As another monsoon season tests the country’s defences, the arithmetic of density, the economics of daily survival and the limits of legal compulsion keep colliding.
As global temperatures rise, stories of Bangladeshi communities adapting – through planned relocations, skill-building, or community-led resilience – will inform responses worldwide.
The crisis is not abstract. It is visible in the receding shoreline, the displaced geobags, the flattened dunes and the anxious voices of residents who have watched the beach shrink year after year.
Officials and business leaders are expected to debate practical steps to embed resilience so that future shocks – whether climatic, geopolitical or external – do not erase hard-won gains.
The crisis is not abstract. It is visible in the receding shoreline, the displaced geobags, the flattened dunes and the anxious voices of residents who have watched the beach shrink year after year.
Officials and business leaders are expected to debate practical steps to embed resilience so that future shocks – whether climatic, geopolitical or external – do not erase hard-won gains.
Khan was sentenced to 14 years in prison last month on fresh corruption charges, a verdict he dismissed as politically motivated. His wife was also convicted and handed a seven-year sentence.