erosion

Erosion fear grips 1,000 families

Nearly a thousand families on the bank of the Padma river in Daulatdia union under Rajbari’s Goalanda upazila are passing days in fear of erosion.

A quiet violence in Bangladesh’s chars

There are plentiful cases of land-grabbing and violence for control over new char or khas land in the country.

Kuakata Beach / 75,000 trees lost to erosion every year

There was a time when coconut, palm, tamarisk, and mangrove trees swayed with the winds on Kuakata Beach. Their tall trunks guarded the shore-dwellers against the wrath of natural calamities.

Can this school be saved?

Hundreds of students of Mathbari Union High School in Jhalakathi are under the threat of losing their school to the erosion of the Bishkhali river.

Erosion in Pungli River: Tangail rail bridge under threat

With water level dropping, erosion of the Pungli river in Kalihati has taken a serious turn at Hinnaipara Fatikjani, threatening Pungli

Oyster the protector

Despite the construction of embankments and barriers in some areas, storms, strong currents and tides regularly wreak havoc on the Bangladeshi coastline.

Jamuna erodes part of Tangail embankment

With water level going down in the Jamuna, erosion has damaged a portion of the village protection embankment on the eastern side

June 13, 2024
June 13, 2024

Erosion fear grips 1,000 families

Nearly a thousand families on the bank of the Padma river in Daulatdia union under Rajbari’s Goalanda upazila are passing days in fear of erosion.

February 12, 2024
February 12, 2024

A quiet violence in Bangladesh’s chars

There are plentiful cases of land-grabbing and violence for control over new char or khas land in the country.

July 10, 2023
July 10, 2023

75,000 trees lost to erosion every year

There was a time when coconut, palm, tamarisk, and mangrove trees swayed with the winds on Kuakata Beach. Their tall trunks guarded the shore-dwellers against the wrath of natural calamities.

June 24, 2018
June 24, 2018

Can this school be saved?

Hundreds of students of Mathbari Union High School in Jhalakathi are under the threat of losing their school to the erosion of the Bishkhali river.

October 21, 2017
October 21, 2017

Erosion in Pungli River: Tangail rail bridge under threat

With water level dropping, erosion of the Pungli river in Kalihati has taken a serious turn at Hinnaipara Fatikjani, threatening Pungli

September 23, 2017
September 23, 2017

Oyster the protector

Despite the construction of embankments and barriers in some areas, storms, strong currents and tides regularly wreak havoc on the Bangladeshi coastline.

August 24, 2017
August 24, 2017

Jamuna erodes part of Tangail embankment

With water level going down in the Jamuna, erosion has damaged a portion of the village protection embankment on the eastern side