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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Government slated for failure in food management
Government slated for failure in food management Staff Correspondent Politicians, economist and rights defenders on Saturday slated the government for failing to ensure food security for people, and unanimously called for an immediate dialogue among government, political parties and experts to resolve the present food crisis.
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New study to assess anti-poverty programmes
New study to assess anti-poverty programmes Staff Correspondent With more than 50 million Bangladeshi people still living in extreme poverty, several research groups are going to undertake a new project to study and better understand long-term effects of anti-poverty interventions. Microfinance, new agricultural technologies, and food or cash transfers for education are three major interventions that would be assessed in terms of their long-term impacts on the livelihoods of the poor, said a news release on Saturday.
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Call to introduce rationing system
Call to introduce rationing system DU Correspondent Progressive Students' Alliance, a combine of five left leaning student organisations, on Saturday demanded introduction of rationing system to avert possible famine in the country. At a rally held in front of the Central Library at Dhaka University, leaders of the alliance also demanded reduction in prices of essentials, including rice, pulses and edible oil. They said many people had been suffering from various diseases stemming from malnutrition caused by silent famine in the country.
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Boro land submerged in flash flood
Boro land submerged in flash flood United News of Bangladesh . Jamalpur Flash flood in river Jamuna has submerged standing boro paddy fields of several hundred acres in char and low lying areas along the river. Farmers were seen on Saturday cutting the half ripen boro paddy in the affected areas of Islampur, Dewanganj and Sarishabari upazila.
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Remedies for hybrid Boro disease
Remedies for hybrid Boro disease Aminul Islam, Mymensingh A group of researchers and agriculture scientists said there is no cause to be afraid about the disease in Boro fields in which leaves of plants are turning yellowish in many areas of the country. They have suggested some remedies also. The "Patapoura" disease (Bacterial Leaf Streak) that has been observed in many areas of Mymensingh and other districts during this ongoing boro season.
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Donors meet Tuesday to design development schemes in Bangladesh
Government officials, academics and civil society representatives will meet here Tuesday to launch a new project aimed at better understanding the long-term effects of anti-poverty interventions in the country. The project, "What Development Interventions Work? The Long-Term Impact and Cost Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Interventions in Bangladesh,' will focus on the long-term impact of three interventions-microfinance, new agricultural technologies, and food/cash transfers for education-on the livelihoods of poor people.
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Govt takes up 3-year monga mitigation plan
Govt takes up 3-year monga mitigation plan Model to employ 67pc farm workers in lean period Obaidul Ghani The government has taken a three-year action plan from this year to increase crop productions in the northern districts, where about 37.50 lakh people are exposed to extreme poverty due to seasonal joblessness, known as monga.
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Tetanus, diphtheria still prevalent among children
Tetanus, diphtheria still prevalent among children Alpha Arzu Most of six fatal childhood diseases have noticeable prevalence despite much-hyped national vaccination campaigns for more than two decades with government leaders claiming near-total coverage. The lone state-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Dhaka still receives a large number of children with tetanus, diphtheria, measles and some other deadly infectious diseases brought under Expanded Programme of Immunisation.
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No respite from water logging in Dhaka soon: WASA officials
No respite from water logging in Dhaka soon: WASA officials Abdul Kader Dhaka, like the previous years, is likely experience water logging this monsoon despite reclamation of a number of canals during the past few years, some officials of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority said. Although more 1,000 unauthorised structures were demolished since the beginning of the canal reclamation drive in 2005, the Dhaka WASA has no capacity to drain out water of heavy rainfall for several hours, they said referring to the poor drainage system of the water agency.
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Govt takes up 3-year monga mitigation plan
Govt takes up 3-year monga mitigation plan Model to employ 67pc farm workers in lean period Obaidul Ghani The government has taken a three-year action plan from this year to increase crop productions in the northern districts, where about 37.50 lakh people are exposed to extreme poverty due to seasonal joblessness, known as monga.