Haor

Bangladesh to open public water bodies for traditional fishers

Bangladesh plans to grant traditional fishers access to public water bodies while accelerating wetland restoration and river dredging to...

Haor flood victims need urgent support to protect food security, says SUJAN

Civil society leaders urged immediate support for flood-hit haor farmers and stronger governance, warning that climate risks, corruption, and...

Moulvibazar prepares list of farmers and fishers affected by floods, says DC

Authorities in Moulvibazar are preparing lists of flood-affected farmers and fishers after continuous rain and hill runoff damaged boro...

Bangladesh’s haor heartland drowns as rotting rice exposes climate and governance crisis

Flash floods and failed embankments devastated Sunamganj’s haors, leaving farmers facing crop losses, rising debt, food insecurity and growing...

Election uncertainty threatens haor flood defences

With elections nearing, delays and doubts over embankment construction in Bangladesh’s haor region heighten fears of early floods threatening...

77 Tahirpur Haor embankments yet to start

Work on 77 crop protection embankments in Tahirpur, Sunamganj, has yet to begin despite official inaugurations. Farmers fear early...