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 government will procure rice direct from the farmers to provide them price support and protect them from any possible loss for market slump after new arrival of harvests. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiled the plan while addressing the officials of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry at Bangladesh Secretariat yesterday.
The government will procure rice direct from the farmers to provide them price support and protect them from any possible loss for market slump after new harvests. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiled the plan while addressing the officials of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry at Bangladesh Secretariat yesterday.
It is important to preserve our freshwater ecosystems from over-fishing, from the dumping of hazardous waste upstream, and from the damming of rivers upstream, as a national priority that will ultimately protect the livelihoods of millions of fishing families and continue to provide an abundance of fish for consumption on the other, consequently also sustaining the diversity of fauna, including do
A couple of depressions in the Bay of Bengal may give rise to a cyclone this month.
Shortage of dustbins forces the people in Sylhet city to dump wastes into canals, drains and road-sides, polluting environment and posing threat to public health. Not a single dustbin has been installed in the city after Sylhet district town was upgraded into the city corporation about a decade ago, according to statistics available with the corporation.
The government is likely to submit a proposal to the visiting Russian delegation today for setting up of two 1,000MW nuclear power plants in the country.
Agricultural scientists at a farmers gathering here revealed that promotion of modern and developed technologies could help enhancing maize production.
I've got a simple message today. If we're serious about developing our country, securing our food demand and increasing job opportunities, we've got to put current climate change issues at the heart of what we're doing.
Bangladesh on Wednesday called for the creation of a rapid deployment fund to combat sudden climatic shocks across the globe.
About six thousand rare Irrawaddy dolphins, one of the world's rarest species of freshwater and previously unknown population, were found along Bangladesh coast with a great hope for the survival of the rare species, said a study carried out by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).