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Published: The Business Standard Date : December 31, 2021URL: Around 80 years ago, an 8-kilometre stretch of the tidal River Halda with an oxbow bend was flowing through Purba Madarsha village in Chattogram’s HathazariOn 29 September 1948, a large group of farmers had gathered on the banks of the Halda river. Their mission: to cut an oxbow bend of the river to save their cropland from flooding.

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Published: The Business StandardDate : July 14, 2021URL: Halda losing fish species, spawning in crisisThe natural spawning in the River Halda is in a deep crisis with many fish species becoming extinct. Currently, 26 out of 76 species of fish are not available in the natural breeding ground because of water pollution through indiscriminate dumping of industrial and solid waste into the river, salinity, sand extraction, sluice gates and dikes built on riverbanks and others.

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Date: November 26, 2021URL: As winter nears, many in Bangladesh fear a Nipah Virus re-emergence It spreads from fruits half-eaten by bats or birds too, half of the country is vulnerable to the virusIt was an evening of late October in Lalmonirhat. Taposhi Gosh – a mother of two, could be seen cleaning dust off a photo of her son and daughter.

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One of the main contentious issues at the Glasgow summit was ‘Loss and Damage’, as it pertains to supporting the climate victims of extreme weather and climate change The two-week-long COP26 summit ended on 13 November this year in Glasgow, one day after their scheduled conclusion declaring the Glasgow Climate Pact to reinforce action and finalise the Paris Agreement rulebook.

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With homes swallowed by floodwaters and river erosion, migrants from different parts of Bangladesh have opted to move to the cities of Dhaka and Chittagong for ‘safer ground.’ But these options for ‘safer’ ground are also sinking. Every morning, Abdul Aziz wakes up before dawn in a 100-square-foot shack he shares with his wife and two daughters. Pedaling rickshaws in the streets of Dhaka is the only way the 50-year-old can provide bread and butter for his family now.