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.
Primary and Mass Education Adviser Rasheda K Chowdhury and Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Raja Devasish Roy at a workshop yesterday called for ensuring access to land, water and forest resources for the poor, women and indigenous people. Raja Devasish Roy stressed the need for amending the 1927 Forest Act and called for bringing reforms in the court system so that poor and indigenous people get their access to justice.
Kalabagh aborted: Pakistan
About 252 persons died of malaria during the last year in Bangladesh and 70 upazilas under 13 districts in the country have been marked as vulnerable to malaria in the country. These districts include Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, Bandarban, Rangam-ati, Khagrachhari, Sylhet, Sunam-ganj, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Netrakona, Mymensingh, Sherpur and Kurigram. This information was disclosed at a discussion styled 'role of the media for controlling malaria' held at the conference room of the Cox's Bazar zila parishad Thursday morning.
Britain's negotiator on climate change warned Thursday that the upcoming summit of the Group of Eight rich nations was unlikely to reach a consensus on how to tackle global warming.
Local market price of rice is almost half the global price of the staple and it will come down as international food market shows signs of cooling down, commerce adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said on Thursday.
Low-cost biogas, an alternative fuel for cooking, is increasingly getting popular among the people in different rural areas of Lalmonirhat. Biogas is not only used as fuel for cooking foods it is also being used for producing electricity. The people, who never thought of having electricity in their remote areas, are now using electric bulbs, operating radio and television thanks to biogas plants. Currently, more than 250 rural families in the district are using biogas instead of firewood to cook foods and to electrify their houses, local sources said.
We do not think about the ill effects of detrimental toxic CO2 and CFC gas because we are not concerned about our environment. Actually, we are destroying our environment in many ways like producing CO2 and CFC gas from vehicles, air coolers, and not following the perfect waste management procedures. Apart from these, we are cutting down trees.
A two-day workshop on 'Empowering Rural Areas through Community e-Centre' was held on June 18 and 19 in the capital aiming at raising awareness among key stakeholders on the project. The Ministry of Science and ICT (MoSICT), Asian Development Bank, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) under the project titled 'Empowering Rural Areas through Community eCenters (CeC)' jointly organised the workshop.
The LGRD and cooperatives adviser, M Anwarul Iqbal, on Wednesday urged the CIRDAP member countries to create a common fund to arrange more training and research on rural development. He made the call while presenting a country paper at a ministerial meeting of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific in New Delhi, according to a message received in Dhaka.
A 15-day tree fair began in Rajshahi on Wednesday with the aim to motivate people to plant trees and make them aware of the utilities of trees in protecting the environment. Hafizur Rahman Bhuiyan, divisional commissioner of Rajshahi, inaugurated the fair on the Rajshahi Government Madrassah premises. Ibrahim Khalil, deputy commissioner of Rajshahi, presided over the inaugural ceremony of the tree fair, being organised by the Department of Forest, Department of Agriculture Extension and the Rajshahi Deputy Commissioner's.