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.
Two indigenous villagers sustained severe injuries as they came under attack of a wild bear at village Dhurong Para in Mahalchhari upazila yesterday.
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, chief executive of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers' Association (BELA), has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize 2009 for the Asia region in recognition of her contribution to the conservation of the environment.
Diarrhoea outbreak has taken a serious turn in the capital as the number of patients suffering from the waterborne disease continues to increase. Some 728 patients were admitted yesterday to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), doctors said in the evening. Three of them were brought dead to the hospital.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday afternoon said due attention will be given to the next national budget for protecting homegrown industries and keeping prices of essentials within the purchasing capacity of common people. Sheikh Hasina will focus on the protection of the homegrown industries to make them able to export their products after fulfilling local demands.
From the rainforests of Africa to the mountain-top coal mines of West Virginia, six campaigners who have fought governments and industry to protect the planet won prestigious Goldman Environmental Prizes on Sunday.
Bangladesh authorities reopened ports on Saturday and hundreds of thousands of people headed home after a cyclonic storm crossed the coast causing less damage than feared, officials said.
THE long-term economic potential of Bangladesh cannot be realised unless the people feel confident about the first item on most people
The Rajshahi City Corporation on Friday launched a clean-up drive to dispose of garbage aiming to prevent possible water logging during the rainy season. With the financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank, the drive was launched through removal of wastes from a drain in the Ganakpara area in the presence of Rajshahi mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton.
Participants in a seminar on Friday called on the imams across the country to create awareness among the common people of HIV/AIDS to fight the deadly disease. They made the call at the seminar titled