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In a desperate bid to beat the scorching heat, two young men cool off under a forceful stream of water from an irrigation pump in Chuadanga on 10 May 2025, where the mercury hit a season-high 42°C. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh faces 44 extra extreme heat days: Global study

A new report reveals alarming trends in heatwave frequency and intensity across the globe, with Bangladesh among the hardest-hit nations

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Climate disasters erode up to 2% of Bangladesh's GDP

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UAE tops 50c in highest May temperature on record

Sentinel-2A satellite image of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. Photo: European Space Agency

When the sea moves inland: A global climate wake-up call from Bangladesh's Delta

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 1, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

As world heats up, UN cools itself the cool way: with water

Sketch: TBS

19 million at risk of climate displacement by 2050 without effective measures, warns Prof Tasneem Siddiqui

Speakers at the Fourth Annual Climate Child Conference in Khulna. Photo: TBS

Climate change impacts put 3.5cr Bangladeshi children at risk: Unicef official

Bleached corals are seen near a bull statue in a reef in Koh Mak, Trat province, Thailand, May 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar/File Photo

Global coral bleaching crisis spreads after hottest year: scientists

Ninety percent of Cox’s Bazar is now waterlogged, with more than 100 villages submerged. Photo: TBS

Hundred-year storm tides will occur every few decades in Bangladesh: MIT study

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Climate experts call for joint action on land, water, and food security

Hasin Jahan, country director of WaterAid Bangladesh. Sketch: TBS

'Youth can drive positive change in fight against climate change'

The Chiatibo glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range is seen in Pakistan, October 16, 2019. Neil Hall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Rapid Himalayan ice melt puts Bangladesh at risk: UN

Saul Luciano Lliuya, who is pursuing a lawsuit against German energy utility RWE, whose emissions he says have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, swelling a lake above his hometown to dangerous levels, is pictured in his home, in Huaraz, Peru March 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo

Peruvian farmer takes German energy giant RWE to court in landmark climate case