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.
Several thousand people yesterday joined a programme on the bank of Surma River in Sylhet city protesting the much talked Tipaimukh dam project on the upstream of Barak River in Indian state of Manipur.
The government of Denmark is willing to provide financial assistance in installing water treatment plants in the capital and the adjacent areas to purify drinking water, the Danish ambassador here said yesterday as the government is trying to solve paucity of safe water.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government wants to set up schools at around 2000 remote villages which lack presence of education institutions.
Cultivation of BR-47, a saline-tolerant rice variety, in the southern coastal region could bring about significant changes in rice production, Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.
The country's waterway network has been shrinking drastically due to inability of the dredging department of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to remove increased siltation from the riverbeds, causing negative impact on overall economy, says a BIWTA report.
The lands, on which Bashundhara Group Chief Ahmed Akbar Sobhan alias Shah Alam promised two football stadiums for Bangladesh Football Federation, are mostly part of protected wetlands and flood flow zones, which cannot be legally used for building anything on them, according to Rajuk sources.
At least two lakh people, most of them indigenous in over 100 remote villages under eight upazilas in the hill district, are suffering for want of drinking water. The crisis becomes acute in dry season as most water sources dry up.
The government of Denmark is willing to provide financial assistance in installing water treatment plants in the capital and the adjacent areas to purify drinking water, the Danish ambassador here said yesterday as the government is trying to solve paucity of safe water.
People of Bangladesh, particularly the poorer section who live in rural areas do not have proper sanitation facilities. Those who have no ability to install sanitary latrines, make a pit at some corner of the house and use it as latrine which spread bad smell and pollute air and surroundings. The children defecate at open places which is equally harmful to the environment.
Bangladesh and Norway Tuesday agreed to develop a strategic partnership in combating global climate change, curbing corruption and improving the quality of governance besides making joint effort for mobilizing funds for offsetting adversities of the global financial flue.