COP26 in Glasgow can be viewed as different to many previous COPs for one important reason. Everyone voiced the same call in favour of delivery instead of promises. Arguments over targets and negotiation texts can only get us so far. You can hear it in the restlessness of protestors outside the con

As Bangladesh is fighting coronavirus pandemic that has affected 212 countries and territories, assumptions about the virus, prediction of severity, and pattern of genome have all been changing, puzzling scientists and perplexing policymakers, disaster management experts in particular. It is being

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), the Rohingya issue is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing orchestrated by the civil-military administration of Myanmar. Influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh has been non since the 1970s and their number has surpas

Environmental governance is a concept in political ecology or environmental policy related to defining the elements needed to achieve sustainability and resilience. As one of the most susceptible countries in the world, Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climatic manifestations as a result of its u

Human security, a non-conventional security, denotes the human dignity. The term human security propagated by UNDP in the post-cold war era is intended to focus on individuals coming across values and goals such as dignity, equity and solidarity. It is apparent that the number of Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh, a country of tropical weather, enjoys moderate winter. Conversely in the last couple of years we witnessed numerous cold waves during winter in the country. Cold wave causes serious sufferings to the people living in makeshift dwellings without much warm clothes. We still remember the a

Bangladesh is undeniably the world's most disaster - prone country. Repeated disasters destroy the economic resource base of the poor people and drain out economic potentials. Effective humanitarian coordination can ensure the best use of resources to achieve the most appropriate response to the ne