river erosion
Of river erosion and the people it displaces
Displacement due to river erosion is an entirely different story.
Why Western approaches can't prevent river erosion in Bangladesh
It is because the physical nature of rivers in Bangladesh are different from that of the rivers in Western countries.
Living with the river or fighting against it?
It is neither possible nor desirable to eliminate flooding completely, for floods are intricately linked to the very survival of people in this delta country.
Take measures to combat river erosion
Government must help local communities become more resilient to such calamities
The great Padma story
Shorn of its sacred grandeur the Padma has embraced its secularised and earthier image with some muscularity, audacity and flair.
Climate-related disasters / 9.4m displaced in seven years
At least 1,053 people were killed and 9.4 million more displaced internally in different climate-related disasters in 58 districts in seven years from 2014, says a recent study.
Why are Sitrang’s victims still waiting for relief and rehabilitation?
Government help must be both quick and sustainable
River erosion allocation: No reports on beneficiaries yet
Department of Disaster Management (DDM) distributed Tk 50 crore among the victims of river erosion in October 2021 through the Upazila Nirbahi Officers.
Twice flood-affected Lalmonirhat now bracing for erosion
Riverside people from northern Bangladesh devastated by floods twice this season, are now losing their houses and lands to erosion.
River erosion in Manikganj
The water level of Jamuna is rising due to heavy flow from the hill. As a result, erosion started in Shibalaya upazilla of Manikganj.
River Erosion: Govt plans to allocate Tk 100cr for victims
The government is planning to allocate Tk 100 crore to rehabilitate the victims of river erosion across the country.
Erosion strikes 19 villages in Goalanda
The Padma has devoured most of the areas of 19 villages in Rajbari's Goalanda in the last two months.
Govt moves to save Naria from Padma
The cabinet committee on purchase yesterday approved a project, involving Tk 1,077.58 crore, for protecting Naria and Jazira upazilas in Shariatpur from Padma erosion.
Furious Padma threatens Naria
This Padma is not the river they know. At Naria of Shariatpur, 20km from the Padma Bridge construction site, it has changed abruptly for sure. Once relatively calm and quiet in the area, it turned into an all-devouring river in just a few years.
Homes lost as erosion strikes again in Sirajganj
Several villages in Sirajganj are once again under serious threat of river erosion as the Jamuna has already devoured at least 50 homes at Enayetpur point in Shahzadpur.
An upazila all but gone
Teacher Habibur Rahman is proud to be registered as a voter in his ancestral village, Bridashuria in Chowhali upazila of Sirajganj.
Launch Capsize: 25 missing in Padma
At least 25 people went missing after two launches fastened to a pontoon in the Padma capsized due to river erosion in Shariatpur's Nariya yesterday morning.
Now erosion takes toll on flood victims
Flood situation is improving as water is receding, but river erosion has taken a serious turn in different parts of the country that
Whose city is it, anyway?
The impassioned descriptions all collide against, but dissolve into each other – the past, present and future, stories of pain, aspiration, fear and anger compete against each other to be heard.
