Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to tropical cyclones due to its unique geographical location, flat topography, and high density of population. Over the last few decades, climate change and sea-level rise have been increasing ...

The objective of this research was to investigate the influence of tides on nutrient concentrations in the Pasur and Baleshwar rivers of southwest Bangladesh. The sampling of river water was carried out to study the variation ...

Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is already posed with climate risks and water scarcity threat due to over dependency on groundwater, loss of surface water resources and poor water quality of peripheral rivers. As more ...

Frequency analysis is a fundamental approach for estimating the magnitude of extreme weather occurrences, including heavy rain, flooding, and other climatic phenomena. Rainfall frequency analysis iswidely used to design ...

In Bangladesh, coastal polders have been constructed since 1960s to protect the land from floods as well as to intensify crop production. However, the polders altered the sensitive river-floodplain sediment balance and ...

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with a population of 165 million which is 2.11% of the world population. The population increased from 14.1 million to 165 million from 1981 to 2020.To ...

Arial Khan is a meandering river, flowing south-eastward direction after bifurcating from the right bank of the Padma River. Incessant channel shifting and bend migration are very common phenomena for this river. This study ...

In Bangladesh, a major development challenge is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.1 of safely managed drinking water, which not only accounts for access but also includes quality, quantity, reliability, ...

Groundwater is the principal water source in the megacity, Dhaka for all kinds of uses. It is supplied at Uniform Volumetric Charge which is comparatively lower than most other Asian cities, and this promotes higher water ...

Monsoon flooding inundates a substantial part of Bangladesh, where 80% of the areas are floodplains. Sirajganj, located beside the Jamuna River in northwestern Bangladesh, is home to many communities living in the low-lying ...