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International Viewpoint
April 19, 2018
But it is the poorest countries with the biggest populations that will be hit hardest, and none more so than Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated nations in the world. In the Ganges Delta, made up of 230 major rivers and streams, 160 million people live in a place one-fifth the size of France and asÃâà...
Quartz
April 10, 2018
In the 1580s, the adventurous son of a Dutch innkeeper found himself on a ship sailing from Lisbon to India. Newly employed by the archbishop of Goa, Jan Huygen van Linschoten was headed to the capital of the Estado da India Portuguesa—the Portuguese State of India—from where the EuropeanÃâà...
Traveller
April 5, 2018
It might not all go smoothly in the Himba kraals of northern Namibia or a muddy village in the delta of the Ganges but by and large, English will get you through in most of the Commonwealth countries. Thanks to the English language, I can order breakfast in Lahore without knowing a word of Urdu, converseÃâà...
Stuff.co.nz
April 4, 2018
It might not all go smoothly in the Himba kraals of northern Namibia or a muddy village in the delta of the Ganges but by and large, English will get you through in most of the Commonwealth countries. Thanks to the English language, I can order breakfast in Lahore without knowing a word of Urdu, converseÃâà...
Euromoney magazine
March 27, 2018
The bank supports diabetes research, funds burns facilities and raises road safety awareness and provides relief for villagers periodically inundated by floods in the Ganges delta. Brac Bank claims to employ the largest number of female staff of Bangladeshi private banks; its Tara platform works for womenÃâà...
The Weather Channel
July 12, 2016
A massive, hidden fault hidden beneath the Ganges Delta could trigger a cataclysmic earthquake in Bangladesh and parts of east India and Myanmar, new research suggests. A team of researchers from Columbia University found that the hidden fault, which lies buried under miles of river sediment, couldÃâà...
environmentalresearchweb
March 29, 2016
When a river floods, the directions in which it spills are not always obvious. Sometimes the water splits into two flows and on other occasions it may take an unexpected short-cut downhill. If there is pressure from downstream, in the form of a storm surge or sea-level rise, the water may travel back upstream,Ãâà...
LiveScience.com
August 7, 2009
Satellites have captured a snapshot of the Ganges delta, the world's largest river delta and one of the most geographically turbulent spots in the world. The interweaving network of streams that make up the Ganges Delta in South Asia is formed by the joining of three rivers – the Padma, Jamuna, andÃâà...
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