Climate change impacts in Bangladesh
With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge.
Bangladesh
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Bangladesh earthquake warning: 140 million people may be at risk, scientists say
As many as 140 million people in Bangladesh may be at risk from a huge earthquake as pressure builds beneath the surface of one of the world's most densely populated nations, US and Bangladeshi scientists
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Major earthquake lurking under India, Bangladesh: study
If researchers are right, a quake would probably turn urban areas in eastern India "into ruins," according to a sesismologist. A huge earthquake that can turn urban areas in eastern India into “ruins”
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Rainwater harvesting potential for farming system development in a hilly watershed of Bangladesh
<p>Water resources management is an important part in farming system development. Agriculture in Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh is predominantly rainfed with an average 2210 mm monsoonal rain, but
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Potential earthquake in Bangladesh could jeopardize millions, research says
A potentially giant earthquake may be building up beneath Bangladesh and eastern India and could endanger as many as 140 million people, a study said on Monday. The earthquake is not imminent but inevitable
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Cabinet approves agri research institution act
The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the draft of “The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari) Act, 2016”' aiming to increase the capacity of the institute alongside streamlining its research
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Beyond ending poverty: the dynamics of microfinance in Bangladesh
Beyond Ending Poverty: The Dynamics of Microfinance in Bangladesh uses household long panel surveys from 1991/92 to 2010/11 in Bangladesh to address some of the criticisms of microfinance—including whether
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Beyond ending poverty: the dynamics of microfinance in Bangladesh
Beyond Ending Poverty: The Dynamics of Microfinance in Bangladesh uses household long panel surveys from 1991/92 to 2010/11 in Bangladesh to address some of the criticisms of microfinance—including whether
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Child intelligence and reductions in water arsenic and manganese: A two-year follow-up study in Bangladesh
<p>Arsenic (As) exposure from drinking water is associated with modest intellectual deficits in childhood. It is not known whether reducing exposure is associated with improved intelligence. The researchers
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Arsenic contamination of drinking water and mental health
This paper investigates the effect of drinking arsenic contaminated water on mental health. Drinking water with an unsafe arsenic level for a prolonged period can lead to arsenicosis and associated illness.
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How can Bangladesh's private sector engage with the Green Climate Fund?
Commissioned through DFID’s Bangladesh learning hub grant and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network’s ‘Building readiness of the private sector in Bangladesh for GCF accreditation’ project, this