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 number of steps, including formulation of a traffic policy have been taken to ease the vehicular congestion in the city, Home Secretary Abdul Karim told reporters on Thursday.
Production of Transplantation Aman (T-Aman) paddy is likely to face set-back this year in Kurigram district, due to attack by varieties of pest and bacterial diseases and price hike of urea fertiliser. This pest attack may hamper production and farmers are very disappointed in the area, sources said. They may not get their expected T-Aman production due to pest invasion this year.
Life has become more difficult for a large segment of Bangladesh
The potential of biofuels as a foreign currency earning sector featured rather strongly at a conference of the non-resident Bangladeshis earlier this year too. According to insiders, the military-controlled interim government has also approved applications and permits for biofuel production.
Amid fresh bird-flu worries, the director general of the Department of Livestock Services has stressed the need for a multi-sectoral approach to make people aware about the risks of the disease that rattled the country
The Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) on Thursday suggested certain reforms in the agricultural sector to support the marginal farmers and thus ensure the food security of the nation.
Rarely has the World Food Day assumed greater meaning than in present times, as rapidly rising food prices risk increasing the number of hungry in the world,' according to the Food And Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Some 30 establishments on 5 kms area in Panchgachhi union in Sadar upazila were devoured by the erosion of Dharala river on Wednesday and Thursday.
Bangladesh, which is among the countries with the most worrisome hunger status, has been ranked 70th among 88 nations in the Global Hunger Index. The country suffers from an alarming level of hunger while Burundi, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Niger and Sierra Leone
The interim government is formulating a parking policy strictly prohibiting on-street parking and keeping a provision for high penalties for flouting the rules to ensure smooth traffic in the capital. The policy to be finalised in a month also aims to bring discipline in the transport system of the city, sources in the communications ministry said.