Bangladesh, one of the world’s poorest nations, is also the country most vulnerable to rises in sea-level. The population has already been severely affected by storm surges and catastrophic events in the past have caused damage 100 kilometres inland and the encroachment of the sea has salinated arable land. It is hard to imagine what these ...
Hundreds of thousands of rickshaw drivers in Bangladesh survive on just a few dollars a day. Previously, they struggle to get by, but with prices for staple foods such as rice increasing by 45 percent in one year according to the National Consumers’ Association, that struggle has become a battle for survival. Caritas Germany in ...
She is a sweet baby. All people in the neighbourhood love her. She is Sidora Folia. She was born in the fateful night of Sidr. Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, killing over 3,000 people, causing a billion dollars of destruction and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. Previous storms had killed people in ...