OUR ENVIRONMENT COP26: Climate justice is the strident war cry of young activists in Bangladesh In Bangladesh, young activists are demanding climate justice for their people who are some of the worst affected in the...
Reportage Cyclone Amphan’s anniversary of despair As Cyclone Tautake tears through the west coast of India, exactly a year ago, on May 20, Bangladesh woke up...
Reportage Three of four people in coastal Bangladesh reduced food consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic A survey by non-profit Uttaran in May and December last year showed people in Asashuni upazila ate less, borrowed more...
Reportage The long walk for potable water in Bangladesh Frequent natural disasters such as cyclones, and rising sea levels have contaminated water sources in coastal Bangladesh, forcing rural women...
Reportage In Deep Waters: Is climate change impacting the reproductive health of women in coastal Bangladesh? The adverse consequences of climate change is being felt, directly and indirectly, on the health and wellbeing of rural women...
OUR ENVIRONMENT The Hungry Tide: As the river swallows their land, villagers in Bangladesh turn environmental refugees Frequent natural disasters have resulted in massive loss of livelihoods and mass migration in Bangladesh. People have had to change...
Reportage Bonbibi to the rescue: On January 15, villagers in the Bangladesh Sundarbans celebrate the forest goddess who protects them The Bonbibi Puja and Bonbibi Mela in villages adjoining the Sundarbans in Bangladesh cut across religious divides and unite those...
Reportage Web of misery: Education of 42 million kids in Bangladesh affected by COVID-19. A majority living on its islands cannot access online classes 62 per cent of households in Bangladesh do not have access to the Internet. Millions of children of poor and...
Reportage 50 years on, people in Bangladesh still have nightmares about the deadliest Bhola cyclone Nearly half a million people perished in the Bhola cyclone that struck on Nov 12, 1970. Gaon Connection revisits the...
Reportage Bangladesh’s indigenous Munda community in the Sundarbans faces hunger as livelihoods dry up The Munda community, with its roots in India, living in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh is out of work in the...
