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.
JHALAKATHI, Jan 13 (UNB): The district sees itself on a course of yielding a bumper harvest of mustard this year, much to the joys of its growers. Farmers in the four upazilas of Jhalakathi are expecting
NILPHAMARI, JAN 13: Chemical fertilizer and insecticide free potato, wheat and mustard are being cultivated in Domar upazila of the district by NGO Proshika in recent times. Sources said, about 30 acres
DHAKA, JAN 13: A roundtable conference on Climate Change and Environmental Pollution in Bangladesh was held at Police Research Centre (PRC bd.) office complex in Dhanmondi Residential Area Saturday morning,
JHENIDAH, JAN 13: Pneumonia has broken out in an epidemic form in the six upazilas of the district. According to informed sources, the disease has taken a serious turn in the district town and its adjacent
As mercury hit 45-year low yesterday with the minimum temperature recorded at 3 degrees Celsius in Saidpur, the cold snap claimed at least eight more lives. Cold-related complications left four people
The coldest winter in decades intensified further on Thursday with low pressure over Siberian region pushing chilly winds towards Bangladesh forcing the mercury to dip bellower level. The bone-chilling
Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and his team at the Grameen Shakti hosted a unique celebration in Dhaka on Wednesday evening to mark the setting of a milestone by installing one-million solar systems
A cold snap which saw temperatures drop on Thursday to their lowest point in Bangladesh’s post-independence history has killed around 80 people, officials said. The weather office said the lowest temperature
Sale and use of banned polythene bags is going on unabated throughout the district. Oblivious of its detrimental effect on environment, people are using it for 'convenience' while the authorities concerned
The cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft of the ‘National River Protection Commission Bill, 2013’ aiming to protect the country’s rivers from encroachers and pollution. The approval was