At home on a flood-prone island in northern Bangladesh, Mosammat Shahina and her family take refuge from frequent inundations on a boat, causing upheaval that adds to her domestic workload.  "I have to try my best to get food for the family as we float on water, and attend to my children who

On the sandy soil of the Padma riverbank in central Bangladesh, Salma Akhtar, 35, cultivates maize and onions to support herself and her school-age daughter. But each year, at least once between May and October, floodwaters erupt into her village in Faridpur district, wreaking havoc on the single

A windy monsoon in Karnataka, India’s leading state for clean energy production, last year eased pressure on the local government’s three thermal coal-power plants, as humming wind turbines met power demand amid pleasant temperatures. But to tackle this year’s hot, energy-guzzlin

Hidden in the basement of a private home in the Afghan capital Kabul, gym instructor Laila Ahmad takes a group of women through a clandestine exercise class - the windows are blacked out, there is no pumping music and visitors arrive by a back door. The Taliban banned women from gyms and parks las

Tens of millions of green jobs could be created if governments diverted one year's worth of the subsidies that are harming ecosystems and wildlife into spending that protects and restores nature, environmental group WWF said on Thursday. In a report, WWF examined the potential impact on employment

Farmer Dilip Chandra Tarafdar was tired of fighting to keep his rice crop alive in the coastal village of Chandipur in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar. If the plants managed to grow in soil made salty by decades of cyclones and floods, then strong winds would snap their stalks or pests would wipe them

India's Kerala state has launched a crackdown on the payment of dowry after the deaths of four young married women highlighted domestic abuse linked to the custom, which remains common despite being banned 60 years ago. Traditionally gold jewellery that parents hand over when their daughters wed,

A plan by India to build digital databases of farmers to boost their incomes has raised concerns about privacy and the exclusion of poor farmers and those without land titles. Tech firm Microsoft will run a pilot for the agriculture ministry's AgriStack in 100 villages in six Indian stat