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.
Despite the trend of land accretion in the bay, the country is still at risk from the impact of a rise in sea level triggered by the global warming, say observers. According to different climate studies,
DHAKA : The power and energy sector may receive a development allocation of about Tk 10,500 crore in the national budget for 2014-15 to be unveiled by Finance Minister AMA Muhith in parliament on Thursday,
Bangladesh is to unveil a new “green tax” Thursday that will force polluting factories to pay extra levies as it looks to clean up the country’s increasingly dirty rivers and air, an official said Thursday.
CHITTAGONG: Pollution in the River Karnaphuli, the lifeline for thousands of needy families in Chittagong, is going on unabated, posing a serious threat to the aquatic life and environment. Absence
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey for 2013-14 on Monday revealed that if the poverty line is $2 per day in line with international standards for middle-income countries, then 60.19 percent of the population
CHITTAGONG: Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ccci) proposed setting up industrial zones and installing effluent treatment plants (ETP) in every industrial units to check pollution of the Karnaphuli
A seven-member team of Bangladeshi officials yesterday started a bathymetric survey on a 2km portion of the Kushiyara, which is flowing in India's Assam state before entering Bangladesh again in Sylhet.
The programme was held at village Madhupara under Dhankhali union of the upazila Coastal people of Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali yesterday formed a human chain and held a rally protesting construction
The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has sought Tk 14,200 crore budgetary allocations as subsidy for the coming fiscal 2014-15 to purchase petroleum fuels for costly rental power plants,
Jinnat Knitwears Ltd, a unit of DBL Group, has won the CPI2-Top Factory Award for excellence in reducing energy use and environmental impact. "Jinnat has won the award due to a strong commitment to reducing