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.
Political stability, effective governance and, most importantly, uninterrupted longterm commitments to mainstreaming food security and nutrition in policies are key to the reduction of hunger says this 2013 edition of FAO report on the State of Food Insecurity.
A public interest litigation writ petition was filed before the High Court on Sunday seeking stay on the proposed coal-fired power plant at Rampal near Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest,
Projects include 5 coal-fired plants, total capacity 2,706 MW The cabinet committee on purchase yesterday approved eight power plants — to be built, owned and operated (BOO) by local private companies
Makes Codex Alimentarius Commission-based research a prerequisite Six day after a High Court bench allowed the government to release the genetically modified (GM) Bt Brinjal, another bench yesterday
<p>Brick makers in Bangladesh using conventional methods blamed for polluting the air, now seek two more years to be ready for conversion into environment-friendly technologies though they have already enjoyed around three years for this. Read more in this first Monthly Bangladesh State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. September 2013 Edition is out! Download, Read and Share. Happy reading!</p>
Researchers have found a high level of radioactivity in the soil, vegetables and drinking water extracted from permanent deposits of heavy minerals in areas around Cox’s Bazar. The level of radium, thorium
Several thousand left-leaning activists who joined the Dhaka-Sundarbans long march on Thursday demanded the government should not to go ahead to set up the planned 1,320MW coal-fired power plant at Rampal
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is planning to initiate Saidabad Water Treatment Plant Phase III in a bid to reduce dependency on ground water. The officials said the project would help
Power import from India begins today (Friday) with about 50mw electricity added in the national power grid line of Bangladesh. Gradually a total of 175mw will be added to the national grid by September
Construction of a proposed 1,320 megawatt (mw) coal-fired thermal power plant at Rampal, near the Sundarbans, will threaten the biggest mangrove forests of the world and home of the endangered Royal Bengal