Ainun Nishat

Ainun Nishat, Professor Emeritus of BRAC University, and water resource and climate change specialist, talks to The Daily Star's Naznin Tithi about the destruction of rivers in Bangladesh, its implications and ways to reverse this trend.

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Managing water is like managing life: Time to rethink urgently

The popular notion has been that we have surplus water. But Bangladesh presents a paradoxical situation.
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM
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NABAPALLAB / Harvesting resources from nature, safely

A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions can mitigate the global warming process.
1 April 2024, 04:00 AM
1 April 2024, 04:00 AM
Illegal ecroachment upon the Buriganga riverbank

ENVIRONMENT / Save Rivers, Save Bangladesh

Rivers in the country, mainly the small and medium sized ones, are being filled up from bank-side; land is developed for various...
31 December 2015, 18:00 PM
31 December 2015, 18:00 PM