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.
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Waterborne diseases are spreading in the capital and in the northern region as floodwater is receding. A large number of roads in the central and south-central regions still remain submerged. The marginal flood victims are still suffering from lack of food and drinking water, although relief efforts by the government and non-government level are going on at many places.
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh ICDDR,B is experiencing an unusual rise in the number of diarrhoea patients due to the worsening flood situation in the low-lying areas in the eastern part of Dhaka. The patient inflow at the hospital increased to more than 600 yesterday, which normally remains at 200-250, an ICDDR,B press release said.
The auto industry's recent proposal of voluntaryfuel economy labeling will not work.
Even though man is the best creation by the Almighty, yet humanity is solely responsible for recent crisis of climate change.
Even though man is the best creation by the Almighty, yet humanity is solely responsible for recent crisis of climate change.
Speakers at a discussion yesterday said national unity as well as political will is needed to save the country's rivers from dying. Environment is getting endangered, as the rivers are becoming extinct due to frequent withdrawal of water from the rivers and decrease of navigability, they added.
At least 2,000 industrial units operating in the city are constantly releasing toxic wastes polluting the environment at an alarming rate that result in spreading of diseases, including cancer. Director of Environment Mohammad Shahjahan said this at a seminar on 'Threats on environment and public life from industrial waste' at the National Press Club in the city yesterday.
FOUR with six zeroes looks tidy as a figure, but it gives us an uneasy feeling when the World Bank says that four million people in the country have been pushed back further below the poverty line, due to abnormal rise in food price.
Britain and Bangladesh will jointly hold a high-level conference on climate change on Wednesday in London to launch a possible Bangladesh-specific climate change action plan and trust fund in line with the Bali Declaration.