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 National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port yesterday urged the government to protect energy and mineral resources from foreign company lobbyists.
A man and his two nieces were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants at Lechhuaprang village of Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar yesterday. The deceased were identified as Fazal Ahmed, 20, Laila Begum, 10, and Kohinoor Begum, 10. Police and witnesses said the three went to the nearby reserved forest to collect firewood and fell victim to the rage of the elephants at about 12:00 noon.
Terming Bangladesh 'a role model in battling climate change in the region', Hakon Arald Gulbrandsen, Norwegian state secretary for international development, said all nations have to contribute to find a truly global answer for saving the world from the effects of global warming.
The diarrhoea situation in the city remains unchanged for more than one month, while the situation in 48 districts across the country has also worsened by this time. Though during pre-monsoon season, the ICDDR,B normally experiences some 400 to 450 patients every day, this time it has been receiving more than 800 patients every day that crossed 1,000 on April 11.
Although the country has made significant progress in reducing under-five child mortality, the rates of neonatal and maternal mortality still remain high, creating obstacle to achieving the target of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) four and five by 2015.
A man and his two nieces were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants at Lechhuaprang village of Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar yesterday. The deceased were identified as Fazal Ahmed, 20, Laila Begum, 10, and Kohinoor Begum, 10. Police and witnesses said the three went to the nearby reserved forest to collect firewood and fell victim to the rage of the elephants at about 12:00 noon.
Diarrhoea, which has broken out in alarming proportions in Dhaka, has claimed the life of a six-year-old girl and afflicted more than 700 others till 5:00pm on Sunday. The ICDDR,B received 908 patients on Saturday, 775 on Friday and 899 on Thursday.
Battery-run three-wheelers have been plying the Dhaka city roads for about a year without approval of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and Dhaka City Corporation.
About 50% of the land in Bangladesh is classified as wetlands, and major part of this area is covered by freshwater wetlands, the total area of the wetlands of the country has been estimated at seven to eight million hectors.
Mango production in the region is appeared to fall around 25 to 30 percent this season due to the continuous drought like climatic condition frustrating the farmers and the traders concerned. Horticulture scientists and the farmers said that the green mangoes are falling abnormally for the last couple of days due to long-time absence of rainfall along with high temperature.