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.
In Bangladesh, up to 65 percent of tubewell water is contaminated by fecal pathogens although the level of contamination is low, according to a recent study of icddr,b., report UNB. The study revealed
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday organized a meeting approving seven development projects, held at the NEC conference room in city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with
A total of 15 percent infants up to three months old are underweight, a study revealed on Wednesday, reports BSS. The study ‘State of Food Security and Nutrition in Bangladesh 2012′ funded by the European
Three projects have received funding support from the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund, created last year by the Asian Development Bank, in recognition that complex urban and coastal environments
New Gazipur training centre driving away locals, hurting livelihoods Elite force Rapid Action Battalion is constructing a training centre, destroying a part of the reserve forest in Gazipur. To pave
The World Bank is providing support to the government of Bangladesh to increase the supply of safe water in rural areas, reports UNB. The Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (BRWSSP),
Freshwater dolphins, popularly known as shusuk, are disappearing fast from the country’s rivers due to illegal catching and the loss of their habitats caused by reduced river level and water contamination,
Per capita vegetable production in Asia and the Pacific has increased some 25 percent over the last decade. Yet, while Asian countries produce more than three-quarters of the worlds vegetables, they and
Locals put up a barricade on the main entrance of Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Ltd yesterday to press home their five-point demands Hundreds of locals put up a barricade on the main entrance of
The country's hydro-geologists have found fresh aquifers across the eighteen coastal districts, ushering new hope for 50 million salinity-prone people, gripped by severe drinking water scarcity. The