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.
On the occasion of tenth anniversary of its foundation, Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) held an all-day-long event at the University of Western Sydney (Parramatta Campus) on 1st November 2008 in Sydney. It was participated by Australians and Non- Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in Australia.
If the state animal resources development department (ARD) officials thought they could sit back and relax even after the containment of highly pathogenic H5N1 virus that spread to 16 districts in the state earlier this year, here is a word of caution from the Centre.
A national network constituted with the participation of media people, persons with HIV positives, and NGO activities after completing the two days long training programme organised on reducing social stigma on HIV and AIDS by Nari Unnayan Shakti supported by SARDM, World Bank at Khulna on Caritas Auditorium on 1-2 November.
About 100 million more people will be living in hunger in a year if unfair global agriculture practices are not changed, the head of UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, Jacques Diouf, warned Tuesday.
The irrigation pump owners at Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat have received
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government yesterday signed a loan agreement of 87 million US dollar to improve the basic services and infrastructure in municipal towns of Bangladesh. Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, secretary of the Economic Relations Division (ERD) and Paul J Heytens, country director of ADB, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides at the ERD.
Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital and Channel i will organise free healthcare programmes for the farmers in Kushtia and Bogra on November 6 and 7 respectively, says a press release. Farmers can also dial 10601 from their cellphones to get free medical service.
Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital and Channel i will organise free healthcare programmes for the farmers in Kushtia and Bogra on November 6 and 7 respectively, says a press release. Farmers can also dial 10601 from their cellphones to get free medical service.
The government has reduced the fare of diesel-run inter-district and long-haul vehicles by Tk 0.07 per kilometer following the reduction of diesel oil price by Tk 7. However, the fares of CNG-driven buses and minibuses plying in Dhaka and Chittagong Metropolitan cities remained unchanged at Tk 1.20 and 1.10 per kilometer respectively, said a PID handout.
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 the sound pollution millions of people in Bangladesh are exposed to a number of health risks- from deafness to heart attack.