LEDARS

๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐——๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜.

On 3rd December 2025, the Climate Advocacy Forum, Satkhira District Branch, and the Citizen Committee Satkhira, with support from LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society), organized a citizenโ€™s dialogue at the Prince Community Center, Satkhira, ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ to demand ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ for protecting millions at risk ahead of the ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐˜h ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

The dialogue urged ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, with representatives from various political parties highlighting the urgent need to tackle ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ & ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ๐˜€ crises worsening from climate change. The session was chaired by Professor Md. Abdul Hamid, moderated by Professor Ashek Elahi, with keynote by Shakil Ahmed, and welcome remarks from Mr. Mohon Kumar Mondol, Founder & Executive Director, LEDARS.

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ:

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ โ€” ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€.

Representatives included leaders from ๐—•๐—ก๐—ฃ, ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜-๐—ฒ-๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ, ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—•, ๐—•๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——, ๐—๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ข๐——, ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต, ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ, and other civic platforms of Satkhira Districts.

The dialogue underscored a powerful truth: Only strong political commitment and actionable plans can ensure climate resilience, proper budgeting, and sustainable livelihoods for coastal communities.