SAJIDA Foundation hosted a research dissemination event titled “Building Climate Resilience: Women as Agents of Change” in Dhaka on Thursday (August 21).Policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and community representatives joined the half-day programme to explore community-led, locally driven strategies for strengthening climate resilience in Bangladesh’s most vulnerable regions.The event presented findings from the Building Climate Resilient Food ...more

Civil society representatives have urged for taking special initiatives to support marginalised communities affected by climate change. The call was made at a reception and sapling distribution event organised in honour of Upakulbandhu Mostafa Nuruzzaman on behalf of forest-dependent people living along the Sundarbans coast.The event held at Harinagar Bonoshree Shikkha Niketan auditorium in Shyamnagar ...more

Staff Correspondent:The International Farakka Committee (IFC) Bangladesh Chapter has announced plans to observe Farakka Long March Day on May 16 with due solemnity and significance, reaffirming its commitment to raising awareness about the historic event and its continued relevance to the nation’s water rights.The decision was finalized during a meeting of the IFC Bangladesh Chapter ...more

The International Farakka Committee (IFC) Bangladesh Chapter has announced plans to observe Farakka Long March Day on May 16 with due solemnity and significance, reaffirming its commitment to raising awareness about the historic event and its continued relevance to the nation’s water rights.The decision was finalized during a meeting of the IFC Bangladesh Chapter held ...more

-People crippled by community centres, catering service providers  -Syndicates control catering, others-Competition Commission’s action not visible Weddings and various social events have fallen under the clutches of corporate monopoly syndicates. In community centers and club halls, guests could previously be entertained by the chefs of their choice. That freedom to hire their own chefs is no longer there. ...more

The cultural arena was also instrumental in constructing the discourse of Awami fascism in the past decade and a half. The entertainment world is not left out of partyization and assimilation. Once artists like Pijush Banerjee, Asaduzzaman Noor, Riaz, Mau and Shami Kaiser had universal acceptance.But in the past decade and a half, they became ...more

Salman Khan is currently shooting his upcoming movie, Sikandar, at Hyderabad's Falaknuma Palace Hotel, with a section of the property cordoned off exclusively for the film’s team.Despite receiving a new threat, Salman remains focused on his work. The actor is under a heightened four-tier security arrangement, with additional safety measures in place to protect him.According ...more

Environmental activists and civil society representatives on Tuesday called for coordinated measures to address the development challenges facing the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh, one of the areas most vulnerable to climate change impacts.At a press conference, speakers warned that the quality of life in the region would worsen without swift action, potentially harming the ...more

 Brick kilns surrounding Dhaka are the main pollution source at the moment. The city dwellers are affecting different diseases, especially chest-related disorders, have been harming the health sector of the country.  more

Unfortunately, 56 percent of the waste remains uncollected. While these facts present a grim picture of plastic waste mismanagement in Chattogram, the overall scenario of the country perhaps paints a more alarming landscape. According to the World Bank, in December 2021, Bangladesh was one of the top countries in the world in terms of plastic ...more