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 ministry of environment and forest has put in place a Hotline through mobile phone No. 01755660033 to protect wildlife and stop illegal trade in wildlife and related crimes in Bangladesh. Hasan Mahmud,
The Department of Environment (DoE) on Monday fined three companies Tk 15 lakh for the violation of environment laws. After a hearing at the DoE headquarters, BCL Construction Ltd in Bogra and Amin Mohammad
Campaigners against genetically modified (GM) crops yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court against a government move to release Bt brinjal, a GM crop, for the first time in the country. The
With special emphasis on saving tigers of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh Forest Department will today launch a new Wildlife Crime Control Unit (WCCU) to stop illegal wildlife trade and related crimes. WCCU
The nutritional value of 381 foods, which are regularly consumed by the people of Bangladesh, was published in a report yesterday by a group of experts under a project titled “Food Composition Table of
The orange and vermicelli sold in the Dhaka city markets are all treated with formalin, said a test report by green rights activists on Sunday. The report says formalin has been detected in 82 of mangoes,
The movement against the proposed India-Bangladesh joint venture coal-based power plant at Rampal near the Sundarbans is getting stronger day by day drawing wide public support. Former MP of Bagerhat-3
Twelve scheduled banks and one non-bank financial institution are yet to disburse any loan under a Tk 200-crore refinancing scheme for green products after signing participant agreements with Bangladesh
Around 7.8 percent of the population in the country carries the Hepatitis B virus, which puts them at risk of fatal liver diseases, revealed experts from the Hepatology Society in a press conference yesterday.
World Tiger Day would be observed today in the country as elsewhere in the world underlining the need for protecting the endangered tiger species against total extinction. Some 41 tigers were killed