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.
A separate body is needed to save the rivers and canals in and around the capital from being polluted, said the speakers at a discussion yesterday. They also stressed the need for a halt to dumping industrial and urban waste into the rivers and canals to save them from pollution.
It cannot be denied that Bangladesh is fast acquiring desert conditions due to the wanton destruction of our trees. When we travel on the highways of Chittagong-Cox's Bazar the huge heaps of logs piled near timber depots, to be taken for sawing later, reminds us how fast we are destroying the work of nature by cutting down trees for the service of man.
The government will provide Tk 500 crore in addition to budgeted Tk 300 crore to mitigate the impacts of climate change, the special assistant to the chief adviser for environment, Raja Debashish Roy, informed a seminar in the city on Sunday. Debashish said a separate cell was being opened in the key ministries to deal with the problems caused by the climate change.
Speakers at a discussion on Sunday urged the authorities concerned to find out solutions to traffic congestion in the Dhaka city and suggested reducing the number of motorised vehicles.
Green groups Green Voice and Sheba jointly formed a human chain in Dhaka on Friday, protesting at local and international move to break a toxic ship at the Chittagong port.
Capital shortage coupled with bird flu scare has pushed the poultry industry in Magura into dire straits. The poultry farmers in the district are facing multifarious problems, mainly for want of sufficient money to get on with their business. At least 70 per cent poultry farmers have already closed their farms due to fund crisis.
Thousands of farmers from 20 villages in Sadar upazila staged a demonstration here yesterday protesting the government decision to acquire their croplands for the construction of a road. Over 5,000 farmers, including women and children, held a protest rally at Kashipur and formed a 21-member committee to protect their lands.
Level of sound pollution (also termed as noise pollution) in Dhaka city is now a major concern for the general people because it has already exceeded the tolerance level. Because of this sound or noise pollution millions of people in the country are exposed to a number of health risks -- from deafness to heart attack.
The government has decided to observe the first-ever 'National Agriculture Day' tomorrow on the first day of Bangla month Agrahayan in a bid to encourage the farmers. Agriculture ministry and its subordinate organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day on November 15, said Agriculture Secretary M Abdul Aziz at a press conference at PID in the city yesterday.
The government on Thursday signed two loan agreements with the International Development Association of the World Bank for $480 million for installing a 300MW power plant and for food-related spending.