaves 25 Dead
There has been no information about any damage so far to any house constructed as part of the Ashrayan project, as the houses were...
Disaster Management
Sri Lanka’s Vulnerable Forced to Risk “A Pathway To Destitution”, Says Red Cross Assessment
The deepening economic crisis is forcing people to make heartbreaking choices between going hungry, buying life-saving medicine, or finding the money to send children...
Bangladesh
Tidal Waves on St. Martin’s Islands and 90 Km and Hour Winds Define Cyclone Sitrang
Cyclone Sitrang started crossing the coast of Bangladesh between Chittagong and Barishal, with wind speeds of up to 90 km per hour by evening.
Towering...
Bhutan
Bangladesh Plans $230 Billion Climate Change Plan Spread Over 27 Years
Months ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP27 in Egypt, Bangladesh is set to unveil a massive National Adaptation Plan that it will...
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Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers Spell Trouble Downstream
Researchers strive to better understand melting glaciers on Asian mountain peaks, the Earth’s ‘Third Pole,’ in light of devastating...
Five Decades On, Bangladesh Debates If Its Constitution Retains the Spirit of Liberation War
Eminent citizens from all walks of life feel that successive constitutional amendments have been made for political, personal gains...
The Best Climate News You May Not Have Heard About
The Montreal Protocol — designed to save the ozone layer — is also averting a dangerous amount of global...
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Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers Spell Trouble Downstream
Researchers strive to better understand melting glaciers on Asian...
Five Decades On, Bangladesh Debates If Its Constitution Retains the Spirit of Liberation War
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