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From risk to resilience: How climate migrant children rebuilding lives in Chattogram

Every year, floods, cyclones and river erosion displace hundreds of thousands of people across Bangladesh, forcing families from coastal and riverbank areas to migrate to cities such as Chattogram...

Instead of fish, nets pull up dense masses of jellyfish off Bangladesh’s deep-sea waters. The photo was taken recently from a fishing vessel in the Bay of Bengal. Photo: Rancon Sea Fishing

Climate change-linked warming triggers jellyfish surge in Bay, hurting deep-sea fishing

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UN weather agency confirms hottest decade on record

Two regions particularly affected by such poverty are sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia — and they are also highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Photo: BSS/AFP

Older adults in Bangladesh face over 2,500 hours of extreme heat a year: Study

A weather map measuring temperatures shows the impact of heatwaves across South Asia on 21 April. Orange and dark orange indicate a range from 30 to 40 degree Celsius. PHOTO: WINDY.COM

Climate challenge: A decade after Paris Agreement

FILE PHOTO: Roberto Klarich from Canada cools off at a fountain near the Pantheon, after giving up queuing to enter because it is too hot and the queue is too long, during a heatwave across Italy as temperatures are expected to cool off in the Italian capital, in Rome, Italy July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

World not ready for rise in extreme heat, scientists say

A firefighter uses a hose as smoke and flames from a wildfire rise in Vilar de Condes, in the province of Ourense in Galicia, Spain, August 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

2025 was the world's third-warmest year on record: EU scientists

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87.4% people in Patuakhali and Barguna directly affected by climate change, 7% already displaced: Study

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Jashore records country's lowest temperature for second consecutive day

Chattogram City Corporation Mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain speaking at a roundtable titled “Climate-displaced families and elimination of hazardous child labour” jointly organised by Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) and The Business Standard at Chittagong Independent University on 23 December 2025. Photo: Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Climate-displaced families, children in hazardous labour must be rehabilitated to ease urban pressure: TBS roundtable

Organised by Oxfam in Bangladesh, the Economic Reporters’ Forum (ERF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) with support from the European Union, the workshop brought together senior economic and environmental journalists, alongside government regulators, climate change experts and CRI specialists, to deepen understanding of climate risk insurance and its role in protecting vulnerable communities. Photo: Courtesy

Experts call for climate risk insurance as Bangladesh faces escalating climate shocks

Higher temperatures turbocharge the planet’s weather engines, leading to more unpredictable, frequent and severe floods. File Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Youth and women leaders call for stronger coordination in climate governance

COP30 President Correa do Lago addresses delegates during the closing plenary in Belem. Photo: Masum Billah

Belem delivered big declarations, but Bangladesh returns home to rising seas and shrinking finance