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.
This project is designed to generate insights and guidance which can contribute to the development of institutions to help the urban poor effectively resolve disputes over urban assets. Too often institutional change is initiated without a complete understanding of the social, economic and political dynamics effecting status quo institutions.
Bangladesh is one of the most electricity deprived nations in the world. Despite large potential for renewable energy sources in Bangladesh, currently their contribution to the electricity supply remains insignificant. Use of renewable energy is considered an indispensable component of sustainable energy systems, as renewables emit less greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuel energy systems. However, to advance such sustainable energy systems, appropriate strategies and institutional settings need to be put in place for all nations.
The expected long-term impact of the Sundarbans Biodiversity Conservation Project was to secure the integrity of the environment and biodiversity of the Sundarbans Reserved Forest (SRF). Comprising 6,000 square kilometers, the SRF is a globally significant ecosystem with a rich area of biodiversity and natural resources.
Loss from Sidr: The economic loss caused by super cyclone Sidr that hit Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, is more than us $ 4.4 billion, reveals a survey conducted by the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh. The cyclone completely destroyed about 4,10,000 hectares of farmland and damaged 12 lakh tonnes of the Aman paddy crop, which accounts for 40 per cent of the
IN APRIL 2007 the World Bank announced that 986m people worldwide suffered from extreme poverty
IT is not our wealth which built our roads, but roads which built our wealth,
Heavy downpour worsened the flood situation in Sylhet, Sunamganj and Netrakona while river erosion has taken a serious turn for the worse in Nilphamari due to swilling of the Teesta. Around 1 lakh people are said to be marooned in Netrakona. The situation is likely to worsen in the next couple of days. According to Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), flood situation in Sylhet and Sunamganj will deteriorate further as the region is experiencing heavy rainfall and more is likely.
Experts at a media workshop in Cox
A visiting high official of the United Nation
The health department along with 21 non-governmental organisations has undertaken a set of programmes to halve the malarial deaths in the country by 2012, a roundtable discussion in Sylhet was told on Thursday. The programmes include free distribution of mosquito nets to reduce the malarial attacks and opening of