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 prevalence of the disease is not negligible and everyone should be on alert to protect themselves About 3.5% of pregnant women in the country have hepatitis B infection, according to the Liver Foundation
The state-run Power Development Board has decided to scrap a deal with Indian Lanco Infratech Ltd as the firm failed to begin installation of a 214MW plant in more than 21 months after signing the contract,
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned to take effective measures to reclaim illegally occupied parts of the Buriganga river and free it of pollution. The orders came at
In a reflection of the poor standard of living of Indians, the country’s ranking in the Human Development Index (HDI) remained unchanged at 135 in 2013, according to a United Nations Development Programme
A mobile court yesterday sealed off four factories at Hazaribagh for using tannery waste in poultry and fish feed that contains hazardous chemical chromium. The court also ordered the agencies concerned
Pakistan retained its last year's position at number 146 in the category of 'low development countries' in the UN Human Development Report (HDR) 2014 'Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today directed all concerned of the Agriculture Ministry to be more active to implement every development project on time by maintaining the quality. She said that the budget
SAARC: While the SAFTA ministerial council meeting begins today in the capital, economic affairs and commerce ministers from Bhutan and Bangladesh have already met to consider the free trade agreement
Erosion by the River Teesta took a serious turn in Kaunia upazila in the last five days, devouring at least 100 homesteads and a vast tract of cropland at Dhusmara Char village in Balapara union. Besides,
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory and two washing factories in Narsingdi a total of Tk 1.21 crore for polluting the environment. The department fined dyeing factory Masko