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.
The government is concerned over the outbreak of the sometimes deadly disease
Vast tracks of transplanted aman fields in all the nine upazilas of Kurigram have been attacked with pests causing worries for the farmers. Already hit by the recent flooding, farmers in the district are frustrated over the pest attack on their paddy fields. Various kinds of pests including mazra poka, pata morano poka and brown poka have attacked the paddy fields, farmers said.
Agriculture scientists are upbeat with a new aromatic rice variety, which they claim is cost effective and disease resistant and will help mitigate monga [seasonal joblessness] in the northern districts.
Green energy synonymous with renewable enegry is used to describe sources of energy which are considered environment friendly, non-polluting, and therefore may provide a remedy to the global warming, mostly caused by conventional fossil fuel burning. Generally, renewable energy combines that resources which restore themselves over short periods of time and do not diminish.
Bangladesh has donated one lakh US dollar to Nepal for the welfare of the flood victims. Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal Imtiaz Ahmed handed over a cheque of the donation to Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) at Prime Minister's residence at Baluwatar in Kathmandu on Saturday, said a press release.
The people who come in close touch with poultry birds need to be made more aware of the risks of avian influenza and mitigation measures to protect them as well as to safeguard human health in the country, experts said.
The annual "monga" season of deprivation has arrived in Kurigram, as well as six other northern areas, including Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Panchagarh and Thakurgaon--some of the 64 districts.
Narail town and its surrounding low lying areas were inundated due to heavy downpour. Working class people are confined to their respective houses as they have no work. The sufferings of the destitute and slum dwellers know no bounds. Though the Aman cultivators are happy for heavy rainfall, the owners of fish 'ghers' and the cultivators of monsoon crops are very much disappointed.
Cyclones in Bangladesh are large areas of low atmospheric pressure, characterized by inward-spiraling winds, which occur in the Indian Ocean. These pressure systems are known as typhoons in the Pacific Ocean, and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. Every year these storms create chaos and destruction all over the world, but some areas are more prevalent than others.
While there is no consensus on the exact definition of "terrorism", the word is typically used to describe ideologically motivated acts of violence with the intention to intimidate governments or civilians. Acts supposedly meeting these criteria and committed in the name of environmental causes are described as "eco-terrorism" by law enforcement agencies such as the FBI.