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Study reveals high flood exposure risk for slum dwellers in Global South, urging equitable flood adaptation strategies.
For the US, that's a nightmare scenario. It means China not only dominates the processing game but is also securing the upstream supply chain. So if Washington wants to reduce dependency, it can't ...
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted Bangladesh's flagship resolution titled, 'Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace', with an overwhelming ...
(THE CONVERSATION) By the time a student-led protest movement erupted into a full-scale revolution in Bangladesh in July 2024, the country’s economy was already in free fall.
China’s growing influence is reshaping South Asia’s balance of power. India’s traditional strengths endure, but without a ...
Dhaka’s trade deficit with the US is smaller than that of Vietnam. Yet it has been slapped with a higher tariff rate.
Bangladesh was at the precipice of charting a new beginning last year after its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was removed from power in a student-led uprising ...
This guide equips journalists with the tools and resources to report on conflicts over land and its resources, such as water and forests.
The World Bank's new Vice President for the South Asia Region, Johannes Zutt, arrives in Dhaka today (12 July). During his four-day official visit, Zutt will meet with the chief adviser, the finance ...
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before ...
Bangladesh is known as the land of rivers and flooding, despite almost all of its water originating outside the territory. The fact that 80% of rivers that flow through Bangladesh have their sources ...