June 2025

World Water Day 2025 Discussmen held in Chattogram: If the forests of the Chittagong Hill Tracts & Halda-Karnaphuli Rivers are not Protected, there will be a serious shortage of Drinking Water in Chattogram

The port city of Chittagong, on the one hand, the entire city is submerged in water during the rainy season, and on the other hand, there is a cry for water during the dry season. As the water level in the coastal areas drops rapidly and the height of the seabed increases, salinity is constantly […]

“Bright Energy for a Brighter Bangladesh” Campaign in Chattogram Demanding Policy Reform to Renewable Energy Future

At a time when Bangladesh urgently needs to embrace renewable energy for its future resilience and economic growth, Chattogram’s campaign stressed that systemic obstacles continue to delay progress. Slow bureaucratic approvals, lack of financing, poor grid readiness, and gaps in tariff structures for renewable projects all contribute to the lag. The movement not only identifies […]

Japanese SMBC’s $1.86b fossil fuel investments draining Bangladesh’s public funds, civil society orgs claim

ISDE Bangladesh, Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN), and Bangladesh Working Group on Ecology and Development (BWGED) jointly organise a protest and campaign event in Chattogram on 28 May 2025 Japanese megabank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)’s extensive fossil fuel investments in Bangladesh are draining public funds and exacerbating the climate crisis, environmental and […]