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.
Bangladesh
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Gas leaks from Bangladesh fertiliser plant, 50 people ill
About 50 people fell ill in Bangladesh after inhaling gas that leaked from a fertiliser factory in the port town of Chittagong, an official said on Tuesday. Police and the fire brigade were trying to
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Govt extends ban on cutting trees in forests until 2022
The government decided to extend the ban on cutting down trees at the country’s preserved and natural forests until 2022, a measure to protect biodiversity. A regular Cabinet meeting, chaired by
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Over 8.0m marginal people caught in poverty trap: Study
Over 8.0 million marginalised people of the country, most of whom are invisible in government statistics, are caught in poverty trap due to exclusion and marginalisation, according to a study. While
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Climate Change: ‘Floating schools’ in Bangladesh creating awareness, taking education to villages
Every monsoon, Natore in western Bangladesh is affected by rising water levels, rain and the floods making it difficult for students in local villages to attend school. Government-run schools become inaccessible,
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Dhaka activists protest against India-Bangladesh power plant
Activists of Pragatishil Chhatra Jote, an alliance of Left-leaning student organisations in Bangladesh, on Tuesday blocked Dhaka roads to protest against a $1.5 billion power plant near Sundarbans, the
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India's first tiger cell to be set up in Dehradun
The country's first tiger cell will soon take shape at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) campus in Dehradun. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the setting up of the cell will be signed
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Too hot to work: Global warming to cost $2 trillion in lost productivity
Rising temperatures caused by climate change may cost the world economy over $2 trillion in lost productivity by 2030 as hot weather makes it unbearable to work in some parts of the world, according to
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Natural fish resources see drastic decline
Back in 1967 when the country attained self-sufficiency in fish production, the haors of Sunamganj produced one lakh tonnes of fish a year. Forty-eight years later, the country saw a drastic fall in
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A new power plant could devastate the world’s largest mangrove forest
The planet’s largest mangrove forest could be facing serious trouble in the form of two new coal-fired power plants, environmentalists say — and they’re urging the United Nations to draw greater attention
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BIFPCL signs contract agreement for Bangla Thermal Power Project
KOLKATA: The Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt) Limited (BIFPCL) signed a contract agreement on Tuesday for main plant EPC (Turnkey) Package with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), India,