Shafiqul Islam

Director of Water Diplomacy, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Professor of Water Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, USA.

2024 floods: Facts, feelings, and the art of engineering diplomacy

With communication lines down and vital infrastructure damaged, the interim government faces the dual challenge of managing the disaster and combating the surge of misinformation.

3d ago

Bangladesh’s path to principled governance

Bangladesh can synthesise a governance model that works for its people—Boishamma Birodhee Jonogan (BBJ).

5d ago

Time to develop a reliable flood forecasting model

Most of Bangladesh is located within the floodplains of three large river systems: the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna (GBM), with over 90 percent of the basin area outside Bangladesh. Flood is thus a natural phenomenon here, and people have been living with floods for centuries. Yet, not all floods are created equal, so to speak, nor all floods lead to a flooding disaster.

4y ago

Is duty-free facility enough to boost export to China?

On June 16, 2020 China declared duty-free export facilities for the least-developed countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh on 97 per cent of their tariff line.

4y ago

What Bangladesh can do to fight the coronavirus

We did not know about this invisible enemy even a few months ago. Yet, in this short period of time, it has affected 210 countries and territories around the world, infected over 2.5 million people and killed over 180,000 globally.

4y ago

Neither necessary nor sufficient

On the surface—from the philosophical (life and death) to physical (rainfall and flood)—these appear to be simple questions with causal connections.

5y ago

Tabuo Bristy Asuk

'Tabuo Bristy Asuk' of Shafiqul Islam is a book of poetry. It was published in February, 2007. This book consists of 41

7y ago

Addressing water scarcity

For an issue advocate, an activist or an opportunist, answers to these questions may range from an overwhelming yes to an emphatic no. A pragmatist will most likely suggest: it depends!

7y ago
August 28, 2024
August 28, 2024

2024 floods: Facts, feelings, and the art of engineering diplomacy

With communication lines down and vital infrastructure damaged, the interim government faces the dual challenge of managing the disaster and combating the surge of misinformation.

August 26, 2024
August 26, 2024

Bangladesh’s path to principled governance

Bangladesh can synthesise a governance model that works for its people—Boishamma Birodhee Jonogan (BBJ).

August 28, 2020
August 28, 2020

Time to develop a reliable flood forecasting model

Most of Bangladesh is located within the floodplains of three large river systems: the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna (GBM), with over 90 percent of the basin area outside Bangladesh. Flood is thus a natural phenomenon here, and people have been living with floods for centuries. Yet, not all floods are created equal, so to speak, nor all floods lead to a flooding disaster.

July 12, 2020
July 12, 2020

Is duty-free facility enough to boost export to China?

On June 16, 2020 China declared duty-free export facilities for the least-developed countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh on 97 per cent of their tariff line.

April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020

What Bangladesh can do to fight the coronavirus

We did not know about this invisible enemy even a few months ago. Yet, in this short period of time, it has affected 210 countries and territories around the world, infected over 2.5 million people and killed over 180,000 globally.

May 3, 2019
May 3, 2019

Neither necessary nor sufficient

On the surface—from the philosophical (life and death) to physical (rainfall and flood)—these appear to be simple questions with causal connections.

February 27, 2017
February 27, 2017

Tabuo Bristy Asuk

'Tabuo Bristy Asuk' of Shafiqul Islam is a book of poetry. It was published in February, 2007. This book consists of 41

February 26, 2017
February 26, 2017

Addressing water scarcity

For an issue advocate, an activist or an opportunist, answers to these questions may range from an overwhelming yes to an emphatic no. A pragmatist will most likely suggest: it depends!

January 14, 2016
January 14, 2016

A model, not a test case

In 1976, a book titled “Bangladesh: The Test Case of Development” drew significant attention and the hopeless implications of the title...

August 8, 2015
August 8, 2015

Possible to Actionable

The people of Bangladesh have been playing football for over 100 years. But they have not produced a globally competitive football team.

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