My Publications

1. Rivers – The Neglected Lifeblood of Bangladesh Faizul Khan Tanim writes on the urgency to understand the nature of rivers for sustaining our livelihood 2. Riverine Bangladesh Author / Source : Saquib Chowdhury 3. Against the Current Author / Source : Saba El Kabir with Mizanur Rahman Khan A river may be mighty, medium or very small in terms of size but in that particular area, the river controls the environment and ecosystem and plays a very significant part in the area’s sustenance. Therefore, what needs to be understood is that river maybe one word, but it does not describe all the rivers through this single language unit. Each river should be handled separately, and experts believe that only recently we have become alarmed by situations like erosion, encroachment, pollution and more and are starting to look into immediate steps that must be undertaken to save the rivers. In an interview with river expert and vice chancellor of BRAC University Dr Ainun Nishat, we got to know o...

ICT to Mitigate Disaster Risks in Bangladesh – Schools of Thought Faizul Khan Tanim looks into the possibilities of a Digital Bangladesh as opposed Disasters in Bangladesh N atural disaster prone Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to cyclone, draught, tsunami, landslide, earthquake, arsenic contamination, salinity intrusion, erosion and of course floods. According to UN studies, the country is the most risky of being affected by tropical cyclones and sixth in the global vulnerability ranking caused by flooding. A study by the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) shows that by 2050, one in every seven persons (approximate population now is 158,570,535) in Bangladesh will be displaced by climate change. 32 per cent of total Bangladesh can be considered as coastal regions and nearly 39 percentage (and with a population growth of 1.3 per cent, by 2020, it will be 44 per cent) of the total population lives in such places. According to ...