Relief and rehabilitation are priority in Mocha-hit areas after the worst was averted

While commitment is the first step, finance is the most important means for implementation of climate commitments. But in this case, there are huge gaps, as pledges remain unfulfilled.

The BWDB must take advice from our river experts in this regard, change their traditional “cordon approach” to rivers and adopt a modern river management approach, if they really want to manage floods in the region.

Some of the damage due to climate change will be irreversible for centuries.

2017 has been the year of Climate Change impacts and its horrors making to the news on a daily basis. From hurricanes to wildfires, the previous year was a constant reminder that the planet is in the eye of the great climate change storm.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to make sure that damages from

The World Bank has offered a low-cost loan of $250 million to Bangladesh for tackling natural disasters.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that Bangladesh is well-prepared to face natural calamities as the people of this country always live with these problems.

Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany are among the best placed wealthy countries to cope with shocks like large-scale migration due to their strong safety nets, education programmes and economic opportunities, says a global report by KPMG.

Bangladesh experienced over 200 natural disasters since 1980, leaving a total death toll of approximately 200,000 people and causing economic loss worth nearly $17 billion.