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.
Bangladesh has made a remarkable success in reducing deaths from tuberculosis and malaria, says a study of the University of Washington. It says between 2000 and 2013, deaths from TB in the county have
The malaria situation across the country worsens, with the number of infected patients rising significantly in the three hill districts of Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachari. According to the health
The forest department has recently sold 750 roadside trees through a tender The forest department in Munshiganj has starting felling roadside trees on the Sipahipara-Dighirpar road and selling them.
The High Court on Monday asked the government to examine the impugned formalin detection kit, Formaldehyde Meter Z-300, to find out its precision in order to dispel confusion. Passing the interim order,
The Jamuna riverbank erosion has taken serious turn as vast areas of Daulatpur and Shibalaya upazilas of the district have been eroded during the last one month, reports BSS. Around 3,000 families of
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will come up with more climate resilient rural infrastructure and energy efficiency projects for environmental sustainability in the coming years while supporting Bangladesh’s
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will set up 236 formalin testing booths at grocery markets in the capital within 10 days to ensure chemical and formalin free foods. DMP Commissioner Benzir Ahmed has
The government has constructed a total of 100 cyclone centres in the country’s coastal districts in fiscal 2013-14, aiming to save the lives and property of coastal people from the extreme climate events
Erosion by the River Jamuna took an alarming turn in the last two weeks, rendering over 100 families at Jafarganj in Shivalaya upazila homeless. The erosion-hit people have taken shelter on high lands
The government has decided to pass a project named Palli Jonopod in order to give housing facilities to rural people and protect agricultural lands from unplanned housing and urbanisation, said the planning