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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Impact of food-price rise: 40 lakh people pushed below poverty line: WB
Bangladesh could increase rice productivity from 30 to 60 per cent by using hybrid seeds, improvement of crop management and proper utilisation of fertilizer for attaining food security. "Open Market Sale (OMS) of rice, social safety net programmes and 100 day Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) are some of the effective measures taken by the government to ensure food security for the vulnerable people," said Xian Zhu, Country Director of the World Bank yesterday. He said at a workshop on 'Impacts of Food Crisis in Bangladesh' organised by the World Bank at its office in the city.
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Erosion leaves 1,000 homeless in Narail
Erosion by the Madhumati and Nabaganga rivers continue to wreak havoc at different villages under Lohagara and Kalia upazila in Narail, rendering at least 1,000 people homeless in the last two weeks. About 500 dwelling houses at 20 villages under the two upazilas have been devoured during the period leaving around 1,000 people homeless, according to sources at union parishads concerned. Besides, at least 1,500 acres of crop land have gone into the rivers, the sources said.
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Six areas identified in facing climate change
The country is preparing to face the aftermath of climate change in around 50 different sub-sectors under six thematic areas of agriculture, health, livelihoods, disasters management, environment and development. Bangladesh will present its national action plans at a conference in London in September, according to a presentation at the international symposium on "Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia".
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Land grabbers gobbling up Rupnagar main canal
Due to a lax rescue effort by the authorities, land grabbers are filling up the Rupnagar main canal at Pallabi by constructing road and tin-shed houses across the canal. This unauthorised grabbing of the canal has worried locals as they fear the area would be waterlogged permanently if the canal is blocked in such a way. The natural canal carries sewages and stormwater of West Shewrapara, Kazipara, Monipur, Mirpur Section 2 and Rupnagar residential areas, Duaripara and Alokdi villages, and discharges them into the river Turag.
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Govt to set up special economic zone
The government is likely to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to speed up local and foreign investments in the country, sources at Board of Investment (BoI) told The New Nation yesterday. A senior official of Board of Investment said that the Council of Advisers of the caretaker government last month approved in principle the creation of a SEZ. He said the office of the Chief Adviser is now scrutinizing the final draft of a proposed "Special Economic Zone Ordinance-2008", under which a Special Economic Zone Authority would be established.
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Pilot palm tree cultivation project launched in Jessore
A pilot palm tree cultivation project was launched in Jessore on Saturday with a view to encouraging farmers to plant palm trees in a larger way. The commander of the joint force, Lieutenant Colonel M Tanvir Iqbal, inaugurated the project in a ceremony held on the premises of Jhikargachha upazila office. The deputy director of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Khairul Islam, among others, attended the programme.
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Amin Bazar landfill project likely to be launched in Sept
The work of Amin Bazar sanitary landfill project is likely to begin in September subject to approval of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council. Officials of the Dhaka City Corporation said they had already acquired 50 acres of land in Amin Bazar area of Savar in Dhaka for the implementation of the proposed two-year project, undertaken by Waste Management Division involving about Tk 65 crore.
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Chandpur town protection embankment threatened
With sudden erosion by Meghna River, parts of Chandpur town protection embankment have become vulnerable. As the Meghna started devouring about 100-metre area from Jugipatti to fish market at Puran Bazar of the town at around 1:00pm yesterday, panicked people started shifting whatever they could to safer places. To stop further erosion in the area, authorities started dumping sand bags yesterday afternoon. Earlier on Monday night, over 10 metres of the town protection embankment at Molehead (extreme west of the town) near Chandpur Railway Station suddenly collapsed.
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Steps to prevent landslides soon
The government-formed Hill Management Committee has decided to immediately implement protective measures to prevent landslides and make the dwellings in foothill areas risk-free instead of going for large-scale evacuation. On the basis of suggestions from the Technical Protection Committee, it decided at a meeting on Monday evening that hill regions would be made risk-free through development of retaining walls, afforestation, bamboo plantation and setting up physical barriers like sacks of sand and walkways.
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Bird flu strain in India, Bangladesh similar
Dhaka Finally Shares Genetic Data Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: The bird flu virus, that caused India's worst Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak this year, has been found to be "a lot similar' to the one that created havoc in Bangladesh. This has been confirmed by Indian scientists after it studied the genetic make-up of Bangladesh's H5N1 virus strain.