Rise in sea levels: Khulna, Satkhira to have 120,000 climate refugees

Due to increasing global temperature, sea levels are rising, as ice is melting in the earth's Polar Regions.

Bangladesh is one of the most risk ridden countries due to this phenomenon. Natural calamities have become commonplace here because of climate change. Day by day the number of climate refugees is growing.

Khulna's Koira upazila, which comprises seven unions, lies close to the Sundarbans. The area is experiencing a major wave of climate refugees. The Daily Star published a report on the effect of climate change at Koira upazila.

Find the gist of the report in today's Star News+.