The recent approval of the first phase of the proposed Padma Barrage project on the Ganges River by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC), at an estimated cost of BDT 34,000 crore, has generated widespread public interest and concern among experts. The government argues that the mega-project will transform agriculture, expand irrigation, … Read more…
Ahead of the upcoming national elections, the Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and the Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) have initiated a massive nationwide campaign to ensure environmental protection becomes a core political agenda. Delegations from various regional branches are actively meeting with parliamentary candidates across the country, handing over a memorandum of recommendations and strongly urging … Read more…
Bangladesh is staring at a severe environmental crisis due to inadequate waste management infrastructure, with urban waste generation projected to reach a staggering 1.18 lakh tons per day by 2040. To combat this looming threat, leading environmental experts, policymakers, and city officials have called for an immediate shift from traditional landfilling to a circular … Read more…
Climate change has delivered the Ganges basin its worst droughts in 1,300 years, droughts well outside the range of natural climate variability, while atmospheric rivers now drive catastrophic floods that overwhelm all infrastructure. Research shows climate change has quadrupled extreme monsoon events, with atmospheric rivers contributing 73% of floods in the Ganga basin. The August … Read more…
The making of a delta During the peak of the monsoon season, it takes the high Himalayan water only days to reach the Bay of Bengal; however, it is a different story for the sediment coming from those high places. It is the material from which the Bengal Delta has been built; some of the … Read more…
Ahead of the upcoming elections scheduled for February 12, the political parties of the country are publishing their election manifestos and using them in their election campaigns. For obvious reasons, the election manifesto and promises of the BNP are attracting the special attention of the people. One of the election promises announced by the BNP … Read more…
A pre-liberation time slogan, “Tomar amar thikana – Padma-Meghna-Jamuna (the Padma-Meghna-Jamuna is our address),” depicts the inherent connection of rivers to the very existence of Bangladesh as a country. The geographic territory of Bangladesh is created by river-borne sediments over a long period of geologic time. All major rivers that flow into Bangladesh originate outside … Read more…
With less than five years remaining until the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global community faces a critical juncture in achieving universal access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) under SDG 6. The World Health Organization and UNICEF, through the 2025 UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water … Read more…
The Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) is set to convene its 18th bi-monthly webinar on Saturday, February 14, 2026, addressing the urgent theme of “Waste Management in Bangladesh: Technical-Policy Challenges, and Way Forward”. Scheduled to run from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM Dhaka time (11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Toronto/New York time), the event aims to … Read more…
The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) declared on January 20, 2026, that the world has entered an era of “Global Water Bankruptcy”. This signifies a shift beyond recoverable water stress into a permanent post-crisis state marked by irreversible losses of water-related natural capital. For Bangladesh, this is particularly urgent, as … Read more…
