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.
State Minister for Environment and Forest Mustafizur Rahman said the government is going to develop a strategy soon for sustainable waste management to keep the environment toxic-free.
Residents of different areas surrounding Kumargaon Electricity Plant in Sylhet city formed a human chain on Saturday, demanding immediate measures to check noise pollution caused by the power plant.
With the advent of summer, diarrhoea has broken out in an epidemic form in the capital city of Dhaka mainly due to scarcity of pure drinking water. More than one thousand diarrhoea-affected people were admitted to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB) during last two days, according to sources in ICDDRB.
Seven people died of diarrhoea in the Dhaka city and Jossore in the past seven days till 5:00pm on Friday as waterborne diseases spread in many parts of the country because of contaminated water and hot and humid weather, according to the health control room.
Bangladesh and India have initiated a move to shore up conservation activities and maintain biodiversity in the Sundarbans, the world
BEEL BHAINA: The rivers that course down from the Himalayas and into this crowded delta bring an annual tide of gift and curse. They flood low-lying paddy fields for several months, sometimes years, at a time. And they ferry mountains of silt and sand from far away upstream.
Dhaka's air quality has almost returned to its notorious levels as a rise in vehicle numbers, brick kilns, and building constructions wiped out improvements made by the phasing out of two-stroke vehicles in 2003.
In view of the present shortfall in power generation in the country, Bangladesh is in urgent need for accelerating the installation of power projects. According to reports, some donor agencies and development partners have shown their interest to provide assistance to the country for installing nuclear power plants.
Bangladesh is to receive support from Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan to tackle the huge challenges posed by climate change over the coming decades.
Bangladesh, India and Nepal have agreed on construction of a special reservoir for year-round river flow, the water resources minister said yesterday. "The reservoir, to be built in Nepal, would bring life to the rivers of Bangladesh and India in the dry season," Ramesh Chandra Sen told German radio channel Deutsche Welle in an interview.