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.
Law Secretary Habibul Awal yesterday said that the government is formulating a disaster management act with a view to giving the country's disaster management programme an institutional shape. He said a draft of the proposed act is now at the final stage while the views have already been taken from all stakeholders including the Ministry of Law, said a press release. The law secretary was addressing the 2nd day of a three-day workshop, organised by Disaster Management Bureau at the Relief Bhaban.
Huge machinery including heavy vehicles worth about Tk 100 crore are being damaged on the premises of Bangladesh Forest Industry Development Corporation (BFIDC) office at Bagaihat Bazar under Bagaichhari upazila in hill district Rangamati due to negligence of BFIDC officials. The industry started its operation in 1963 based on a total of 3,59,140 acres of reserved forests in Bagaihat, Machalong , Shisok, Laxmichhari West, Laxmichhari East, Pablakhali and Naraichhari under Bagaichhari upazila in Rangamati hill district, BFIDC sources said.
MALARIA, the silent killer of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, claimed 22 lives and attacked over 20,000 during three months
The Indian high commissioner, Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, said on Tuesday lack of management was mainly responsible for the water crisis in Bangladesh. His remark came when a participant in a discussion on the relationship between Bangladesh and India drew his attention to the Farakka Barrage issue.
The Asian Development Bank wound up its annual meeting Tuesday amid fears over soaring food prices and a debate over its role and relevance in Asia's rapidly changing economic landscape.
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday underscored the need for diversifying the use of potato through changing food habit to help ensure food security of the country. In a statement, he said it is equally important to create awareness in all tiers of the society alongside carrying out a massive campaign about various recipes of potato to popularise it. The CA appreciated the initiative of organising a three-day potato campaign marking 'International Potato Year 2008', declared by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
With three more cracks that developed yesterday in an embankment on Shibsha River at Bajua union under Dakop upazila in Khulna district, flood situation has worsened further. Over 3,000 houses of 15 villages under Dakop upazila in Khulna district were inundated as an embankment developed two breaches on Sunday and three more early Monday due to pressure of cross current triggered by high tide.
Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need for forming a national planning and policy committee for emergency diarrhoea preparedness with the support of the government and the NGOs. With the outbreak of diarrhoea worsening in the last few weeks, the speakers called for establishing satellite treatment centers with ICDDR,B-trained staff. They also suggested appropriate functional plans in collaboration with the government, increased behavioral change communication and awareness programme for the general population.
Dec 26 2004 TSUNAMI At least 230,000 people are killed and 43,000 are missing after a tsunami sparked by a magnitude 9.15 earthquake smashes into 13 Indian Ocean countries. More than half the victims are Indonesians, with Sri Lanka and India next worst hit. March 2005 INDONESIA Nearly 1,000 people are killed after an earthquake of magnitude 8.7 strikes off the island of Sumatra. July/Aug 2005 INDIA More than 1,000 people are killed after the heaviest rainfall recorded drenches the western state of Maharashtra. Oct 8 2005 PAKISTAN
About 90,00,000 people in the country, including children and adults, have been suffering from asthma which is characterised by coughing, wheezing, tightness of the chest and breathlessness.