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Climate change impacting human health and well-being: How prepared are we?

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:43:15 +0600

Bangladesh suffers from high risk when it comes to climate related health hazards, predominantly due to being a climate hotspot and a majority of the population being Details

Tobacco Harm Reduction: A global solution for improved public health and economic growth

Tribune Desk — Wed, 31 May 2023 17:31:48 +0600

THR strategies promise significant socio-economic benefits, potentially improving public health and saving economies billions in healthcare costs Details

Leading global experts shed light on how Bangladesh can be a regional leader in tobacco harm reduction

Tribune Report — Tue, 30 May 2023 23:58:10 +0600

Dhaka Tribune Hosts Roundtable on Tobacco Harm Reduction for Achieving a Smoke-Free Bangladesh by 2040 Details

‘Incorporation of harm reduction framework will save millions of lives’

Dr Delon Human — Wed, 31 May 2023 00:07:34 +0600

Achieving this ambitious goal requires innovative strategies and evidence-based policies Details

The astounding triumph of tobacco harm reduction in Sweden

Tribune Report — Tue, 30 May 2023 23:56:52 +0600

With its unwavering THR policy, Sweden outpaces EU’s smoke-free target by 17 years, lowering smoking rates to 5.6% in 2023 Details

Experts: Tobacco Harm Reduction framework necessary to achieve PM’s smoke-free vision by 2040

Tribune Report — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:51:27 +0600

International Public Health experts advocate for risk-proportionate regulations of less harmful alternatives to smoking to reduce deaths from tobacco-use Details

THR: ‘No other public health intervention comes close to achieving such significant impact’

Dr Derek Yach — Tue, 30 May 2023 23:49:35 +0600

If the country wants to accelerate the process and achieve the 2040 target, you have to double down and remove all regulatory barriers to access the full range of harm Details

‘Banning and prohibition never work’

Tribune Report — Tue, 30 May 2023 23:46:24 +0600

In conversation with Dr. Marewa Glover, behavioural scientist with over 30 years’ experience in public health as she discusses the pitfalls of an unregulated Details

Speakers: THR Framework key in achieving a smoke-free Bangladesh

Tribune Report — Wed, 31 May 2023 14:39:07 +0600

Dhaka Tribune, in collaboration with the Asia Harm Reduction Alliance arranged a roundtable session, titled, “The role of Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) to achieve Details

The four caliphs of Bangabandhu

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:47:32 +0600

Chattra league and Chattra Sangram Parishad leaders Abdul Quddus Makhan, Shahjahan Siraz, ASM Abdur Rob, and Nure Alam Siddique became known as the four Caliphs of Details

What US envoy Blood said about atrocities in Dhaka on March 29, 1971

Sat, 16 Mar 2024 19:16:05 +0600

Pakistani army personnel torched houses and then gunned down people as they left their homes, said the then US Consul General Details

Revisiting the 1971 Bangladesh war

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:18:33 +0600

The declaration of independence precipitated a whole range of activity across the globe Details

How some US diplomats, senators helped birth of Bangladesh

Sat, 16 Mar 2024 19:20:36 +0600

While the Nixon-Kissinger administration continued supporting then Pakistani president AM Yahya Khan, who launched the ruthless “Operation Searchlight” to Details

Foreign Friends of Bangladesh

Tribune Desk — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:29:21 +0600

Bangladesh's War of Independence in 1971 was not fought in isolation. There were many foreigners and overseas organisations -- the true friends, who directly or Details

Preserving the memory of our struggle for liberation

Fahim Reza Shovon — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:29:38 +0600

Walking through the passages of the Liberation War Museum, one can experience the sufferings and sacrifices made by the people during the Liberation War and get Details

Utilising local communities' traditional knowledge to stop Maladaptation

Shamrita Zaman, Maliha Masfiqua Malek — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 21:21:35 +0600

TRM is not an innovation of the 21st Century Details

Challenges and potential solutions in implementing LLA at local level: The context of Bangladesh

Savio Rousseau Rozario — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 21:09:59 +0600

