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.
Bangladesh
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Solve housing problem of urban poor
Although the urban poor contribute significantly to urban economy, their problems, specially the housing problem, is never considered seriously by any government, said the speakers at a workshop in the city on Sunday. They said the urban poor live in slums and are subject to frequent evictions. The workshop titled 'House for the urban poor: Past experiences and present needs' was organised by Onneyshan, an NGO, with the assistance of Manusher Jonno Foundation at Dhaka Reporters Unity.
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Rivers continue to swell, inundate more areas
The flood situation is continuing to deteriorate in northern and central parts of the country compelling thousands of people to take refuge in places like educational institutions and high roads. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said low-lying areas in 14 northern and central districts of the country could be inundated further in the next 48-72 hours as water levels of all rivers are increasing. Of the 73 places where river water level is monitored, 39 marked a rise while 29 marked a fall. The others remained unchanged.
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Mobile court seizes seven substandard CNG cylinders
As the drive against substandard CNG-cylinders and improper conversion kits intensified yesterday, seven inferior cylinders were confiscated from four human hauliers at Gulistan in the city. A mobile court with the help of Directorate of Explosives and police conducted yesterday's drive. Representatives of Rupantarita Prakitik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) and CNG Filling Station and Conversion Owners' Association assisted. Yesterday the mobile court conducted the drive against human hauliers that ply on Gulistan-Judge Court and Gulistan-Newmarket routes.
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Vulnerability of Bangladesh's coastal region to climate change
The coastal region of Bangladesh is already perspiring with different types of natural disasters. Bangladesh is situated at the interface of two contrasting settings with the Bay of Bengal and the North Indian Ocean to the south and the Himalayas to the north. This gives the country the life giving monsoons, on one hand, and the catastrophic disasters like tropical cyclones, storm surges, floods, droughts and erosion, on the other.
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Obeying of religious regulations stressed to combat AIDS
Participants in a seminar stressed the need for obeying religious regulations to check spread of HIV/AIDS. The people must abide by religious regulations and be aware of HIV/AIDS to get free from the attack by the killer disease, the speakers said. They made the observation while addressing the seminar titled
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Poor countries to be worst sufferers of climate change: Experts
The poor countries and their poor people will be the worst sufferers of the climate change, experts said at a two-day media workshop on Saturday. Quoting a recently published report they said there will be serious impact on rice, wheat and potato production, but maize production will be good due to the extreme natural events. Participating in the workshop IUCN Country Representative Dr Ainun Nishat said there is a possibility of increasing temperature of earth by 0.2 percent in next two decades and sea level rise in from 0.19 metre to 0.59 metre by 2090 to 2099 due to climate change.
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'Save schoolchildren from quake'
A safety movement titled 'Earthquake: School Safety Programme' was launched in the port city yesterday with an aim to save the schoolchildren from earthquake. Institute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB), Chittagong organised the daylong programmes, including a procession and training workshop, to launch the movement. Speakers at the workshop expressed their concern over the vulnerable conditions of the existing school buildings in the city.
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Climate change and Dhaka Declaration (Editorial)
What the declaration made in Dhaka, following a six-day long 'International Symposium on Climate Change and Food Security' jointly sponsored by several national and international agencies, has helped to highlight is the fact that it is not only an environmental issue but also one that affect our very existence. And one couldn't agree more with the comments of the visiting Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson that climate change has the potential to be the most significant challenge to human security in the near future.
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Storm lashes six Kurigram villages
A storm lashed six villages of Omar Majid union in Rajarhat upazila Saturday night damaging 216 houses in the affected areas. The storm-hit villages are Dangrahat, Delapara, Fulkhahat Hazari, Dhanipara, Balakandi, Sarkar Para and Pangkha Para.
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Bangladesh climate change strategy and action plan 2008
In the aftermath of the COP13 at Bali, Indonesia, the Government of Bangladesh increasingly felt the need for a climate change strategy to carry forward and coordinate activities in support of the Bali Action Plan.