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Interactive / The haor crisis explained

Khairul Hassan Jahin

The crisis in the Haor region of north-eastern Bangladesh is explained in an interactive, Slow Reads Special.

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Interview / Haor crisis is fundamentally a management failure: Ainun Nishat

Khairul Hassan Jahin

All weather road has become a development tragedy in the Haor. Photo: Orchid Chakma

‘Development’ tragedy in haor: Ami jamu hourbari pakka rasta chai

Gawher Nayeem Wahra

Farmers of the haors are dying of despair

Aasha Mehreen Amin

Haor crisis is becoming a national crisis

Haor crisis turning into a national crisis: Is the government aware?

Dr Halim Dad Khan

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The slow death of the haors and their swamp forests

Pavel Partha

12 May 2026, 11:11 AM Big Picture

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Haor farmers are dying, why does no one care?

Lucky Akter

4 May 2026, 14:13 PM Big Picture

farmer harvesting half ripe paddy as heavy rain submerged thousands of hectors of land

Can sluice gates fix the haor waterlogging crisis?

Gawher Nayeem Wahra

20 April 2026, 17:37 PM Unheard Voices

Shifting lives in the haor / A wetland losing its farmers

Khairul Hassan Jahin

24 October 2025, 18:00 PM Unheard Voices

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Interview / Why the Haor film Kura Pakkhir Shunye Ura matters today

Priyam Paul

20 May 2026, 09:00 AM Unheard Voices