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.
A light tremor jolted the country’s northern region on Friday evening. According to Met Office, the 4.1-magnitude quake shook the region, including Sirajganj and Bogra districts, at 7:10pm, reports UNB.
The proposed 1320MW Rampal coal-fired power plant needs an independent body of environmental experts to monitor its ecological compliances required to meet as per the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the key construction work for the mega metro rail project will begin at the end of 2015. And the project is expected to be completed by 2019, he
The rainwater harvesting project across nine upazilas in the district has failed to attract people to the use of rainwater instead of that from tubewells. Around 10 water tanks built by the Department
The High Court has issued a rule seeking explanation as to why authorities should be directed to stop manufacture, use and re-use of plastic bottles. Bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Khurshid
Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) organised the discussion at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity Environmentalists have expressed concerns over the establishment of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant alleging that the
Over 3 hundred bigha cultivated land was washed away as the dyke of sugar mill waste pond collapsed in Dashuria of Ishwardi Upazila under the district Saturday. Agitated farmers besieged the Pabna Sugar
The High Court on Sunday asked the authorities to explain in four weeks why marketing and distribution of drinking water, soft drinks, beverages, medicines and other food products in plastic bottles
Food Minister Md Kamrul Islam on Tuesday informed the House that the government has taken a five-year plan for ensuring food security in the country, reports BSS. “Under the plan titled Bangladesh Investment
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved six development projects with an outlay of Taka 961 crore, including the Basic Literacy Project, reports BSS. The Taka