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.
Incidence of poverty is not new in human history, but its analysis, discourse or the efforts for reduction are. The emergence of urban poverty in Europe in the eighteenth century in the wake of industrialisation drew initial attention in a formal sense. Even till recently some people used to believe that the affluent West succeeded in striking out this evil even as it came to be revealed that at the fag end of the last century poverty still kept sticking out its ugly head, in no less a highly industrialised country than the United Kingdom.
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) blamed Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (Desa) for the frequent disruption in water supply to different parts of the capital city during Ramadan. The acute water crisis has almost paralysed the normal life in the city recently despite the authorities' assurance about smooth supply of water during the holy month. "Desa is 90 percent responsible for the present water crisis as water supply is being disrupted due to massive load-shedding," a top official of Wasa told UNB when asked about the severe water crisis.
Leaders of Workers' Party of Bangladesh yesterday urged the government to introduce food rationing system immediately in order to tackle the prevailing price hike during Ramadan. Criticising the government for its failure to control the prices of essentials during the holy month, they said it has also failed to improve the law and order situation and curb corruption as well. The leaders said this at the first day of a two-day central committee meeting at its party office in the city.
Many low-lying areas in the eastern part of the capital went under floodwater yesterday and more areas are likely to be inundated in the next couple of days as rivers around the city started flowing over danger levels from Thursday. "Low-lying Areas in Dohar and Nawabganj are already under water. More areas are likely to be inundated if the Balu, the Shitalakhya, the Turag, the Dhaleswari and the Tongi canal keep swelling," said Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) Assistant Engineer Arifuzzaman last evening.
The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy and associated clinical care guidelines were developed in the mid-1990s to reduce mortality from major diseases in children younger than 5 years. Countries have been encouraged to follow a structured process to adapt the IMCI guidelines to their own
The country is bracing for possible major flooding in the next two days with heavy rain forecast for neighbouring India set to swell its rivers to dangerous levels. Director of Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) Saiful Hossain yesterday said downpours expected in north-eastern India likely to cause problems for parts of Bangladesh. Floods displaced thousands of families yesterday as rescuers braced for another day of heavy rains, our correspondents and agencies reported.
Forming multi donor trust fund in the name of aiding Bangladesh in facing risk of climate change is an evil strategy, speakers said at a press conference yesterday. Rejecting "Climate Change Strategy and Action for Bangladesh" of the government, they said the strategy paper was prepared according to the advice of the local representatives of the World Bank. Equity and Justice Working Group (EquityBD) organised the press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) in the city.
The Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives sealed off four fake water plants in Keraniganj on Thursday. The members of RAB-10 raided Bandadakpara, Kadamtali and Chunkutia areas at 3:00pm and found four spurious water plants. Four owners of the plants were fined and 60 bottles seized during the hour long drives, RAB sources said.
The flooding in the central part of the country, including Dhaka, deteriorated further as the rivers flowing over the region continue to swell on Thursday. Flood experts also forecasted inundation of more low lying areas in Chandpur, Sirajganj, Tangail, Munshiganj, Manikganj, Faridpur, Madaripur and Shariatpur, Dohar and Nawabganj upazilas in Dhaka and Shibganj and Sadar upazilas in Chapainawabganj by the next 72 hours.