It is observed that mass-scale adaptation measures that are undertaken to improve the wellbeing of the local communities, fail to understand and consider the local and Details

Climate Bridge Fund: A successful mechanism of applying locally-led adaptation principles in Bangladesh

Golam Rabbani and Anindita Hridita — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 20:33:19 +0600

The eight principles of locally-led adaptation (LLA) are designed to empower the local communities to address the adverse impacts of climate change. When the local Details

Fulfilling the water demands of Juraichari: An LLA success story

Mahzabeen Mahfuz — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 20:03:17 +0600

When the water dried up, local communities residing at the paras teamed up and helped to manually carry all the building material 15km in the intense heat Details

What does it mean when nature-based solutions and locally-led adaptation come together?

Dr Haseeb Md Irfanullah — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 19:46:01 +0600

These lessons and experiences should then be used as evidence to direct climate finance to NbS and LLA Details

Evolution of LLA: How locally-led adaptation came into the picture of climate change arena

Fatema Akhter, Dr Saleemul Huq, and Afsara Binte Mirza — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 19:13:48 +0600

It will be crucial to witness how this COP27 will build a pragmatic roadmap to implement LLA at local, national, and regional levels Details

Global goal on adaptation’s potential to incorporate local communities’ voices

Afsara Mirza and Md Bodrud-Doza Zion — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:46:05 +0600

The GGA should make sure that communities hold individual and collective influence over defining, prioritizing, designing, monitoring, and evaluating adaptation actions Details

Mainstreaming Climate Services into Higher Education in Bangladesh: The efforts from Bangladesh Academy for Climate Services (BACS) through ARA Micro-Grant for Bridging the Climate Information Gap for Adaptation

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:50:18 +0600

To inspire participants to take on locally-led actions, they must be engaged in a co-production process from the beginning in a transparent manner Details

A community buzzing with stories of resistance

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:48:15 +0600

The people of Banishanta are survivors who are put back into the cycle of suffering once more Details

Waste: The one with waste recycling

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:39:36 +0600

To build resilience among the informal settlers in Bangladesh, proactive interaction, coordination, and collaboration among various actors are a must Details

Catalytic grants

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:49:47 +0600

The catalytic grants have attracted cohorts of strong southern voices who build on existing knowledge among the communities they work with Details

Financing climate adaptation at the last mile

Abdullah Zahiruddin Ahmad — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:45:24 +0600

To enhance the flow of climate finance to the local level, the LoGIC project is advocating with the national government so that climate vulnerability is also considered Details

Capacitate, activate, amplify

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:58:31 +0600

The social and economic aspects of those who live in the haors are hampered Details

Undoing the damage

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 23:37:33 +0600

Ending fossil fuel is the only way to stop destroying the environment and endangering the climate Details

No more excuses for Loss and Damage

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 23:39:04 +0600

The world will achieve climate justice if we address the issue of loss and damage effectively Details

Youth in disaster management: how grassroot youth voluntarism mitigated embankment failure impacts in Burigoalini, Satkhira

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 05:25:46 +0600

The liveliness of the youth along with the responsibility-seeking characteristics of the young adult minds are key elements of effective grassroots-level disaster Details

The role of “Eco-Network” for spreading environmental knowledge in local community

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 04:40:04 +0600

We started our organization with the vision of mobilizing climate literacy in our community Details

Youth engagement in the climate change policy arena of Bangladesh

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 23:34:00 +0600

In Bangladesh, several youth-driven platforms, social enterprises, and organizations are flourishing currently Details

Climate education for Bangladeshi children: Necessity or luxury?

