River Erosion in Bangladesh

Continuing flood exposes the fault lines in our response

Authorities must prepare better, and more wisely

Jamuna erosion / A village on verge of disappearance

At least 50 families residing in Char Poulee village under Tangail Sadar upazila are passing sleepless nights as the Jamuna river’s erosion worsened this monsoon.

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.

Take measures to combat river erosion

Government must help local communities become more resilient to such calamities

Stop sand extraction from rivers

It's increasing the risk of river erosion, endangering farmland and depleting soil fertility

5 methods to check erosion exhibited at Teesta shoal in Lalmonirhat

An experimental exhibition on five methods to prevent erosion has been held at a village on the shoal of Teesta River in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat.

Jamuna banks eroding near Bangabandhu bridge

Erosion of the Jamuna has begun near the east end of the Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila since Thursday.

July 9, 2024
July 9, 2024

Continuing flood exposes the fault lines in our response

Authorities must prepare better, and more wisely

June 26, 2024
June 26, 2024

A village on verge of disappearance

At least 50 families residing in Char Poulee village under Tangail Sadar upazila are passing sleepless nights as the Jamuna river’s erosion worsened this monsoon.

August 27, 2023
August 27, 2023

Of river erosion and the people it displaces

Displacement due to river erosion is an entirely different story.

August 26, 2023
August 26, 2023

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.

July 9, 2023
July 9, 2023

Take measures to combat river erosion

Government must help local communities become more resilient to such calamities

February 3, 2023
February 3, 2023

Stop sand extraction from rivers

It's increasing the risk of river erosion, endangering farmland and depleting soil fertility

August 17, 2020
August 17, 2020

5 methods to check erosion exhibited at Teesta shoal in Lalmonirhat

An experimental exhibition on five methods to prevent erosion has been held at a village on the shoal of Teesta River in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat.

August 31, 2019
August 31, 2019

Jamuna banks eroding near Bangabandhu bridge

Erosion of the Jamuna has begun near the east end of the Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge in Tangail’s Kalihati upazila since Thursday.

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