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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30 hurt as tornado hits Lalmonirhat villages
At least 30 people were injured and 200 houses damaged as a tornado lashed 12 villages in two upazilas in Lalmonirhat Monday night. Several hundred trees were also blown over at Adimari and in the district headquarters. Villagers said the tornado started sweeping the villages at about 9:30pm. Many of the injured were admitted to Aditmari Health Complex and Lalmonirhat General Hospital.
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Monitor income generating schemes for ultra poor
PKSF Deputy General Manager Jashimuddin speaks at a seminar titled "Innovative Programmes for Ultra Poor' at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city yesterday on the occasion of the five-day Micro-credit Fair 2008. Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation organised the seminar. Speakers at a seminar Tuesday laid emphasis on strong monitoring system to the income generating schemes for the ultra poor (poorest of the poor), funded by the micro-finance institutions (MFIs), for their sustainability in the development programme, says a press release.
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Fishing ban in Kaptai Lake from May 1
The district administration has put a ban on catching all kinds of fishes in Kaptai Lake for an indefinite period from May 1. The ban, which will be applicable for fishermen as well as common people, will include netting, marketing, preservation, drying and transportation of fishes, district administration sources said. The fishermen have been instructed to transport their dried fishes from Rangamati to other destinations by May 3. As per the instruction, Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation will take legal action against violators of the order.
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Bush pushes Congress to move on farm legislation
President Bush yesterday accused the Democratic-led Congress of blocking his proposals to deal with rising gas prices and dragging its feet on measures to address the sagging economy. He said he was "open to any ideas," including a proposal backed by presidential contenders John McCain and Hillary Clinton to suspend gas and diesel taxes this summer
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UN forms task force to tackle food crisis
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday ordered a top level task force to take on the global crisis caused by rising food prices and urged key producer nations to end export bans. The UN chief said the immediate priority must be to "feed the hungry" and called for urgent funding for the World Food Programme. Ban said after a meeting of the heads of 27 key international agencies that the new task force would be led by the UN's top humanitarian official, deputy under-secretary John Holmes.
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Bangladesh wants hybrid paddy, experts wary
Farmers in Bangladesh, an agriculture-driven economy, are in for an era of dependency on hybrid seeds. Following a large-scale destruction of the country's paddy crops in the previous season, the
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Tripura poultry facing threat from bird flu in Bangla
Bird flu raging uncontrolled in neighbouring Bangladesh was proving to be a continuing threat to Tripura, where culling was under way after the outbreak of the H5N1 virus in the State. "Even if we cull all our birds within a five km radius of the disease-hit areas, bird-flu affected areas in Bangladesh are very close to our border villages and there are places which fall within 100 yards of affected areas in the neighbouring country,' Animal Resource Department Director Asish Roy Burman said today.
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CHT malaria prevalence declines
THE prevalence of malaria has declined to a significant extent in the Chittagong Hill Tracts following a project undertaken by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and funded by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria with a tune of $39.06 million one dollar is equal to 68 taka).
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30pc of cancer patients suffer from head, neck cancer
Among the cancer patients of the country, around 30 percent are suffering from head and neck cancer. Smoking, chewing tobacco leaves and taking alcohol cause high risk for mouth, vocal cord and lung cancer, specialists told a seminar in the city yesterday. ENT department of Medical College for Women and Hospital at Uttara organised the seminar as part of the observation of "ENT, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week'. Former president Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury was present in the seminar as the chief guest.
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UN starts meet to hammer out food crisis battle plan
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon began talks yesterday with key development agencies on how to tackle the crisis provoked by soaring food and fuel prices. "This is an exciting time for the United Nations, but it is also a time when we are challenged to exert our best efforts to rise to the expectations that the world is placing on us," Ban said ahead of meetings in the Swiss capital. The UN was to hammer out a battle plan of emergency measures at the two-day conference in Berne, while exploring other longer-term measures to solve the global food crisis.