The gender wage gap persists across industries.

Environmental damage from unplanned development, encroachment must stop

At least 50 families residing in Char Poulee village under Tangail Sadar upazila are passing sleepless nights as the Jamuna river’s erosion worsened this monsoon.

Nearly a thousand families on the bank of the Padma river in Daulatdia union under Rajbari’s Goalanda upazila are passing days in fear of erosion.

Displacement fear looms over thousands living in 5 unions of Khulna’s Koyra

Displacement due to river erosion is an entirely different story.

It is because the physical nature of rivers in Bangladesh are different from that of the rivers in Western countries.

It is neither possible nor desirable to eliminate flooding completely, for floods are intricately linked to the very survival of people in this delta country.

Government must help local communities become more resilient to such calamities

Shorn of its sacred grandeur the Padma has embraced its secularised and earthier image with some muscularity, audacity and flair.

At least 1,053 people were killed and 9.4 million more displaced internally in different climate-related disasters in 58 districts in seven years from 2014, says a recent study.

Government help must be both quick and sustainable

Department of Disaster Management (DDM) distributed Tk 50 crore among the victims of river erosion in October 2021 through the Upazila Nirbahi Officers.

Riverside people from northern Bangladesh devastated by floods twice this season, are now losing their houses and lands to erosion.

Residents of at least 30 villages living close to Monu River embankments in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar are at risk as the river has once again begun to erode the banks in Koterkuna area.

The water level of Jamuna is rising due to heavy flow from the hill. As a result, erosion started in Shibalaya upazilla of Manikganj.

The government is planning to allocate Tk 100 crore to rehabilitate the victims of river erosion across the country.

The Padma has devoured most of the areas of 19 villages in Rajbari's Goalanda in the last two months.

The cabinet committee on purchase yesterday approved a project, involving Tk 1,077.58 crore, for protecting Naria and Jazira upazilas in Shariatpur from Padma erosion.

This Padma is not the river they know. At Naria of Shariatpur, 20km from the Padma Bridge construction site, it has changed abruptly for sure. Once relatively calm and quiet in the area, it turned into an all-devouring river in just a few years.