Several megawatt-sized rooftop solar facilities are now online in Bangladesh, while scores more are under construction. Many industrialists are also planning to install solar on their factory rooftops ...

Bangladesh's inspiring story of growth spans over 50 years, throughout which the World Bank has been a critical partner. The World Bank has forged a transformative and impactful partnership with ...

Fifty years ago, Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan amid devastating climate disaster. The year before, in 1970, the Bhola cyclone had killed up to half a million people. The human toll of the ...

Bangladesh aspires to join the prestigious “nuclear club” of 31 nations by embarking on the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (R-NPP) – the most ambitious project ever undertaken in the country’s ...

As the world continues to struggle with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh has been able to maintain economic growth with the help of its readymade garment sector and foreign ...

Flood in Tanguar haor, Sunamganj District, Sylhet in Bangladesh in August 2014. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Sumon Mallick With each tide, Abdus Satter watches the sea erode a little more of his life.

Bangladesh has emerged as one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies since 1971. The country achieved lower-middle-income status in 2015 and is on track to graduate from the United Nations' list of Least ...

Around 270 Asian elephants live in Bangladesh, where they are regionally critically endangered. Conflict between humans and elephants has been a significant cause for death in both humans and ...