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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An affordable answer to arsenic dangers
Parvin Khaleda . Back from Sirajdikhan, Munshiganj When dark spots had started appearing on Robeda Begum's hands and feet nine years back, members of her family even stared at her with doubts. Some of the neighbours distanced themselves from her as they took the lesions as symptoms of some contagious disease. Initially, this was the attitude towards people with arsenic-related ailments until the disease and its cure were unknown to them. Massive awareness over the years changed the people's attitude towards aersenicosis patients and alerted them to the danger of arsenic poisoning.
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Jute industry seeks ban on imports from Bangladesh
The jute industry has urged the ministry of textiles (MoT) to impose a ban on the imports of A.Twill and B.Twill jute bags from Bangladesh as part of its qualitative restriction. It has also requested the ministry for quantitative restrictions, whereby imports from Bangladesh will be limited giving a breather to the domestic jute industry. The country imported around 55,000 tonnes of jute products from Bangladesh, Nepal, China and Pakistan during 2006-07 jute season. The government recently made jute and jute goods imports duty free. According to the industry, qualitative and quantitative restrictions are required to be maintained as rules on these line have already been laid down in the Jute Mandatory Packaging Act (JPMA). In a letter to A K Singh, secretary, MoT, the jute industry has pointed out the events leading to the adverse effect faced by it because of the withdrawal of import duty on the crop and items. Indian Jute Mills Association ( IJMA) chairman, Sanjay Kajaria said, quantitative and qualitative restrictions need to be imposed to plug loopholes on imported jute bags by certain vested interested persons. Moreover, the restrictions would also ensure the stoppage of import of cheap and non-standard quality of jute bags which are not in conformity with Indian and international standards. The industry feels, unrestricted import of the raw crop and jute goods would be disastrous and therefore should be stopped immediately.
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Only 39 percent use improved sanitation system
Although the country has attained 85 percent sanitation coverage, few people are using sanitary latrines, speakers at a view exchange meeting said yesterday.
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Basic preventive measures can reduce Nipah virus attack
Basic preventive measures like hand washing, not sharing beds or food, and minimizing the number of contacts can limit person to person transmission of Nipah virus.
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Three die inhaling poisonous gas
Three labourers died and another fell sick after inhaling poisonous gas after they entered into a septic tank of an under-construction building in Nagolkot Upazila town yesterday morning.
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Women workers still vulnerable to poverty, unemployment: ILO
A water filtration plant was reactivated with the technical and financial assistance from British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) at Gorpara under Sadar Upazila in Manikganj yesterday.
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70pc of expecting mothers suffer from anaemia
Speakers at a workshop yesterday called for raising awareness among the people in controlling communicable and non-communicable diseases including malnutrition problem.