Climate change impacts in Bangladesh
With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge.
With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge.
Pune : The consensus outlook for the summer monsoon season (June-September), developed in the fifth session of the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF-5), indicates below-normal to normal rainfall
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Khaleda Zia began its two-day long march towards the Teesta Barrage on Tuesday, demanding “fair share” of the river water from India. The much-publicised ‘Long March’,
The Consortium of NOU Kollan Foundation Trading Limited (NKFTCL), an enterprise of Bangladesh Navy, is interested to set up a coal-fired power project at Moheshkhali to generate 1320MW electricity under
Diarrhoea outbreak has taken a serious turn as a huge number of people are being affected by the waterborne disease due to ongoing extreme hot weather, reports BSS. The number of diarrhea patients has
India is constructing three hydropower projects having a combined capacity to generate 1065 megawatts by withdrawing waters of upstream joint rivers with Bangladesh, officials said. The next-door neighbour
Ignoring a government ban, politically influential people have been allegedly running a profitable business of extracting stones from three rivers in Lalmonirhat – Dharla, Shaniajan and Singimari – significantly
White-rumped vultures (Gyps bengalensis) are disappearing fast from Bangladesh due to the unchecked use of toxic drugs in cattle apart from food crisis and the loss of their habitats. “Toxic veterinary
The number of diarrhoea patients has gone up sharply at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh over the last few days. At least 414 patients were admitted to the ICDDR,B
Five years ago, the High Court ordered the government to dredge and clean the four rivers around Dhaka and remove illegal structures from their banks, in efforts to save these lifelines of the capital.
Both Dhaka and Moscow have failed to complete negotiations to initial a deal which both sides termed the ‘third and final contract’ for the construction of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project, reports