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.
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) authorities are violating laws and deviating from the original plans of the Purbachal housing project as they have been filling wetlands, lowlands as deep as 15
Intrusion of saline water has kept crop farming in the south-western region at stake, causing an ultimate reduction in the supply to the food bank in Satkhira, reports UNB. Several thousand hectares of
Chittagong Directorate of Environment has set August 18 for further hearing on oil leakage that occurred on July 30 at Kalurghat area adjacent to Karnaphuli river from derailed wagons carrying furnace
Global climate change is increasing Bangladesh’s vulnerability to floods and raising the potential for infectious disease outbreaks, says the latest Health and Science bulletin of the icddr,b, reports
The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief took a massive communication development programme in the district during the current fiscal year, reports BSS. Under the programme, construction of 38 bridges
A section of locals are engaged in hunting of birds, especially herons, posing threat to the stock of the graceful creature of nature. A poacher sold five herons at Balapukur Bazar in Aditmari upazila
RAJSHAHI, Aug 1 (BSS): Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has planned to conserve 53 natural water-bodies in the city in order to retain its surface water resources for protecting the environment from further
Coliform bacteria have been found in drinking water of eighty-seven percent hotels and restaurants in the six districts of Barisal Barisal division including the divisional, district towns and tourist
Fecal bacteria are frequently found at much greater distances than would be predicted by laboratory studies, indicating that improved models that incorporate more complexity might be needed to explain
This report examines private sector provision of on-site sanitation services in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Peru, and Tanzania, four countries where the local private sector already plays a major role in helping