Shamsuddin Illius

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Shamsuddin Illius is an award-winning investigative journalist based in Bangladesh specialising in climate change, environment, migration, biodiversity, business, corruption and Rohingya refugees.
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How to write a climate story: A beginner’s guide from the field

Climate Justice
This practical guide shows beginner journalists how to turn climate science into compelling, people-centred stories by finding clear angles, testing causation, gathering evidence, following...

‘A Paper Dream’: COP30 stalls as vulnerable nations warn of broken climate finance promises

COP30
COP30 entered its second week on Monday mired in deadlock, with negotiations on climate finance, adaptation, technology transfer, gender equality and just transition showing...

Finance Deadlock, Justice Demands: COP30 boils over in Belém

COP30
Heated debates marked the third day of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, as delegates clashed over climate finance, adaptation needs and...

DIGITAL DREAMS, PARCHED REALITY: The hidden cost of Bangladesh’s data industry gold rush

Environment
On the outskirts of Gazipur, north of Dhaka, bulldozers roar across the sprawling landscape of the Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park – Bangladesh’s flagship technology zone.  Steel...

Stateless tag, undocumented birth of Rohingya children in Bangladesh and role of ASEAN

Migration
Myanmar and Bangladesh do not recognise these newborns as their citizens. Myanmar called them “illegal interlopers” from Bangladesh while as per Bangladesh's law; they...

Stateless tag, undocumented birth of Rohingya children in Bangladesh and role of ASEAN

Migration
At least 92 Rohingya babies are being born every day in the squalid, cramped and flimsy tents of Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh...

Mirsarai Economic Zone: A trade-off between development and environment destruction

Environment
Widespread deforestation in Chattogram’s Mirsarai, South-eastern Bangladesh, has devastated traditional livelihoods. Crab collectors, herders and sheep farmers have lost their means of survival due...

Born to disappear: The lives lost beneath the rising tides of Sandwip

Thoughts
Over the past century, Sandwip Island has faced severe coastal erosion, displacing tens of thousands. Entire villages vanished, along with heritage and homes. Climate...

Displaced millions head to cities: Life in a Bangladesh slum

Migration
Around 28% of Bangladesh’s population lives along the coast, while two-thirds of the country lies less than five metres above sea level. Floods are...

Displaced millions head to cities: Life in a Bangladesh slum

Migration
Around 28% of Bangladesh’s population lives along the coast, while two-thirds of the country lies less than five metres above sea level. Floods are...
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