S Nazrul Islam
Dr S Nazrul Islam is an economist, founder of Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN), and the initiator and vice-president of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa).
Dr S Nazrul Islam is an economist, founder of Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN), and the initiator and vice-president of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa).
That is the only way we will be able to protect the people from the recurring pain and suffering caused by floods and equip them so they can tackle the impact of climate change.
We do need a Teesta megaplan, but not the one that the BWDB is proposing.
It is because the physical nature of rivers in Bangladesh are different from that of the rivers in Western countries.
The proportional system can ensure the robust presence of contending political parties in parliament and thus allay the fear of becoming marginalised.
There used to be more than a thousand rivers crisscrossing through Bangladesh. Many of those rivers are now lost, mostly due to human interventions.
It is necessary to be aware of the real and unvarnished truth regarding the sharing of common rivers between Bangladesh and India.
The US dollar has now surpassed the Tk 100 mark, and Bangladesh Bank is making contradictory moves to deal with the situation.
The second volume of Rehman Sobhan’s memoirs, Untranquil Recollections: Political Economy of Nation Building in Post-Liberation Bangladesh (University Press Limited, 2022) deals primarily with the years of 1972 to 1975,
That is the only way we will be able to protect the people from the recurring pain and suffering caused by floods and equip them so they can tackle the impact of climate change.
We do need a Teesta megaplan, but not the one that the BWDB is proposing.
It is because the physical nature of rivers in Bangladesh are different from that of the rivers in Western countries.
The proportional system can ensure the robust presence of contending political parties in parliament and thus allay the fear of becoming marginalised.
There used to be more than a thousand rivers crisscrossing through Bangladesh. Many of those rivers are now lost, mostly due to human interventions.
It is necessary to be aware of the real and unvarnished truth regarding the sharing of common rivers between Bangladesh and India.
The US dollar has now surpassed the Tk 100 mark, and Bangladesh Bank is making contradictory moves to deal with the situation.
The second volume of Rehman Sobhan’s memoirs, Untranquil Recollections: Political Economy of Nation Building in Post-Liberation Bangladesh (University Press Limited, 2022) deals primarily with the years of 1972 to 1975,
An untimely flood wreaked havoc on the Teesta basin in Bangladesh, beginning on the night of Wednesday, October 20. A sudden onrush of Teesta water flooded the area to a level that has not been witnessed since 1968.