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Bangladesh

  • CPEC coal power plant Sahiwal, Punjab, Xinhua / Alamy

    2020: The year that coal power took a hit

    January 18, 2021

    Plans for expansion in South and Southeast Asia were finally re-evaluated, with little prospect for a revival this year

  • Water Bangladesh, Riyan Sobhan Talha

    Safe water costs 40 times more in coastal Bangladesh than cities

    January 05, 2021

    Water is everywhere in coastal Bangladesh, but is increasingly undrinkable as sea level rise caused by climate change is turning water sources saline

  • deforestation, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, Daniel J. Rao / Alamy

    Best of 2020: Could the Himalayas harbour the next pandemic?

    January 01, 2021

    Environmental destruction and climate change are driving pandemics, with the Hindu Kush Himalayas a potential hotspot for new emerging diseases

  • Best of 2020: Bangladesh turns to China to transform Teesta river

    December 30, 2020

    After failing to sign a water-sharing agreement with India, Bangladesh receives support from China to develop a USD 1 billion engineering scheme on the Teesta

  • Weather station at Machapuchare Base Camp, Himalayas, Nepal. Ashley Cooper / Alamy Stock Photo

    Best of 2020: Will border disputes affect climate research?

    December 25, 2020

    Scientists hope recent border clashes in the Himalayas and the pandemic will not derail the limited progress made on research cooperation over the past decade

  • catching fish at Bangla bazar Fish Ghat in Sarikait

    Best of 2020: The forgotten fishers of Bangladesh

    December 22, 2020

    On Earth Day, a photographic profile of the Jaladash, an impoverished community being swamped by a rising sea

  • CPEC coal power plant Sahiwal, Punjab, Xinhua / Alamy

    2020: The year that coal power took a hit

    January 18, 2021

  • Water Bangladesh, Riyan Sobhan Talha

    Safe water costs 40 times more in coastal Bangladesh than cities

    January 05, 2021

  • deforestation, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, Daniel J. Rao / Alamy

    Best of 2020: Could the Himalayas harbour the next pandemic?

    January 01, 2021

  • Best of 2020: Bangladesh turns to China to transform Teesta river

    December 30, 2020

  • Weather station at Machapuchare Base Camp, Himalayas, Nepal. Ashley Cooper / Alamy Stock Photo

    Best of 2020: Will border disputes affect climate research?

    December 25, 2020

  • catching fish at Bangla bazar Fish Ghat in Sarikait

    Best of 2020: The forgotten fishers of Bangladesh

    December 22, 2020

Flooding

  • Padma river in Bangladesh

    Bangladesh floods displace most vulnerable along the Padma

    August 14, 2020

  • A resident of Tetelisara village in Assam’s Nagaon district carries out his foodgrain stock during Assa, floods Nagaon May 2020 [image by: Diganta Talukdar/Alamy]

    Early monsoon floods show climate change impact in South Asia

    June 29, 2020

  • Man and his child walking through Sundarbans

    Reporting common issues in transboundary Sundarbans

    December 20, 2018

  • Brahmaputra Goswami

    Flood alert as ‘unprecedented’ volume of water flows down Brahmaputra

    August 31, 2018

Energy

  • CPEC coal power plant Sahiwal, Punjab, Xinhua / Alamy

    2020: The year that coal power took a hit

    January 18, 2021

  • Coal unloaded, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Azim Khan Ronnie/Alamy

    Finances force Bangladesh to reconsider coal plants

    October 19, 2020

  • Summit Gazipur Power Plant Dhaka Bangladesh Alamy

    Bangladesh may ditch 90% of its planned coal power

    July 31, 2020

  • Sahiwal coal China Pakistan

    Shelving of BRI coal plant highlights overcapacity risks in South Asia
    Belt and Road

    May 11, 2020

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