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.
An estimated 2.1 million people die in the world annually from food poisoning and of other food-borne diseases, participants in a seminar in Dhaka said on Wednesday.
Water pervades all aspects of human development and human freedom. Water security is an integral part of this broader conception of human security.
The Food and Agricultural Organisation has undertaken a project to provide more than 11,000 flood-affected farmers with seeds and fertilisers during the upcoming boro season, agriculture ministry sources said.
Speakers at a workshop on Tuesday stressed the need for generating alternative livelihood along with adaptation to climate change and mitigation of its impacts. They also underscored the need for raising awareness among the people about impacts of climate change on livelihood and food security, and generating alternative livelihood taking the climate change issues into account.
A four-day exhibition on compressed natural gas (CNG) is set to begin in Dhaka on November 22, aiming to expand the market for natural gas-based vehicles and accessories, by creating awareness about the technology and safety issues, organisers said yesterday.
The level of arsenic in water of some tube-wells in the port city has increased to an alarming rate of 0.4 microgram per litre as against the permissible limit of 0.05 in Bangladesh. This was revealed in a study in 13 out of 41 wards of the city, jointly conducted recently by the Chittagong University of Engineers and Technology and the Institution of Engineers.
Some 10 lakh people have been suffering from various kinds of cancer in the country while around two lakh is being added to the figure every year. Associate Professor Dr. Dayem Uddin of the Department of Radiotherapy of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital disclosed this and added, "Of the patients around 1.5 lakh die every year".
Indian substandard non-urea fertilisers are being smuggled into the country in a large scale posing a serious threat to the agriculture as their use will cut production drastically, DAE officials, importers and dealers said.
The first ever definitive field guide to the wildlife of protected forest areas of Bangladesh was released in the city on Sunday.
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said insecticide-treated mosquito nets could help reduce deaths due to malaria effectively. They said the outbreak of the disease is taking a serious turn in 13 districts particularly in mosquito-infested areas in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of the country as 98 per cent people of the areas are under the risk of malaria.