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.
Dahagram-Angarpota enclave taken under solar power plant Our Correspondent . Lalmonirhat The inhabitants of Dahgram-Angarpota enclave have taken under solar power plant and they got electricity on Thursday in fulfillment of their long cherished demand. The chief engineer of Power Development Board of Rangpur region, Latifur Rahaman, switched on the solar power plant. Initially 100 families will get power supply from the solar project. Rangpur Power Development Board is implementing the project with the assistant of Dhaka Solar Power Project.
Watermelon farming in garlic fields brings success in Natore Md Ashraful Alam . Natore THE farmers are cultivating watermelon side by side garlic on a large scale in the Chalan Bil area under Gurudaspur upazila in Natore this season inspired by last year's success. The farmers are now getting interested in farming of watermelon as intercrop with garlic without tilling before transplanted aman cultivation.
India's violation of water sharing deal hampers irrigation Raheed Ejaz New Delhi deprives Dhaka of its agreed share of the Ganges water as stipulated by the Gangers Water Sharing Treaty 1996 causing the tributaries to dry up and hampering seriously irrigation in the south-west. India has also not heeded the complaints Bangladesh earlier registered with the Indian authorities.
Dhaka to rank 4th among largest cities by 2025 New Age Desk Dhaka, now ranking 15th with 11.9 million people, will be the fourth largest city in the world by 2025 when the population would reach 22 million, predicted Forbes.com. The number of urban dwellers is expected to hit 5 billion globally by 2025
Honey collection in Sundarban begins Tapos Kanti Das . Khulna Honey collection in Sundarban began on April 1 and the Sundarban forest division has started distribution permits for honey collection. The department, however, imposed a ban on honey collection from the east division of the forest. Honey collection in Sundarban usually begins on every April 1 and ends on June 15, forest officials said.
Focussing on agriculture and agro-commodities Muhammad Zamir Since my stint as Permanent Representative to FAO, while being Ambassador to Italy, I have been involved in keeping track of the steady evolution that has been taking place in agricultural practices not only in Bangladesh in particular but also within the developing world in general.
There are 75 lakh ultra poor households in the country. Of these, 50 lakh are covered by some kind of social safety net including VGF programme. If the remainder 25 lakh families are serviced by a new programme, their hardship in these days of skyrocketing prices will be somewhat alleviated. In this context we welcome the Tk 100 crore employment scheme taken in hand by the food and disaster management ministry. Its implementation is envisaged in the current month.
Titas asks 250 industries to reduce gas consumption BKMEA terms the move illogical Staff Correspondent The Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company on Thursday requested 250 industries asking them to reduce gas consumption by 30 per cent to 40 per cent during evening peak hours to allow more gas supply to power plants. Business leaders, however, termed the government move to reduce gas supply to industries
People urged to limit use of light, ACs to save on electricity Staff Correspondent The government on Thursday made an appeal to the people to keep at least one light switched off and to limit the use of air conditioners at their residences, offices and shops to get some respite from nagging power outages. The country's power generation dropped further in the last two days to around 3490MW from the March average of 3770MW as four old units of Ghorashal, Shikalbaha, Shahjibazar and Khulna power plants were shut down because of technical problems.
City residents face acute water crisis Power outage, low voltage disrupt WASA supply Abdul Kader People in different areas of the Dhaka city are suffering from acute crisis of water due to frequent load-shedding and low voltage coupled with sharp fall in underground water level. The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority cannot ensure smooth supply of water as its generators are not functioning properly because of frequent load-shedding and low voltage, a WASA official said.