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 23:22:22 +0600

Building the adaptation and resilience capacity of our communities, and young people as climate leaders helping build a climate resilient future for our nation, should Details

From local efforts to COP

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:34:44 +0600

Youth teams have already demonstrated their capabilities in required actions and supporting environmental causes locally as well as globally. Details

Women are in the frontline, fixing climate crisis

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:20:08 +0600

The possession of power over others, including other men, women, children, and nature, is part of the harmful expectations that shape masculinity Details

Women empowerment in Climate Change

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 20:48:22 +0600

Empowering the girls of today to become the leaders of tomorrow is the number one solution Details

Memories that never fade

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 22:33:19 +0600

These were the freedom fighters who fought under Iqbal Rashid during the war of liberation -- the youthful daredevil fighters of '71, now old and in their twilight Details

Reproductive Health Management in the Climate Change affected areas in Bangladesh

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 22:23:13 +0600

Coastal regions are known as climate change hotspots in Bangladesh where the majority of girls and females still lack proper practice of menstrual hygiene Details

The three ‘R’ challenges to disaster risk resilience in the coast

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 22:16:51 +0600

The Global Climate Risk Index (CRI) published by Germanwatch in 2021 ranked Bangladesh as the seventh most vulnerable nation to climate change impact. The geographical Details

The need of the hour

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 22:03:29 +0600

The government of Bangladesh should take into consideration establishing a national mechanism on Loss and Damage Details

The mud houses of rural Shyamnagar battling climatic hazards

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 21:51:08 +0600

The context of housing in Bangladesh is shaped by the interaction between people and nature, where nature is beneficial but also presents hazards. While impacts of Details

Effective adaptation for avoiding maladaptation

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 21:51:31 +0600

According to the IPCC 6th assessment report, maladaptation refers to actions that may lead to increased risk of adverse climate-related outcomes, including via Details

How Padma bridge contributes in strengthening the resilience for the southwestern coastal community of Bangladesh

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:51:00 +0600

They can now complete their task more efficiently due to the Padma Bridge Details

Disaster management: Progress and problems

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 19:43:40 +0600

In the last 50 years of leadership in disaster management, Bangladesh has upgraded from being the most vulnerable country in South Asia to a resilient one Details

Bangabandhu: A visionary statesman

Tribune Report — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:59:59 +0600

Harold Wilson"This is surely a supreme national tragedy for you. For me, it is a personal tragedy of immense dimensions."Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson Details

A patriot of highest bravery

Syed Badrul Ahsan — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:05:19 +0600

When no one was willing to take the plunge, he knew what he needed to do. Col Jamiluddin Ahmed, who was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General and awarded the Bir Details

Bangabandhu’s dream of a graft-free Bangladesh

Mamun Abdullah — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:12:09 +0600

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman identified corruption as the number one priority for a nascent Bangladesh even before the country was born. Over Details

An unknown account of a soldier called to protect Bangabandhu

Brig Gen Sharif Aziz, psc (retd) — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:12:30 +0600

On that particular day, there were three other military officers, who, besides Colonel Jamil, responded instantaneously in their bid to save Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Details

Sheikh Mujib Murder Enquiry: Preliminary report of the commission of enquiry

Tribune Report — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:11:31 +0600

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members were assassinated on August 15, 1975 and four national leaders of Bangladesh were killed in jail on 2/3 Details

Bangabandhu’s politics in 1950s’ Pakistan

Syed Badrul Ahsan — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:11:04 +0600

The legacy of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is a long tale of a politician whose nationalistic instincts were to have him play a pivotal role in the history of the Details

Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 Youth Action Track

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:08:17 +0600

Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP2100) Youth Action Track (YAT) is a program designed by Wageningen University (Netherlands) and the International Center for Climate Details

Space between disaster, migration and Covid

Afsana Afrin Esha — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 21:06:45 +0600

If emotions could take up space, I would imagine this place to be the heaviest place in our society Details

Can we bridge the climate information gap through co-production?

