coastal areas

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Cyclonic storm Fengal moves northwestwards over Bay

The storm, which has sustained winds of around 62 km/h near its centre, with gusts reaching up to 88 km/h, is moving in a north-westerly direction

Rizwana speaking at a seminar at the Public Works Department in Segunbagicha on 28 Nov. Photo: BSS
Environment

Integrated plan a must for developing ecotourism, protecting coastal areas: Rizwana

One of the speakers addresses an event, titled “Untold Story of Coastal People of Bangladesh: Sandwip Perspective”, at the COP29 venue in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday, 15 November, 2024. Photo: TBS
Climate Change

Urgent action needed to protect Bangladesh’s coastal communities: Speakers at COP29

The Participatory Research and Action Network (PRAN) organised a workshop on rights to safe water in Khulna on Saturday (2 November). Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Separate policy needed to address water crisis in coastal areas: Speakers

Photo: TBS
Energy

Cyclone leaves 2.66 crore without power

Satellite Cloud Tops Alert, Bangladesh
Bangladesh

Cyclone Remal hits Bangladesh coasts

Rainfall in Rajshahi in October 2023. Photo: TBS
Environment

Rain trickles down in Dhaka, Barishal, other coastal areas as Cyclone Remal forms

Representational Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

65-day fishing ban in coastal areas to end midnight

Women in Bagerhat’s Kachua upazila walk to a solar-powered pond sand filter plant in Goualmath village to fetch drinking water. More than 30,000 people from 25 surrounding villages buy freshwater from the plant for Tk1 per pitcher as the area’s groundwater is often salty and contaminated with arsenic. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Saline water woes: Innovative projects transform coastal lives

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

NGOs demand more solar, wind power from coastal areas

World's fastest sinking coastal cities
By The Numbers

World's fastest sinking coastal cities

The photo was taken recently. Photo: Mumit M
Environment

UNDP's support in hydroponics project reduces plastic pollution in coastal areas

Micronutrient deficiency of adolescent girls by seasonality and salinity. Vitamin (OH) D deficiency (< 30 nmol/L), vitamin (OH) D insufficiency (< 50 nmol/L), Iron Deficiency (Ferritin < 15 ug/L) and VAD (Serum retinol < 30 ug/dL). Statistical significance (P < 0.005) has been denoted by asterisk: *Pearson’s chi-square test. Note: Different agro-aquatic ecological zone- HS, High saline; MS, Medium saline; LS, Low saline; FW, Fresh water, and PP, Processing plant. Credit: Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33636-8
Health

Study finds adolescent girls in Bangladesh vulnerable to malnutrition