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.
The Bangladesh Army has undertaken a massive programme to make the National Tree Plantation Campaign-2008 a success. Quarter master general of the Bangladesh Army Lieutenant General M Jahangir Alam Choudhury inaugurated the tree plantation campaign of the army by planting a palm sapling beside the Army Central Mosque on Sunday. Senior army officers were present on the occasion. Later, he offered prayers seeking success of the campaign, said an ISPR release.
The safari park in Cox's Bazar has failed in breeding of the sweet-water crocodiles gifted by the Indian authorities more than two years back. The Indian government gave 40 sweeter-water crocodiles as a gift to Bangladesh from its reptile bank in Chennai at the end of 2005, official sources said. Twenty-nine of them were released in the lake of the country's lone safari park near the Cox's Bazar tourist resort for their breeding while five were sent to Dhaka Zoo and the remaining released in Khan Zahan Ali mazar pond in Bagerhat.
Climate change is causing sharp decline in food grin production across the world and Bangladesh is one of the worst-affected victims of this climate change, said speakers at a scientific seminar in Chittagong on Sunday. The Institute of Forestry and Environmental Science of Chittagong University organised the seminar on climate change. Professor Al Amin, director of the institute, presented keynote paper at the seminar when Dr Atique Rahman, executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, was the chief guest.
The National Fruit-bearing Tree Plantation Fortnight-2008 begins today across the country. This year's theme for the day is "Plant more fruit-bearing saplings, have improved health, nutrition and money." President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed have issued separate messages on the occasion. In his message, Iajuddin stressed the need for ensuring nutrition apart from achieving food security to protect people's health.
Bangladesh Army have undertaken a massive programme to make the National Tree Plantation Campaign 2008 a success, says an ISPR press release. Quarter Master General of Bangladesh Army Lt Gen Md Jahangir Alam Choudhury formally inaugurated the tree plantation campaign of Bangladesh Army by planting a palm sapling beside Army Central Mosque yesterday. Senior army officers were present on the occasion. Later he offered munajat along with other officers seeking success of the campaign.
Farmers of Atghoria upazila under the district in a press conference yesterday demanded introducing payment of cash money instead of giving one-fourth of the paddy yield as irrigation charge to the deep tube-well owners. Atghoria unit committee of Bangladesh Krishak Oikyo Parishad arranged the press conference at Pabna Press Club auditorium as part of their campaign for removing the tradition of paying one-fourth portion of paddy to the tube-well owners.
The Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) has taken up a new two-year project involving Tk 20 crore to resolve the water-logging problem in the city by restoring the nine canals and improving drainage system. LGRD ministry has okayed the work plan after it got nod from the Planning Commission, SCC sources said yesterday. All the nine natural canals, locally known as chhara, will be re-excavated and structures will be built to protect them from further encroachment.
Low on water Little groundwater recharging a cause groundwater level in Dhaka has dropped to 61.18m below the surface putting the sprawling metropolis at
The Bangladesh Health Watch, a coalition of health-related organisations, on Thursday suggested recognition of the country's traditional health workforce and called for developing proper strategies to manage and improve their health care practices.
The price of coarse rice has increased in the city's market in the past three days, and the Bangladesh Rifles' open market sales outlets have started selling coarse rice at Tk 30 per kg