14+ min ago   (176+ words) The Dutch-funded programme links social enterprises and local entrepreneurs with smart grids, digital meters, remote monitoring and mobile payments to test financially viable water services in rural Bangladesh. Netherlands Ambassador Joris van Bommel visited Bangladesh’s southern Barishal district on 12-13 August…...

34+ min ago   (150+ words) National Fisheries Week 2026 was celebrated in Manikganj with a series of programmes, including a discussion meeting at the conference room of the district administration, where speakers called for protecting rivers, canals and water bodies to help restore native fish species....

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (363+ words) The initiative will build evidence, train law enforcement and promote community digital literacy as traffickers increasingly use online platforms, job portals and social media to exploit people. Bangladesh’s Economic Relations Division and the International Organization for Migration have signed a…...

23+ hour, 46+ min ago   (442+ words) Unstable rainfall, drought and shifting water levels are disturbing the fragile wetland conditions that support moorhen nesting, feeding and chick survival despite its wide range. The Common Moorhen may be one of the world’s more familiar wetland birds, but the…...

1+ day, 16+ min ago   (931+ words) The Climate Watch The slow violence of salinity on coastal women Coastal salinity is reshaping women’s health, labour and household survival, exposing how climate change, shrimp farming and policy failures leave reproductive risks and unpaid water work outside national planning....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1387+ words) Household seed stores in Satkhira are helping families recover after floods, but farmers and researchers say quality control, backups and public support are needed to build resilience under salinity. In Bangladesh’s saline southwest, farmers are using household seed stores to…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (318+ words) Waste-to-energy could help Bangladesh cut landfill pressure and recover value from waste, but weak segregation, infrastructure and municipal capacity remain major barriers to success. But Bangladesh needs to understand that waste-to-energy is not only an energy project. This is primarily…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (206+ words) The year-long programme will offer learning sessions, mentorship, field engagement and an alumni network for young people from coastal districts and Dhaka. The Coastal Youth Fellowship 2026, a new youth climate leadership initiative by Greenman in partnership with the Centre for…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (687+ words) Negotiators advanced recommendations on protected areas, wildlife management and finance, but unresolved differences over speeding implementation now move to COP 17 in Yerevan, where Parties will review collective progress. Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity have recognised that the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (279+ words) Campaigners said tobacco cultivation in Ghior is harming soil, health and the environment, urging local authorities to promote safer and more profitable food crops. Environmental campaigners and community representatives in central Bangladesh have called for curbs on tobacco farming and…...