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Bangladesh has become a net importer of e-waste despite being a signatory to the Basel Convention and having its own national e-waste rules in place.
The “polluter pays” principle, though not new in Bangladesh, remains only on paper, as polluters continue to evade accountability.
As India’s ruling party wins West Bengal, the state that stood against sharing more water with Bangladesh, new possibilities for water cooperation emerge.
With an aim to stabilise the groundwater table, Bangladesh declared 25 subdistricts of its northwestern part as water crisis zones in late 2025.
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