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.
Local automobile traders are reluctant to import fuel-efficient hybrid cars, as they are unable to provide spare parts and after-sales services to the customers due to lack of expertise in dealing with such vehicles, industry insiders said.
THE news that the traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police is returning the previously seized unfit buses to their owners, because of lack of space in its dumping yard, is a bit disconcerting. The whole exercise was aimed at clearing the city roads of the old, faulty vehicles that cause both pollution and congestion. And now releasing them is certainly a self-defeating move.
Although the consumption of iodized salt increased more than four times in the country by 2006 in comparison to that of 1993, the present rate of consumption is not satisfactory. This was stated by the experts at the inaugural session of a workshop at Sonargaon Hotel in the city yesterday.
THE government has taken up a scheme of cultivating a short duration variety of Aman paddy on 40,000 hectares of land in the five monga-stricken districts of the northern region to generate employment opportunities. This scheme is expected to generate income for the day-labourers and other poor people during the lean period of October and November.
Diets heavy in fried foods, salty snacks and meat account for about 35 per cent of heart attacks globally, researchers reported on Monday. Their study of 52 countries showed that people who ate a
Samples of powdered milk of eight brands that had tested positive for melamine contamination were handed over to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) yesterday for further testing.
Joinal Miah, in his mid-50s, enjoyed a good health until he was a farmer. Things have changed fast when he started working in a brick kiln. Now he is undergoing treatment at a city hospital. "Doctors say he is suffering from by asthma," says Joinal's wife Rahima.
The Department of Environment in a special drive fined 20 motor vehicles Tk 13,500, seized two vehicles and removed hydraulic horns from four vehicles for creating noise pollution in the city yesterday.
The United Kingdom will provide Bangladesh with an additional grant of 70 million pounds, equivalent to Tk 900 crore, for implementing an extended phase of the Chars Livelihood Programme (CLP) in aid to poor people living in riverside areas.