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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Dustbin in front of Sylhet school hampers academic activities
A dustbin in front of Sylhet Police Lines High School at Shaheed Chanchal Sarani has been posing health hazards to the teachers, students and employees of the school and causing nuisance to the pedestrians. The dustbin has not been shifted elsewhere despite repeated requests to the Sylhet City Corporation authorities by the school authorities, the school authorities said.
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Poverty keeps char children off school in Lalmonirhat
Children in Lalmonirhat char areas are being deprived of education as their parents have sent them to income generating works for earning their livelihood. Utter poverty has forced most of the parents in the char areas to send their children to work for earning livelihood, local people said. Besides, many parents in char areas do no want their children to go to schools as they have no knowledge about the importance of education. According to River Map, a local non-government organisation, about 10,000 children,
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BRTA files cases against 12 CNG-run bus cos for charging extra
A mobile court of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority on Tuesday filed 12 cases and realised Tk 11,500 from 12 CNG-run bus companies in Dhaka for taking excess fare. The court, led by BRTA executive magistrate (deputy secretary) Abdur Rashid, filed the cases during the drive conducted at the National Press Club, Motijheel, Kamalapur and Khilgaon. The court checked tickets at different counters of the bus operators and found that they were charging Tk 3 to Tk 10 more than the government-fixed rate announced recently after the CNG price hike.
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50 unauthorised structures pulled down at Hatirjheel
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha on Tuesday demolished at least 50 unauthorised structures at Hatirjheel in the Hatirjheel-Begunbari Integrated Development Project area. The pulled down structures include tin and bamboo made shanties beside the Moghbazar level crossing and some concrete structures opposite the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation.
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6m hectares get degraded for natural, manmade hazards a year'
Land degradation due to climatic variations and human activities is likely to pose a severe threat to sustainable agriculture, said experts at a seminar in Dhaka on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on Tuesday.
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Use of firewood rampant in Comilla brick kilns
Despite strict restrictions, rampant use of firewood in brick kilns continues in Comilla, threatening environment and posing threat to public health. Most of the brick kiln owners in the district are engaged in this illegal practice in violation of the ban on the use of firewood, local people said. Besides, almost all brick kilns have been set up in the areas close to human settlements, creating health worries among the people.
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Heavy rain paralyses life in Ctg
Life became paralysed in Chittagong yesterday as major parts of the port city were submerged in knee-deep water following heavy rains throughout the day. Besides, two walls collapsed at Lalkhan Bazar and Surson Road in the morning due to the downpour, but none was hurt. According to the Met Office at Patenga, over 202 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in last 24 hours till 3:00pm yesterday.
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HC hearing on writ for due share of Ganges water resumes
The High Court (HC) yesterday began hearing on a writ petition seeking directions to the government to take necessary steps to ensure the availability of due share of Ganges water at Farakka point as per the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty between Bangladesh and India. A bench of Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana and Justice Rezaul Haque will further hear the matter today.
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'Formulate policy for private healthcare service providers'
Justice Kazi Ebadul Haque addresses a roundtable at the National Press Club in the city yesterday. On his right are Zillur Rahman, former adviser M Hafizuddin Khan and Prof Dr Nurul Islam. Photo: STAR Bangladesh Private Clinic and Diagnostic Owners' Association (BPCDOA) at a roundtable yesterday recommended the government to formulate a policy for private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres setting minimum, moderate and high criteria for their operation.
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Reclaiming and restoring a canal (Editorial )
The re-opening of the Shubhadya canal in Keraniganj to navigation is a sign of how corrective measures can be taken in certain crucial areas. The canal, in a state of disuse for the last six years because of the depredations of a section of unscrupulous people, will now once again serve the people in the area. It is to be especially noted that the canal will once again benefit traders who operate in the four markets situated along the banks of the canal.