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Players of Bangladesh Chess team in action against Algeria Chess team during their matches of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad at Sports Place in Batumi, Georgia on Friday. Bangladesh drew with Algeria 2-2.

29 Sep 2018, 12:00 am0

Bangladesh’s becoming a world leader in coastal resilience

Swarna Kazi and Ignacio Urrutia :Once a country with catastrophic cyclone-related death tolls, Bangladesh has, in 50 years, become a world leader in coastal resilience and an inspiration for other climate-vulnerable nations. A primary school that doubles as a cyclone shelter – capable of withstanding winds over 260 km an hour – is just one strategy that this river delta nation of 165 million is employing to shore up its coastal resilience and to confront the terrifying cyclones that pummel...

18 Sep 2022, 12:00 am