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.
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Erosion threatens Brahmaputra Right Embankment area
JAMUNA river erosion has taken a serious turn in the Brahmaputra Right Embankment area in Sirajganj and Bogra, so did on the eve of the current dry season. With the changing trends, the mighty Jamuna is directly hitting the flood control embankment at Sailabari and Shimla points under sadar upazila, Shubhagachha and Meghai points under Kazipur upazila in Sirajganj. Similarly, it is also hitting at Bhanderbari point under Dhunat upazila, Talukdarpara and Karnabari points under Sariakandi upazila in Bogra.
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ADB makes fund to fight warming
The head of the Asian Development Bank announced on Monday a new fund to combat damage caused by climate change, which he termed a
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Three die of diarrhoea
At least three persons died in Dhaka and Lakshmipur and 2263 contracted diarrhoeal diseases on Monday, according to the health services directorate general control room and the ICDDR,B. The number of people dying of diarrhoeal diseases and such patients is still on the rise after waterborne diseases rapidly spread across the country because of contaminated water and humid weather. One died of the disease and 626 received treatment at the International Centre for Dia-rrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh hospital on Monday, according to the DGHS control room.
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GD filed against Chevron's survey at Lawacherra Reserve Forest
A general diary was filed against the three-dimensional seismic survey conducted by Chevron Bangladesh at Lawacherra national reserve forest in Moulvibazar. Junayed Ahmed Chaudhury, the range officer of the
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$40m US food aid for primary children
The United States will donate $10 million in emergency food aid and another $30 million in food aid through a three-year school feeding programme in the country. "The primary beneficiaries of the new $10 million emergency food aid will be those still struggling to recover from the devastating effects of cyclone Sidr,' said US Ambassador to Bangladesh James F Moriarty at a press conference at the American Recreation Association in the city yesterday.
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Chronology Of Major Asian Cyclones
A devastating cyclone has killed 10,000 people and left 3,000 missing in army-ruled Myanmar according to provisional estimates, a diplomat said on Monday after a Myanmar government briefing on Saturday's storm. Here is a chronology of some major cyclones in Asia since 1960: Oct. 30, 1960 - BANGLADESH - About 10,000 people are killed after a cyclone packing winds of 210 km per hour (131 mph) hits Bangladesh at night. May 9, 1961 - BANGLADESH - About 12,500 people are killed in a cyclone with top wind speed of 161 kph (101 mph).
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Diarrhoeal Diseases Number of patients on rise
Diarrhoeal Diseases Number of patients on rise The number of the patients undergoing treatment for diarrhoeal diseases shows sharp rise this week. Around 1319 people sought treatment at different hospitals across the country from Saturday morning to yesterday morning, according to the control room of Directorate General of Health Services. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), the lone specialised hospital for diarrhoeal diseases in the country, experienced 650 patients yesterday, which was 699 on Saturday and 656 on Friday.
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Auction flaws led to Tk 80cr food spoilage
Imported perishable foods worth over a staggering Tk 80 crore were spoiled or exceeded expiration date for consumption in the last fourteen months due to inefficient auctioning mechanism of unclaimed containers at Chittagong Port. The huge quantity of food items had to be disposed of at a time when a huge segment of the populace is trying to cope with galloping food prices.
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Jum cultivation in Bagaihat Reserve Forest defying law
Burning up trees for jum cultivation threatens environment and ecology in Bagaihat Reserve Forest. The photo was taken from Machalong. At lest 20,000 acres of Bagaihat Reserve Forest in Bagaichhari upazila in Rangamati have been brought under jum cultivating in the current season by ethnic farmers, defying forest laws. The government is loosing a huge amount of revenue and at least 120 types of wildlife including birds have lost their habitats, environmentalists and locals said.
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Poor bear full brunt of food price inflation: BB research
The poor experience higher rates of inflation than the rich and bear the full brunt of the scourge as they spend the lion's share of their incomes on food and have little money left for other needs. Soaring food prices affect the poor people's welfare seriously, said a Bangladesh Bank research paper, stressing the need for a pro-poor monetary policy and comprehensive strategies for boosting farm outputs, creating jobs and widening social safety-net schemes.