Farah Anzum, Tasfia Tasnim — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:59:36 +0600

Approaches like co-production have a growing trend in climate change research – where diverse knowledge sources and experiences are combined to develop new and Details

The background of the youth struggling with the disaster

Vaskar Mondal — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:59:54 +0600

It can be said that our organization has played a pioneering role in raising the awareness of the people of the area from the previous symptoms of a cyclone and taking Details

Advancing resilience measurement: personal reflections from the experts meeting on resilience measurement in May 2022

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:03:56 +0600

New experiments with transitions, futures and complexity thinking, and systems change (the Project Urban Living Labs is one such example) bring a glimmer of hope to a Details

Comprehensive adaptation measures to address climate change impacts

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:50:55 +0600

Among the urban hotspots, Rajshahi and Khulna are two cities where around 76% and 55% of climate migrants live respectively (GIZ, 2019). These destinations of the Details

Water resilience through locally led adaptation

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:28:12 +0600

Interventions to address climate adaptation have been a stepping stone to tackling climate change, especially for the least developing countries (LDCs). The Details

Taking a human rights-based approach to understand climate-induced displacement in Bangladesh

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:27:01 +0600

“I never preferred to migrate to the city, but the disaster, the poverty pushed me towards the city. But the city that saved me from starvation never gave Details

The 2nd Gobeshona Global Conference

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:11:32 +0600

GOBESHONA is an innovative knowledge platform for climate change researchers in Bangladesh formed by Dr Saleemul Huq in 2014 to work on building the capacity to adapt Details

Gobeshona goes global due to Covid pandemic

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 05:02:43 +0600

The Gobeshona platform of universities and research Institutes doing research on climate change in Bangladesh was created in 2013 with a handful of members and has now Details

Global Center on Adaptation launches Local Adaptation Champions Awards

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:42:44 +0600

Over 3 billion people already face climate change life-threatening impacts, among them increased heat waves, droughts, and floods. As the impacts of climate change Details

Possibilities of participatory visual research methods

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:20:02 +0600

These stories seek to raise critical questions and build new knowledge Details

Mobilizing youth for better tomorrow

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 23:53:41 +0600

Networking is one of the aspects that usually go underappreciated Details

Through the looking glass

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:29:34 +0600

We need to understand why we set the global goal on adaptation. The objective of the Paris agreement is not only to limit global warming but also to increase the Details

The youth wants reparations, not charity or debt

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 04:09:13 +0600

The Global North is responsible for 92% of global emissions. Without listening to the science, developed nations have broken climate promises. It’s a historical Details

Addressing gender inequalities of losses and damages

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 21:17:01 +0600

Construction of climate action discourse and policy, including ways of addressing losses and damages, is often done in gender-neutral terms but is dominated by largely Details

Addressing loss and damage is an equity and justice issue

Sindra Sharma — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:37:16 +0600

The weight of historical responsibility for climate change lingers over developed countries Details

Climate vulnerable nations stand up to mobilize funding facilities for Loss and Damage

Md Abul Kalam Azad — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:29:21 +0600

Climate change has an impact when adaptation to it, and mitigation of it, are unable to avoid negative consequences Details

Losses and damages in a climate changed world

Saleemul Huq, Ian Burton, and Simon Anderson — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:21:39 +0600

The conceptual/analytical framework we use for working on loss and damage needs to include distributional elements across class, age, gender, livelihood categories, Details

Loss and Damage, what’s next from Scotland?

Nicola Sturgeon — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:14:59 +0600

We know the impacts of climate change are and will be unequally distributed across the globe, which is why we must look at the ways we can stand in solidarity with the Details

Early warning systems to reduce loss and damage in riverine char communities in Bangladesh

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 02:28:52 +0600

Practical Action has been working on flood risk management for many years and is interested to explore with local people what can be done to reduce the losses and Details

COP27: The Governance Challenges for Santiago Network for Loss and Damage

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 23:13:52 +0600

The idea of establishing an implementation arm of Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM), was put forward by the Least Developing Countries (LDCs) at COP25, held in Details

Financing loss and damage: A path to building the bridge

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 23:08:55 +0600

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s premier body for climate science, released two crucial reports in early 2022 under its 6th Details

Home is where the heart is

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 23:02:10 +0600

‘I would like to go back to my village, it would bring me peace’ Details

Is building climate resilience feasible in a refugee context?

