Pinaki Roy

Chief Reporter, The Daily Star

Teesta plan with China gains pace

Under the deal, POWERCHINA will prepare a concept paper by December and conduct a feasibility study in 2026

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Noakhali-Feni: Floodwaters gone months ago but sufferings linger

Nineteen-year-old Sajjad Hossain had no alternative but to start building a new thatched home for his two sisters, mother and himself since their house was swept away by a flood four months ago in Pashchim Aloka village, situated on the banks of Muhuri river in Feni’s Parshuram upazila.

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Dhaka needs to urgently prepare for a major quake

Having experienced two earthquakes in the span of a single week, an obvious question looms – are we taking this silent threat seriously enough?

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Bangladesh thriving in meat, fish production

Bangladesh is now in a comfortable position in fish and meat production, bringing comfort to the government in ensuring food security.

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Bhabadah and beyond: Marooned for months

On the way to Ranjit Kumar Bawali’s home in Dumurtola village of Jashore’s Bhabadah, a young boy giving directions pointed towards a slim bridge made of bamboo.

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Bangladesh’s climate debt keeps climbing

As global leaders gather in Baku, Azerbaijan to discuss finance at the 29th climate conference, the most vulnerable countries like Bangladesh are demanding new and additional climate finance that does not exacerbate climate debt.

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Coastal people in Bangladesh: Millions suffer as world prepares for COP29

Just a few days ago, Sakhina Begum’s teenage grandson Ariful narrowly escaped a crocodile attack while he and his friend were catching crabs from a canal near his home.

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Extreme weather events threatening food security

Since May last year, Bangladesh faced more than a dozen extreme weather events -- four cyclones, nine incidents of floods, and multiple spells of heavy rains, heatwaves, and cold waves -- and now they threaten food security..These events not only harmed individual farmers and food security

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May 26, 2024
May 26, 2024

Fewer but fiercer since the 90s

Though Bangladesh is experiencing fewer cyclones than in the 1960s, their intensity has increased, a recent study has found.

May 25, 2024
May 25, 2024

Depression forms in the Bay of Bengal

The Met office yesterday said the depression over the Bay of Bengal may intensify and turn into a cyclone before making landfall on the Bangladesh coast tomorrow.

April 26, 2024
April 26, 2024

High Temperature Days: Barring miracle, record of 76yrs breaks today

At least 23 days of this month were heatwave days, which equals the record set in 2019 for the entire year.

April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024

An April way hotter than 30-year average

Over the last seven days, temperatures in the capital and other heatwave-affected places have been consistently four to five degrees Celsius higher than the corresponding seven days in the last 30 years, according to Met department data.

April 23, 2024
April 23, 2024

Heatwaves in April getting longer

Mild to moderate heatwaves in the month of April have gotten longer over the years, according to preliminary data of a research.

March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024

Salinity seeping into northern groundwater

The salinity of the groundwater surrounding fish farms in the northern region has been on the rise as fish farmers have been using large quantities of salt in their ponds, a survey finds.

March 3, 2024
March 3, 2024

Wildlife Trafficking: Bangladesh remains a transit hotspot

Patagonian Mara, a somewhat rabbit-like animal, is found in open and semi-open habitats in Argentina, including in large parts of Patagonia. This herbivorous mammal, which also looks like deer, is never known to be found in this part of the subcontinent.

February 11, 2024
February 11, 2024

120km Dhaka canals lost to urban greed

Dhaka city has lost a combined length of 120km or 307 hectares of canals, which could have been waterways and vital drainage, thanks to encroachment, unplanned urbanisation and lack of maintenance by the authorities in the last 80 years.

November 30, 2023
November 30, 2023

Pratapnagar’s climate woes never end

Upon reaching the Harishkhali village in Pratapnagar union, an area on the forefront of climate impacts in the country,the first thing noticed was a red flag, hoisted by the launch terminal, fluttering against the southernbreeze.

November 25, 2023
November 25, 2023

Early Aman Season: High costs, low prices worry northern farmers

As farmers start harvesting and threshing early varieties of Aman paddy in the northern districts, the fear looms that their profit could be negligible due to higher production costs than last year.