Independent reporting and policy analysis on Bangladesh’s rivers, climate, energy, ecology and the people living on the front line of environmental change.https://the-delta.pages.dev/en-gbhttps://the-delta.pages.dev/articles/the-earthquake-wont-kill-you-dhaka-will/https://the-delta.pages.dev/articles/the-earthquake-wont-kill-you-dhaka-will/The ground has warned us twice in seven months. We have sixty rescuers, twenty-three million people, and a city built mostly without permission. Here is what a big one would actually do — and why almost none of it is the earthquake's fault.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTPolicy & GovernanceThe Delta Desk and MD Shihab Sharearhttps://the-delta.pages.dev/articles/we-already-know-how-to-save-our-rivers-we-just-will-not/https://the-delta.pages.dev/articles/we-already-know-how-to-save-our-rivers-we-just-will-not/Bangladesh already has the laws, the data, and even a list of the nine industrial zones killing its rivers. What it lacks is the will to enforce any of it — and no new political promise will change thatMon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTRivers & WaterThe Delta Desk and Shihab Sharearhttps://the-delta.pages.dev/articles/rising-salinity-threatens-lives-and-livelihoods-in-coastal-bangladesh/https://the-delta.pages.dev/articles/rising-salinity-threatens-lives-and-livelihoods-in-coastal-bangladesh/Rising salinity in coastal Bangladesh is destroying farmland, contaminating drinking water, and forcing communities into poverty and displacement. Climate change and sea-level rise are accelerating the problem, leaving millions with shrinking options and deteriorating health.Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTClimate & AdaptationThe Delta Desk and MD Shihab Sharear (First published on The Daily Star)