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.
Keora (Sonnertia appetula) is the main species in the coastal region of Bangladesh. At present this species has no industrial or other application. In this paper, keora has been characterized and evaluated as a pulping raw material.
Dhaka has completed the groundwork for negotiating nuclear power deals with Russia, South Korea, China and France aimed at the construction of two medium-sized 600MW nuclear power plants by 2017, officials said. Dhaka holds talks with a Russian delegation today to know of Moscow
Nearly 2,500 dwellers of eight slums in Faridpur district headquarters are now living in hygienic and pollution free environment following implementation of a pilot project styled "Integrated Urban Development (IUD)".
A human chain was formed by people and the students of Rupganj upazila at Murapara point of the river Sitalakhya on March 23 protesting against the industrial units polluting waters of the river Sitalakhya and Balu. Later a meeting was held at attended by the people of all walks of life with Zohara Begum, secretary of the Human resource, a non-government organization.
The early variety Boro paddy fields have already started blooming and the others are growing well predicting an all- time record bumper Boro production in the country's northern region this season.
Some two and a half lakh residents at Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj district have been facing acute shortage of drinking water because of salinity and arsenic contamination in the ground water. The villagers at remote places are now facing acute drinking water crisis during the summer because of fall in the ground water level, high salinity and arsenic contamination in the area.
A total of 2,275 people were affected with diarrhoea across the country in past 24 hours till 5:00pm on Tuesday, according to the health services control room. Seven hundred and 21 diarrhoeal patient were admitted to the ICDDR,B hospital during this time, said the control room record.
The city of Dhaka experiences acute shortage of water all the year round. The city dwellers have taken it as part of their life. So they don't raise a hue and cry. But in summer and the advent of summer seasons it gets terribly acute and the people come to the street with empty pots and pitchers. This is a common scene every year which draws attention of many organizations and people.
The Committee constituted to determine compensation for the resettlement of 406 affected families of Barapukuria in Dinajpur coalmine project is likely submit its report this week. Some 2,000 affected people of 406 families living at seven villages in coal mining areas will be given compensation for their rehabilitation.
Villagers in Barind Tract area in Godagari upazila are always after water as the underground water table is going down by 1 to 2 feet every year. There were 13 semi-deep tube-wells for providing drinking water to some 130 families at Somaspur. All but four tube-wells were abandoned in the last one month as water went out of reach.