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.
Usually, end-November/December is a busy one for cultivators in Kurigram district of northern Bangladesh: it is time to sow the boro (winter) rice. But this year, as the sowing deadline loomed, an
The NBSAP is a national framework to conserving and sustainable use of biodiversity, and equitable sharing of benefits derived from it. The guiding principles for the document are mainly the principles
Bangladesh has denied it is backing up the the river linking project the Indian government has initiated. Speaking to the press on the occasion of informal talks between Nepal and Bangladesh on this
Jute is no longer a lucrative proposition as a cash crop for farmers in the Jhenidah district of Bangladesh. The absence of a well-managed marketing system in the district, coupled with the
River linking kindles debate
hc cracks whip: Reprimanding the state-level committee over its inability to find zones for stone-crushers, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered the closure of all such units. The owners of
India plans to develop its water resources by interlinking its Himalayan rivers with those in the peninsular region through 30 interlinking canal systems. Already, the project has raised controversy and debate. Interlinking rivers is now a matter of South
The Bangladesh government wants to overhaul the country's Planning Commission and dismantle its monopoly in preparing development projects. The authorities contend that the rationale for the
The controversy embroiling India's mega-plan to link its Himalayan rivers with those in the peninsular region by 2016 has now spilled over to Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. Although they have not as
Deeper wells are free of arsenic