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Bhotekoshi floods cut Nepal power exports, halt Bangladesh supply

Recent Updates

Dhaka begins rabies vaccination and collaring drive for stray dogs

Five banned fishing nets seized and burned in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar

Bangladesh, World Bank discuss ongoing and future environment projects

Bangladesh accepts 12 climate-related human rights recommendations from UPR-4

Students hold green assembly for climate action at Chattogram school

Sustainability

Dumping station crisis in Bangladesh: work that brings to death

Lead

Forests on paper, gaps on ground, World Bank-financed $175m project in Bangladesh

Focus

Colonial scars still shape Bangladesh tea workers’ struggle for rights

Energy

Electricity for Bangladesh, pollution fears for riverside Taltali

Climate Finance

Bangladesh forms national climate finance committee led by PM Tarique Rahman

Nepal seeks emergency Loss and Damage Fund aid after Bhotekoshi flood

Nepal floods: LDC group urges global support, climate finance for vulnerable nations

Billions pledged, drought pact fails again as UN land talks expose $278bn funding gap

Sustainability

UIU seminar calls for rethinking sustainability amid global change

HSBC to give Tk 100m for flood rehabilitation in Chattogram

Prime Bank, BAU partner on climate-resilient farming in haor areas

Youth-led AGUN alliance launched to defend rights and nature in Bangladesh

Formed after identifying 117 environmental and social conflicts, AGUN...

Bangladesh faces growing CBAM risk as EU eyes wider textile rules

Bangladesh’s current CBAM exposure is limited, but potential EU...

Climate Change

Germany says Nepal floods show growing threat from climate change

Vanishing green: Chattogram bears 94% of Bangladesh’s tree-cover loss

Pacific leaders press fossil fuel phaseout as overshoot warning grows

Germany reports record 15,800 heat-related deaths after heatwaves

The deaths have intensified pressure on Germany’s government to...

Climate fight needs new knowledge, not old tools, GND forum hears

Youth groups and civil society representatives discussed Chattogram’s climate...

Biodiversity

High Court halts road construction in Cox’s Bazar beach area for 8 weeks

Biodiversity key to indigenous rights, Bangladesh representative says

Rajshahi groups seek action to halt illegal lead recycling in city

44 held in 80 days as work-starved fishers defy Sundarbans ban again

Forest officials cite manpower shortages and difficult terrain as...

Farmer-led banana exchanges enrich Barind agrobiodiversity, study says

The BARCIK field findings highlight how village learning centres...

Amazon’s Hidden Data Centers in India and Beyond

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Climate Justice

Friendship founder Runa Khan wins 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Award

Experts urge national heat action plan amid rising heat risk

Climate champion abroad, environmental challenges at home: Bangladesh near bottom of global index

Women shoulder family burden as Sundarbans bans leave men jobless

Heat, rain shifts put green bee-eaters under growing climate strain

Air pollution emerges as growing public health threat in Bangladesh

Noise pollution emerges as growing urban health threat

Climate change puts Common Moorhen’s wetland life under pressure

Crime

Bangladesh’s Sundarbans reopen after three months amid bandit fears

DoE demolish illegal lead smelting plant in Dhaka

Woman detained with 24 Bengal monitor lizards in Khagrachhari town

Nine workers killed in toxic gas leak at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard

Wildlife

10-foot python rescued in Koyra and released into Sundarbans

Giant anteaters shift activity to cooler hours as climate warms

Military vets called in as Sri Lanka wildlife veterinarians protest

Bird nests fall as trees cut in Bangladesh, killing chicks and eggs

Long known as a bird colony, Ramnagar’s nesting trees...

After more than a century, wild onager foal born in Saudi reserve

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve is...

Energy

Mymensingh MP’s wife gets NOC for solar plant on farmland 27 days after agriculture dept objects

Uganda police arrest youth activists in protest against oil reliance

Bangladesh considers Tk10bn shift to solar power amid energy crisis

Nepal prepares for climate risks from possible Super El Niño event

The proposed framework and policy brief aim to turn...

Germany-backed agrivoltaics pilot opens in Chuadanga

The pilot will test how solar irrigation, farming and...

Environment

Bangladesh recovers 2,300 acres of forest in five months: minister

Bangladesh among world’s most climate-vulnerable, minister warns

Devighat flood leaves Nepal residents rebuilding their lives from zero

German initiative trains 77 Bangladesh professionals in solar and wind

The programme highlights growing efforts to build renewable energy...

Severe Nepal flood leaves 384 tourists and trekkers missing in Rasuwa

Search and rescue teams are checking agency records as...

ASEAN, Brazil discuss climate ties ahead of COP31 and CBD COP17 talks

Indian journalist Lahkar wins Denmark climate fellowship

Youth groups reflect on COP30 at Chattogram dialogue

Bangladesh urged to send top leaders to COP climate talks

Women are still underrepresented in climate talks at COP30

COP process falls short for vulnerable nations, talks go on

Migration

Climate migrants in Dhaka face a new cycle of vulnerability

Climate migrants comprise 30-40% of Chattogram slum population: study

Bangladesh builds climate alliances on COP17 sidelines

Bangladesh and IOM launch new initiative to combat cyber-enabled human trafficking

The initiative will build evidence, train law enforcement and...

Bangladesh launches national plan to promote safe, orderly migration

The EU-backed initiative will strengthen Bangladesh’s migration governance through...

Thoughts

When the mountains break

When climate disasters cross borders

The hidden face of climate disasters

Bangladesh and the global crisis of environmental injustice: When the powerful declare nature the enemy

The opinion argues that Bangladesh’s climate vulnerability is being...

Bangladesh’s climate moment: Why tomorrow’s citizens need a constitutional shield

Climate activist argues Bangladesh’s constitutional reform process should make...

News Digest

UN warns Himalayan glacier floods could displace millions in future

Devastating Bhote Koshi–Trishuli flood leaves trail of death and destruction across Nepal

Nepal flood exposes a capital gap in the LDC graduation framework

Rangeland restoration could deliver USD 4-6 for every dollar invested: report

New findings highlight the financial case for restoring rangelands,...

Bhotekoshi 2026: Green Climate Fund failed Nepal’s communities when urgent action was needed

Nepal’s Bhotekoshi disaster renews scrutiny of slow climate finance...

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