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 massive and unabated erosion in the river Padma has been posing a serious threat to the city protection embankment, officials and others concerned here said. In the wake of rising floodwater in
A light earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale shacked the country on Monday morning, reports UNB. According to the Met office, the epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred at 9:44am, was the
A mild tremor measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted Dhaka and its adjoining areas Monday morning. There was no immediate report of casualties or damage. The tremor was felt at 9:44:28am, said Mahbubur
The government on Sunday approved 17 projects, involving Tk 98 crore, under Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change. Climate Change Trustee Board of the
Automatic rice mills allegedly breaching the environmental law have become a nuisance for around five thousand people of Uttar Gosaipur village under Dinajpur Sadar upazila. The affected people yesterday
Downpour and onrush of water from upstream for the last three days triggered flood in 16 unions of different upazilas, marooning thousands of villagers. More than 60 villages in Teesta and Dharla rivers
The Department of Fisheries is implementing nine various development projects to increase fish resource in the district. Under the projects, setting up of fish sanctuary, beel nursery, releasing of
A solar power plant with a 200 kwp (kilowatt peak) generation capacity was formally inaugurated Thursday at the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) building in the city. Planning Minister Air Vice
With a view to saving it from grabbers, the government has declared 0.122 million acres of land as 'reserve forests' in four costal districts. The initiative will also protect the areas from natural disasters
The environment ministry will consider clearing a 300 sq km of forests for projects in the next meeting of its forest advisory committee (FAC), the statutory body which appraises projects that require