khas (government) land

Rethinking char development in Bangladesh

We must keep the focus on the plight of char people alive and draw attention of the current interim government to address the problem with new approaches, policies, and institutions.

A quiet violence in Bangladesh’s chars

There are plentiful cases of land-grabbing and violence for control over new char or khas land in the country.

Forests are vanishing acre by acre

Why are the authorities so negligent in protecting forests?

Who wants a piece of forest?

Plans to build a prison on forestland show that the country is in environmental free-fall

March 19, 2025
March 19, 2025

Rethinking char development in Bangladesh

We must keep the focus on the plight of char people alive and draw attention of the current interim government to address the problem with new approaches, policies, and institutions.

February 12, 2024
February 12, 2024

A quiet violence in Bangladesh’s chars

There are plentiful cases of land-grabbing and violence for control over new char or khas land in the country.

January 30, 2023
January 30, 2023

Forests are vanishing acre by acre

Why are the authorities so negligent in protecting forests?

October 2, 2022
October 2, 2022

Who wants a piece of forest?

Plans to build a prison on forestland show that the country is in environmental free-fall