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.
Representatives of NGO AOSED and Water Rights Committee at a press conference yesterday demanded steps for ensuring rights on safe water in the southwest coastal region of the country. They have also demanded inclusion of this vital issue as an election pledge in the manifesto of the political parties before joining upcoming national elections.
KFC and Pizza Hut have launched the World Hunger Relief Campaign in association with the World Food Programme (WFP) to raise wider awareness about hunger and support the WFP to provide meals to children in schools in order to help ensure that they complete basic education.
PASHMINA is Kashmiri: India granted, on September 12, the Geographical Indicat-ion (GI) status to Pashmina yarn, produced in th Kashmir valley by Tahfuz (a body of all Kashmiri handicraft artisans). Islamabad filed an objection claiming that the fine wool is also produced in Pakistan. A consultative committee of the Geographical Indication Registry of India rejected Pakistan
bangladesh will introduce a 100 days employment generation programme for the rural poor next year. This is part of the country
Local Government, Cooperatives and Rural Development Adviser M Anwarul Iqbal yesterday underscored the need for devising sustainable technology and aware people about hygienic sanitation for ensuring total sanitation coverage across the country by 2010.
Jhumiya people have continued to cultivate jhum crops on the slopes of hills, leading to environmental disasters in Khagrachhari. The local farmers, who cultivate jhum for hefty gains, are mostly indigenous people.
Farmers of Rangpur may not achieve the production target of aman crops this season due to attack of pests. Pest attack may not remain confined to these areas. Agronomists identify inadequate use of potash and phosphate fertilisers as the main reason behind the attack. Due to inadequate use of the fertilisers plants do not gain strength and maturity necessary to resist pest attacks.
MUCH to the pleasure of the wildlife conservationists, a survey along Bangladesh's coast and estuaries counted about six thousand of the Irrawaddy dolphins. Their existence was believed to be under serious threat. The International Union of Conservation of Nature had put it in the list of critically endangered animals.
The Local Government Division is implementing a number of projects involving Taka 2,578 crore to ease traffic jam and beautification of Dhaka city. Officials say, once implemented, these projects would ease vehicular movement on East-West and North-South roads in different areas of the city.
The Bangladesh Social Forum said at a press conference that the international financial institutions would leave a disastrous impact on the people