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 use of solar panels gained momentum in the recent years, revealed a study of the state-owned Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). The BIDS said 1.7 million Solar Home Systems (SHSs)
Three major rivers-the Jamuna, the Ganges and the Padma-eroded 10,347 hectares of land during the last three years. The Jamuna, the Ganges and the Padma eroded about 3690 hectares of land in 2012, 3,610
In a significant development indicating a sub-regional strategic alliance, Nepal, India and Bangladesh (NIB) have decided to join hands to cooperate and exploit the hydropower sector and use water resources management for mutual advantage, including jointly developing and financing projects in the Ganga river basin. Indicating its seriousness to give a boost to this initiative, India has already approved the composition of a working group on water and power that will coordinate with Bangladesh and Nepal.
Businesses that allow indoor smoking have 19 times higher levels of polluted air compared to that of places where inside smoking is banned, a study report said. The study was carried out recently under
Due to excessive extraction of groundwater to meet the demands of city dwellers, level of the groundwater in the capital is depleting by two to three metres every year. Hydrologists said dependence on
Amid fresh concerns in Bangladesh over the construction of two proposed dams in Meghalaya, State Power Minister Clement Marak said on Wednesday that construction of the hydropower projects would not have
At least one more person was confirmed and four others were suspected to be infected with anthrax in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj, local health officials confirmed yesterday. They are Helal Sheikh,
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is going to set up a 3 megawatt (mw) solar power plant at Sarishabari in Jamalpur as part of its green energy initiative to cut carbon emission, officials said.
Bangladesh was equally concerned and apprehensive over diversion of Brahmaputra's water in China Arunachal Pradesh and Bangladesh have discussed several measures for better management of the Brahmaputra river for mutual benefit, official sources said on Saturday. Arunachal Pradesh Water Resources Development Minister Newlai Tingkhatra during a meeting, here, on Friday with the visiting Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Khan discussed ways to tackle the problem of siltation through river dredging and building embankments so that proper water depth was developed for inland water transportation.
Bangladesh had successfully stopped the trend of deforestation rather country’s forest coverage increased by around five percent during the regime of the government, said Environment and Forest Minister