Char area

Char area

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

Nearly 2,000 sq km of land added to the country’s land mass over the past century provides opportunities for agriculture, fisheries, tourism, and settlement in coastal districts. But challenges of...

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

'bhalo' often goes to villages to counsel farmers. Photo: Courtesy

‘bhalo’: A business designed to help smallholder farmers

People of Rangpur char areas loses their ways of life due to river erosion

People of Rangpur char areas loses their ways of life due to river erosion

Photo: TBS

On the phone: Only cries of helplessness