Dhaka, Oct. 30 -- The Sundarbans' waterways are showing a mixed picture: at least six fish and aquatic species are declining, while nine are on the rise. A two-year assessment has mapped their changin... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- The long-term trend in cyclone formation in the Bay of Bengal shows no clear rise in the number of storms in October. But any low-pressure system that forms in the month is more lik... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- For the Election Commission, a technology once promoted as a modern alternative to ballot-box voting has become an expensive burden. Some 150,000 electronic voting machines (EVMs), ... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- The message came swiftly: three days after appearing in a video carrying a firearm during an anti-drug drive, Ishraque Hossain resigned as state minister. Eighteen days earlier, law... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- The Sundarbans is changing from the ground up. More than half its seedlings died between 2010 and 2020, while those that survived grew rapidly. Beneath the world's largest mangrove ... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Relentless rain, landslides and torrents of upstream water killed at least 44 people in Bangladesh in July, affecting hundreds of thousands across 10 districts. Chattogram recorded i... Read More
Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- For Abdul Momin, the river did not take his home all at once. It took the ground beneath it piece by piece, until the house he had built with a lifetime of savings was gone. "This ch... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Rice arrives on the Bangladeshi table almost by default -- steaming, familiar and consumed in quantities few other foods can match. But as concerns grow over excessive heavy metals ... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Toxic Trail from Soil to Table Widespread contamination: Commercial guavas and greens across key farming hubs contain unsafe lead, arsenic and cadmium levels Industrial roots: Pol... Read More
Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Dhaka is rapidly trading trees, wetlands, and open land for concrete in an alarming transformation researchers warn is making the capital hotter, more polluted, and increasingly vul... Read More