Bangladesh News News Bangladesh » Life: In Bangladesh, a community comes together to save a life-giving forest
Several tribal settlements are spread across Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region, each with its own communally managed forest that residents can use. But the unchecked exploitation of the ...
News Bangladesh » Life: Bangladesh: Life-saving assistance needed as Rohingya influx surges
An estimated 123,000 refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since violence broke out in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state last month. UNHCR is gravely concerned about the continuing conflict in Myanmar ...
News Bangladesh » Life: Bangladesh: A UNHCR doctor's inventive care transforms a refugee's life
KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh, June 30 (UNHCR) - With a smile on his face, refugee Kamal Hossain looks up from the mobile phone he is learning to repair to explain why he is intent on mastering ...
News Bangladesh » Life: For climate migrants in Bangladesh, town offers new life
MONGLA, Bangladesh (AP) — The 29-year-old Monira Khatun was devastated after her husband abandoned her suddenly. She returned to her father only to face another blow: He died soon after, leaving her ...
News Bangladesh » Life: Bangladesh: Where the Smoke Meets the Sea
Arin, a crab hunter, scours the banks of the Kohelia River, which has been filled by sand, clay and mud due the construction of a coal power plant and an industrial zone that is destroying the ...
News Bangladesh » Life: Bangladesh relocates refugees after landslide kills at least 5 children
Authorities in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh used loudspeakers and a network of volunteers and community leaders to relocate people from risky areas to safety Thursday ...
News Bangladesh » Life: World’s worst air pollution slashes 7 years off life expectancy in Bangladesh
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Air pollution in Bangladesh is the worst in the world, a new study shows, reducing the average Bangladeshi’s life expectancy by 6.7 years. Another ...
News Bangladesh » Life: Beyond kaanta-taar: Rethinking life at the Bangladesh–India border
In conversation with Sahana Ghosh, author of A Thousand Tiny Cuts: Mobility and Security Across the India-Bangladesh Borderlands and assistant professor of Anthropology at the National University of ...