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 government on Tuesday okayed a Tk 289 crore project to excavate a new canal in Cittagong city in a bid to put an end to nagging water-logging in the port city. The approval came at a time when most
Erosion by the River Jamuna has taken an alarming turn, rendering over 1500 families homeless and devouring hundreds of houses and a vast tract of cropland in Jamalpur and Gaibandha districts. In Jamalpur,
The elimination of vultures is posing serious threats to human health in the country, as other birds and animals like dogs, rats, crows are consuming the carcasses of infected animals and spreading diseases
At least 50 houses were damaged as a tornado lashed two villages of Tazumuddin in Bhola on Monday. Chachra union parishad chairman Abu Taher Miah said the violent storm coupled with rain swept the villages
The indigenous species of fish are declining in the water-bodies of Chuadanga district due to widespread use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers on the cropland. The fishermen in the district are
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to provide budgetary allocation for climate change adaptation in fiscal 2014-15 to facilitate the efforts to cope with the adverse impacts
Tobacco claimed as many as 57,000 lives and crippled 3.82 lakh in the country every year, according to a written statement issued by Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance (BATA) on Monday. Addressing a press
Farmers are becoming the worst victims of the flash flood, says sub-assistant agriculture officer of District Agriculture Extension Office The lowlands of Khagrachhari and Feni districts have been submerged
Exposure to carbon monoxide can reduce the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood Presence of harmful chemicals in the air in Dhaka and other cities, which cause respiratory problems and affect the brain
On November 4 last year, the cabinet approved the draft law, in principle, which suggested 10 years of jail as the highest punishment Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said the government was