Kazi Amdadul Hoque

The gender wage gap persists across industries.

Improving our relationship with nature is the best way at the moment to address the consequences of climate change.

Bangladesh must intensify its anticipatory actions to address the evolving challenges posed by climate change and increasing cyclone intensity.

COP28 failed to bring about the desired outcomes, including a strong commitment to phase out fossil fuels.

We don’t have the time anymore, and we, as the climate action community, are tired of saying this ad nauseam.

The concept is expected to reduce losses and damages associated with the sudden onset of climate disasters.

Nature wants to be treated right and climate change impacts will become even harsher if positive changes are not incorporated in the current practices.

Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to all kinds of climate-change-induced disasters such as floods, droughts, cyclones, storm surges, sea-level rise, landslides, heat, and cold stresses.

Many have fallen prey to the unforgiving lens of the camera, and it is quite often that the lines between relief and respect becomes blurred.

Even after a lifetime of struggling to turn their lives around, a large number of vulnerable Bangladeshis face continuous climate-induced disasters, and each one brings them back to square one.

Maksura lived in Shyamnagar, in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. She graduated against all odds and dreamed of a future where she could work and apply her knowledge in real life.

This world is home to some 7.6 billion people, and not every person lives as well as the next.

On the edge of the largest mangrove forest in the world, home of the famous Royal Bengal Tiger, I met Krishna Rani.

There’s usually a festive atmosphere in a household before a baby is born, with family members gathering and cheering in anticipation of the arrival of the new member of the clan, with sweets and whatnot at the ready.

According to data from the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016, which was reported on in 2019, the poverty levels have been sky high in Kurigram over the last ten years.

Back in the day, when a child was born, the elders used to plant a tree in the baby’s name, implying that the tree will grow with the baby and help the baby with fruit and shade when they grow up.

Winter morn-ings in Bangladesh are usually associated with charming sights and sounds—dew drops on fallen brown leaves, shimmering colours formed by sun rays on spider webs, marigolds, dahlias and mustard flowers, and the singing of thousands of migratory birds in the haors, beels and lakes.

In 1989, the United Nations observed the first International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13 to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. This year’s theme focuses on one of the seven targets of the “Sendai Seven” campaign: reducing disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services.

I was on my way to Kuakata, a coastal town famed for its breathtakingly beautiful views and a beach where you can see both sunrise and sunset on the lap of the Bay of Bengal.

It is estimated that family planning could prevent one in every three maternal deaths and one in 11 child deaths by allowing women to delay motherhood and space their births, avoid unplanned pregnancies and therefore abortion, and stop childbearing once they have reached their planned family size (Lancet, 2006).