Its government has invested in climate-resilient infrastructure and job creation in towns like Mongla to attract at-risk people from low-lying areas.

Those migrating overseas, often at significant cost to themselves, “gamble” on improving their living conditions but become ...

With almost 180 million people living on low-lying plains between India and Myanmar, the image of Bangladesh is that of a country plagued by disaster, whether natural or manmade. Floods and rising ...

River waters in low-lying Bangladesh are receding after days of deadly floods but 300,000 people are still in emergency shelters requiring aid, disaster officials said Sunday. The heavy floods ...

Floods triggered by torrential rains have swamped a swath of low-lying Bangladesh, disaster officials said Thursday, adding to the new government's challenges after weeks of political turmoil.

A quarter of Bangladesh is just a few feet about sea level, so this country is incredibly vulnerable to climate change. Some people in these low lying rural areas are running out of options ...

Known as the “Land of Rivers”, Bangladesh owes its distinctive tasselled ... and waterways criss-crosses the country’s flat, low-lying terrain, meaning that most intercity journeys require ...

Her first stop? Bangladesh, a low-lying, densely populated country where scientists expect rising water to displace 18 million people by 2050. In the southern district of Gopalganj, Carrère ...

the existing problem of low-lying land and encroaching sea level rise. Where exactly is this place in Bangladesh? Watch the film again and ask students to gather clues so they can locate it on a map.