Farhana Sultana

Farhana Sultana

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The Ice Failed Upstream. The Debt is Downstream.

Nepal is owed something more substantial than sympathy and more useful than a loan charging interest on damage it did not cause. Monitoring of unstable ice and glacial lakes concerns the whole basin and should be funded on a standing basis, with hydrological data crossing borders as a matter of routine rather than negotiation.

What the Interim Government Gave Bangladesh

What Dr. Yunus and his team of advisers stepped into was not a functioning state awaiting a caretaker, it was institutional wreckage requiring reconstruction.  What followed was a period of institution-building that, whatever its imperfections, deserves recognition.

Rivers as Sovereignty: Bangladesh Must Reclaim Its Water Future

We cannot build the Bangladesh we envision -- democratic, just, climate-resilient -- while accepting manufactured water scarcity as inevitable. The rivers that created Bengal sustain us still -- but only if we fight to reclaim them.

Reflections from Capitol Hill: A Year On in Washington and Dhaka

One year after the July Revolution, the path ahead is still being shaped. The violence, sacrifice, and demands of the Bangladeshi people must not be forgotten or undermined.

Holding the Line for Democracy in Bangladesh: One Year Since the July Revolution

One year after the July Revolution, the memory of brave young lives lost continues to light the path toward a just, democratic, and united Bangladesh