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World Bank says no fiduciary irregularities as ACC flags forest gaps

ACC papers allege Forest Department postings cost up to Tk 5 million and say investigators found plantations on only 160 of 510 hectares in...

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

Satellite data show Chattogram lost about 260,000 hectares of tree cover from 2001 to 2025 as farming, infrastructure, industry and urban expansion reshaped Bangladesh's...
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Forests on paper, gaps on ground, World Bank-financed $175m project in Bangladesh

The ACC says a deeper inquiry is under way after preliminary findings of negligence in the World Bank-financed SUFAL...

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

Nepal’s Bhotekoshi disaster renews scrutiny of slow climate finance as Himalayan communities face escalating glacial, flood and cascading cryosphere...

Avalanche in Langtang Himal caused massive Bhotekoshi flood, officials say

Satellite evidence points to a high-altitude snow and rock collapse near Langtang Himal, with experts warning that rapid ice...

Saline water pushing 1 in 5 coastal Bangladeshis toward heart disease: iccddr,b

Saline drinking water is emerging as a major health threat in coastal Bangladesh, with new icddr,b research linking high...

Bangladesh urges youth-led, science-based land restoration at UN desertification summit

Bangladesh urged world leaders at UNCCD COP17 in Mongolia to put science, youth and women at the heart of...

Satkhira’s 683km coastal embankment faces recurring breach risks

Officials say vulnerable stretches are being monitored and repaired, while residents warn repeated patchwork has left homes, farms, fish...