Char area

Char area

Children grow up learning lessons no classroom can fully teach - lessons of survival, adaptation, and quiet joy amid uncertainty. Photo: Yasin Piash/TBS

Jamuna char: Where the river shapes childhood

On the shifting chars of the Jamuna River, children grow up learning resilience and survival amid constant uncertainty.

Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin-ur Rashid spoke today at a views exchange meeting with officials and heads of various departments in the ministry's conference room. 22 February 2026 Photo: PID

Organic farming to be introduced in char areas: Agri minister

Photo: BSS

Scarcity of drinking water poses diseases for Noakhali char people

After a char forms, it takes 20 years before the land is considered fit for settlement. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

How to make best use of new lands emerging in Bangladesh

A file photo of economist Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad. Photo: Collected

Char area displacement should be top priority: Economist Kholiquzzaman

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury speaks at the review meeting of the implementation progress of the projects of the ministry for fiscal 2023-24 at the Secretariat on Wednesday (27 March). Photo: BSS

Initiatives taken to make vulnerable island-char dwellers climate resilient: Saber

Resilience in action: The art of living in char areas

Resilience in action: The art of living in char areas

Photo: Masum Billah

The school with no name: A ray of hope on a lonely char

File Photo: UNB

1000 schools to be established in char areas: State Minister

Red-crested Pochard male. Photo: Muntasir Akash/TBS

Experts call for up-to-date land law to reduce poverty in char areas

Photo: Courtesy

M4C, Renata sign agreement to ensure quality livestock medicines

Representational picture File Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS

Bogura char farmers smile big with bumper crop output

The only transport to the town/Photo: Plabon Amin

Life in the shoals of Jamuna river