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 traffic department of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) clamps down on around 15,000 motorised three wheelers and 1,000 city service buses from today in a bid to ease the passengers' everyday hassles and streamline the commuter services within the periphery of 60-sq km area of the port city.
The 110-megawatt (MW) power plant of Khulna Power Station (KPS) at Goalpara was shut down at about 11:00am yesterday due to technical glitch. The shutdown of the power plant resulted in severe power outage in 21 districts of Khulna and Barisal divisions and greater Faridpur. KPS control room said only 375 MW of electricity could be supplied yesterday against a demand of above 600 MW in the south-western region.
The Council of Advisers yesterday approved the Fish Feed and Livestock Feed Ordinance 2008 aimed at boosting commercial fishery, poultry and dairy production. The objective of the new law is also to increase supply of "disease-free protein on the domestic market, bring dynamism in the export trade and maintain quality of standard of the products'. A regular weekly meeting of the council of advisers with Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed in the chair gave the final approval to the ordinance, which was earlier approved in principle by the council in December 2007.
Bangladesh Introduces Improved Stove To Save Fuel BANGLADESH: April 14, 2008 DHAKA - Bangladesh has introduced an improved cooking stove that will consume 50 percent less of the biomass used for cooking in rural areas, a senior official said on Sunday. "About 95 percent of Bangladesh, with 145 million people, uses traditional fuels like cow dung, agricultural wastage and wood totalling 60 million tonnes most inefficiently, worth 100 billion taka ($1.46 billion)," said Erich Otto Gomm, programme coordinator in Bangladesh of German Technical Cooperation (GTZ).
Bangladesh Faces Climate Change Refugee Nightmare BANGLADESH: April 14, 2008 DHAKA - Abdul Majid has been forced to move 22 times in as many years, a victim of the annual floods that ravage Bangladesh. There are millions like Majid, 65, in Bangladesh and in the future there could be many millions more if scientists' predictions of rising seas and more intense droughts and storms come true.
Experts at a seminar yesterday said the agricultural production would decrease significantly in Saarc region in the coming years due to climate change. Developing new varieties of crops tolerant to heat, drought and salinity is a must, otherwise the region would fall into the grip of serious food crisis, they added. The seminar titled 'Climate change and its impacts on agricultural production system in Saarc region' was organised by Saarc Agriculture Centre at the conference hall of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council (Barc) in the city.
Noxious Dhaka air Take measures to clean it up
Time to check salinity intrusion in the Sundarbans Mohammad Asrafur Rahman Sundarban Mangrove forest of Bangladesh covers an area of about 6017 sq. km which is 62 percent of its total area whereas other 38 percent is situated in the West Bengal province of India. The average elevation from the mean sea level varies between 0.9 and 2.1 m. The rise in sea level and availability of less fresh water particularly during winter will cause inland intrusion of saline water.
Linking environment with development Dr. M Aminul Islam
Dhaka has very high air pollution level Nurul Huda Air pollution has become a matter of great concern for us in recent years. Those who are living in cities in Asian countries including Dhaka, have already realised how seriously air pollution has been poisoning life and degrading the environment. People living in major towns of Bangladesh experience the problems of air pollution in varied degrees.