International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples / We cannot let Indigenous midwifery and its traditions disappear
9 August 2026
Across Indigenous and rural Bangalee communities in the country, traditional midwifery is gradually disappearing.
9 August 2026
Who will answer for Bangladesh’s ecological wounds?
5 June 2026
Unplanned development and corporate pollution drive Bangladesh's severe ecological destruction, demanding urgent political accountability and climate justice.
5 June 2026
The slow death of the haors and their swamp forests
12 May 2026
The destruction of ancient swamp forests and upstream mining has caused the disastrous flooding of Bangladesh’s haors.
12 May 2026
What the Bangladesh-Japan trade agreement means for our bio-cultural resources
7 May 2026
Just like the Bangladesh-US trade deal, the signing of the Bangladesh-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) at the end of the interim government’s tenure has sparked much debate.
7 May 2026
How forest loss, water crisis and inequality collide
4 April 2026
Last month, three special days of observation occurred in succession.
4 April 2026
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples / Protecting indigenous knowledge in the age of AI
9 August 2025
AI can play a crucial role in the development of indigenous knowledge.
9 August 2025
Year-end and new year festivals / A confluence of nature and culture
14 April 2025
It is essential to understand how rural communities establish their cultural relationships with the ecosystems across different seasons.
14 April 2025
International Day of Forests / Let’s begin a discourse of resistance against forest fires
21 March 2025
Bangladesh’s forests and genetic resources are continuously subjected to distress and threats.
21 March 2025
The unresolved question of 'non-economic’ loss and damage
Exploring the intersection of climate change and non-economic loss and damage.
26 November 2024
Rethinking Disaster Response: We ignore indigenous knowledge at our peril
Natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, heatwaves, or droughts create vulnerabilities in ecosystems and human life.
1 October 2024
What really caused the floods?
In 20 long years, I haven't found anyone who started “anti-India” protests by bringing up floods, till now.
27 August 2024
Flood in Sylhet is the price we’re paying for ignoring nature
This means we need to find a balance between development and environmental conservation, and the time to act is now.
22 June 2024
No gender justice without climate justice
Climate change is pushing women further towards the precipice of social violence and natural risks.
11 December 2023
Who will save the planet? Certainly not its killers.
Issues centring ecological protection are inherently political, but in this dying earth, these are repeatedly depoliticised.
11 November 2023
What message does the Bandarban flood give us?
The cruel practice of neoliberal profit-driven development is what has caused the flood in Bandarban.
2 September 2023
Conservation of biodiversity and mother tongue during coronavirus pandemic
Fear, despair, pain are all around us in the time of corona. The outbreak of the virus has been devastating for humankind.
However, there has been an awakening about the importance of the natural ecosystem.
14 July 2020