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.
Japan has diverted its suspended $400 million credit programme for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project to the elevated Metro Railway project. Finance minister AMA Muhith on Monday made the disclosure
Bangladesh has approved the commercial cultivation of transgenic Bt brinjal, becoming the first country in South Asia to cultivate the genetically modified food crop. This has triggered concerns among
India is among the 'extreme risk' countries where economic impacts of climate change will be most felt by 2025, according to a report. In its sixth annual Climate Change Vulnerability Index, risk consultancy
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the country’s first-ever metro rail project, to open up a new era in the country’s communication system. The prime minister
London : India has slipped by five places to 106th spot, way below neighbouring Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and China in the world prosperity index, largely due to poor ‘safety and security’ environment.
Bangladesh and its capital Dhaka have been listed as the 'most vulnerable' to climate change among 193 countries, and 50 cities across the world by Maplecroft, a leading environmental institution based
Speakers at a function here on Thursday stressed the need for achieving 100 percent sanitation coverage rate by 2015 to ensure a better and disease-free healthy society for all, reports BSS. “Importance
Bangladesh today faces a different future than it did decades ago when relatively abundant natural gas seemed to be the key to prosperity. To support more evidence-based dialogue on energy development,
GAZIPUR: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday laid the foundation stone of bus rapid transit (BRT) and metro rail here aiming to ease the sufferings of commuters, reports UNB. The foundation laying
This study presents a discussion on the current energy and power situation of Bangladesh, and examines the causal relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) in the energy and power sector and