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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Floods around the corner Early warning sounded (Editorial)
WE believe, given the latest information, the flood situation seems to be unfolding rather rapidly in the country. We should face the facts squarely that large areas under Netrakona, Pabna, Rangpur, Faridpur and Khulna districts are getting inundated as water level of the Padma, the Jamuna and the Teesta is rising steadily. Already 10,000 people have been affected in Faridpur and hundreds of acres of cropland have gone under water. In Khulna district a number of embankments have been washed away by floodwater thereby rendering hundreds of people homeless.
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In search of safe water
PEOPLE need clean water and sanitation to maintain their health. Water also sustains ecological systems and provides an input into the production systems that maintain livelihoods. Water security is an integral part of a broader conception of human security. In broad terms, water security means ensuring that every person has access to enough safe water to lead a healthy life, while maintaining the ecological systems that provide water and also depend on water.
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WFP Country Director visits erosion victims in Haimchar
WFP Country Director in Bangladesh John Aylieff visited river erosion affected areas in Haimchar upazila in Chandpur yesterday. He was accompanied by WFP Deputy Country Director Edward Kallon and Programme Advisor Tariq Mehmood Awan. During the visit to affected areas bank in Telirmore, he was over whelmed to see the devastations caused by the mighty river Meghna. Panicky victims urged WFP officials to help stop the river erosion immediately and to give financial aid (stipend) to affected students.
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Moderate earthquake hits most areas
An elderly man, panicked at the moderate earthquake that shook most areas of the country early Sunday, died of a cardiac arrest. Many across the country were injured. The earthquake measured 5.6 on the Richter scale, according to the Met Office in Dhaka. The quake measured 5.2 on the Richter scale, according to the Dhaka University geology department, equipped with an earth observatory. Indian and US geological surveys measured earthquake at 4.9 on the scale.
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Major river systems keep rising
The Brahmaputra-Jamuna river system on Sunday kept swelling upstream, said the flood forecasting and warning centre. The swelling is likely to continue for the next 72 hours. The Ganges-Padma river system was also swelling on Sunday at a slow place, inundating more areas, the warning centre said. The centre said flooding in Munshiganj, Manikganj, Faridpur, Madaripur, Shariatpur, and at Dohar and Nawabganj in Dhaka would worsen slowly in a couple of days.
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Adviser to resume meeting today on expediting food procurement
The food ministry's meeting with the representatives of the North Bengal Rice Mill Owners' Association was adjourned at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday with the millers mounting pressure on the government to continue supply of rice at Tk 28 a kilogram from its stock. The mill owners also demanded incentives to offset the losses they were reportedly incurring from selling rice at the prices fixed by the government, said meeting sources.
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Number of child labourers on rise in Patuakhali
The number of child labourers is increasing alarmingly in the coastal district of Patuakhali as poverty forces them to work for earning livelihood, according to a study. At present, over 21,000 children below 12 years of old are engaged in different odd jobs in the district, says the study conducted by Human Development Association, a non-governmental organisation. Poverty is the key reason for the continued rise in the number child labourers in the district as poor parents send their children to work to earn livelihood, the study says.
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$170m ADB support for food security
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$170 million loan to Bangladesh to cope with the rising food price, a bank release said yesterday. The loan is a part of a broader food security package being extended by international agencies and also initiated by the Government of Bangladesh totalling a monetary value of US$1.29 billion. The emergency assistance for food security project, which is supported by ADB and other multilateral agencies, will ensure access to food supply for those hardest hit by recent natural disasters in Bangladesh and the rapid increase in food prices.
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Call to sow date, palm seeds to maintain ecological balance
Sowing of date and palm seeds has began from July 19 in the district amid much enthusiasm in order to meet the demand of sugar and to maintain the ecological balance. An inaugural function organised by Sundarganj Upaz-ila administration was held at the Baidyanath Government Primary School at Sonaroy union under the upazila on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner (DC) addressed the function as the chief guest and UNO M. Barad Hossain Chowdhury was present as special guest.
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Smokers fined for using public places
A mobile court during separate drives in the city yesterday fined six people with Tk 50 each for smoking at public places while Hotel Sheraton with Tk 1,000 for naming one of its lounges as Dunhill Lounge. The mobile court, led by Magistrate Mohammad Kamruzzaman, conducted the drives at Kamalapur Railway Station area and collected Tk 300 as fine from the people for smoking at public places. In another drive, the magistrate fined Tk 1,000 to Hotel Sheraton for violation of Narcotics Control Acts-2005.