Muhammad Muktadirul Islam Khan

Bangladesh has recorded another historically weak year in implementing its Annual Development Programme (ADP).

Climate change is not just transforming Bangladesh’s landscape; it’s gradually reshaping where people live, work, and build their futures.

The proposed national budget for FY2026-27 is more than an outline of the government’s spending plans for the upcoming fiscal year.

For Bangladesh, climate change is no longer merely an environmental concern. It is increasingly a development, economic, and governance challenge.

The FY2026-27 budget should move beyond symbolic climate commitments and place stronger emphasis on increasing climate investment, in line with the country’s growing adaptation and resilience demands.

The environment remains a priority concern in Bangladesh given its status as one of the most vulnerable countries in terms of environmental degradation and climate change impacts.

Across centuries, people of the haor region lived by the cycle of water for generations, rather than by the calendar.

It has been 17 months since the interim government assumed office.