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 20:59:12 +0600

A 2021 World Bank report predicts that up to 216 ml people could become displaced due to climate change by 2050 Details

South Asia Region Resilience Hub bring local voices virtually to COP26

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 20:34:30 +0600

The discussion on Nature focused on building evidence on nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation Details

Ensuring equity and justice to make the indigenous communities climate resilient

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 20:32:37 +0600

Climate change is a global concern in today’s time, and its impact on the vulnerable population such as women, children, indigenous people, and people with Details

The urban climate change conundrum

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:39:26 +0600

One of the fundamental cornerstones of progress of a country is urbanization. The term "urbanization" is closely linked to the term "development". Details

The untold environmental catastrophe that is being caused by continuous sand mining

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 20:31:21 +0600

Sand mining can be regarded as a silent threat to the global ecosystem, having a significant impact on climate change, if it is not done appropriately. Details

Waking Up to a Depression-Free Bangladesh in 2041

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:25:33 +0600

Let us celebrate how our self-centred and pampered youth are taking the mantle and removing the darkness of ignorance around mental health Details

Imagining Bangladesh in 2041

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 20:16:12 +0600

For Bangladesh, climate change is the most obvious and greatest threat Details

A safe workplace is every woman’s right

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:46:24 +0600

This prejudiced and primitive notion is hindering the progress of women, as society forces them to believe that they are incapable of working side by side with men Details

The future of Bangladeshi women in law

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:31:07 +0600

Women lawyers are missing from the top ranks starting from law firms to the state’s law ministry Details

Not a ‘family issue’

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:31:10 +0600

Men and women must make a collective effort to create a culture that has no tolerance for violence against women Details

In 2041, Bangladesh, I have a room of my own

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:50:39 +0600

Twenty years from now, I see a Bangladesh where women are out in the streets, and feel safe Details

Bangladesh’s foreign policy goals for 2041

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:17:15 +0600

Bangladesh, in 2041, I see emerging with an exceptionalism and as an agenda-setting player in international politics Details

Bangladesh 2041: From India with love

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:23:00 +0600

This is Bangladesh, and this is South Asia. Why should not one be proud of this basic human element which is the USP of the region? Details

Bangladesh, my home

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:18:05 +0600

Bangladesh already has a literacy rate of 73% according to data reported in 2018 by the International Trade Administration. Affordable education and financial aid can Details

Five decades and beyond

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 10:59:43 +0600

Bangladesh military’s contribution in various professions is now well recognized in the international arena. In particular its participation and role in Details

When wishes are horses: Looking forward to Bangladesh in 2041

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 23:43:48 +0600

Everything emanates from good statesmanship and political wisdom that looks beyond power and control Details

Rethinking our approach to education

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:30:22 +0600

Going forward, we have to ensure that we are raising and nurturing them in a way which will ensure that the Bangladesh of the future won’t be in the news for Details

With Bangladesh, I will always believe in miracles

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:31:14 +0600

It has to be recognized and accepted that there is a lot more work to be done to ensure a more equitable society Details

A dreamer’s dream

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 17:53:16 +0600

Bangladesh should considerably strengthen its defense capabilities in terms of higher and specialized training, procuring modern and sophisticated weapons systems and Details

Imagining Bangladesh: Between utopia and dystopia

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:21:16 +0600

What does the future hold for Bangladesh? Despite climate change and the dire prediction of 17% of Bangladesh likely to sink by 2050, Bangladeshis have not given up on Details

Bangladesh beyond 50: What got us here will take us there

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:09:02 +0600

These are just a handful of mentions of the far grander scale at which the process of inclusive innovation practiced over the years promises to yield as we build Details

Preserve the past, please!

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:22:34 +0600

A coordinated approach to safeguard the past is absent Details

The next 20 years will define Bangladesh's position in world politics

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 21:06:47 +0600

Bangladesh will also contribute to global peace more than ever in the future Details

The year 2041 . . . in a citizen’s crystal ball

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 17:59:50 +0600

I expect Bangladesh to have graduated to a fully developed democratic society based on the rule of law and constitutional order by the time we celebrate Victory Day in Details

Above us, only sky

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:56:14 +0600

If life were really so horrible in the West, worldwide migration trends would be different, and the pleas for asylum in the immigration offices of Canada, Sweden, Details