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.
Leaders of Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba) yesterday demanded that the government immediately relocate the tannery industries at Hazaribagh to Savar to save the Buriganga river from pollution. They formed
The Ganges-Kobadak (GK) Project yesterday started supplying water for Irri-boro cultivation on around 1.16 lakh hectares of land in Kushtia, Jhenidah, Magura and Chuadanga districts. The project is
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to stop immediately all activities, including selling plots, earth-filing and advertisement, of housing project Ashiyan City. The bench of Justice Mirza
Death Clock, a billboard counting death of 156 people in Bangladesh every day due to tobacco uses, set up at Bijoy Smarani in the capital, is waiting for inauguration shortly, according to anti-tobacco
Global prediction partnerships would cost little and reduce the regional carnage caused by floods, droughts and tropical cyclones, argues Peter J. Webster.
The much-expected construction of Rooppur nuclear power plant would start by June this year, officials said on Wednesday. They said the construction work of the plant was scheduled to start by 2012. But
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved a pure drinking water supply project to ensure pipeline water supply in 45 pourasabhas of the country. The approval was
More than four lakh children suffering from type-1 diabetes in the country are dependent on supplemental insulin, and the number is increasing every year, said doctors and experts at a programme on Monday.
This document states that “Resilient Habitat” is an alternative approach in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation targeting the most vulnerable communities. Expanding the last decade’s
These guidelines are intended to show how economic tools can be used for a stakeholder-focused approach to planning and evaluating adaptation to climate change. Using cost-benefit analysis (CBA) as an