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.
Abdul Halim, acting secretary of PDB, penned the agreement with Zahurul Islam khan, managing director of joint venture US-DK Green Energy Ltd The country is set to get its first 60MW-capacity wind turbine
The government is planning to introduce eco tax from the next fiscal year in an attempt to curb pollution by the industrialists, finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said. There have been proposals
Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) has constructed a substandard creek barrage cutting hills and violating rules of Department of Environment (DoE) at South Muslimpara under Matiranga
Residents of Jagannath Saha Road and green campaigners have demanded that Pushpa Saha Pond at Amligola of Lalbagh in the capital should reclaimed from illegal occupation. Residents of the area said that
Global warming will harm sovereign creditworthiness around the world this century, with poorer nations the worst hit, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said. Climate change is one of two “global mega-trends”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all concerned to take joint initiatives in saving the Buriganga river from pollution. The river is in a very bad shape as all kinds of sewage are being dumped
`Warming-Induced Drought In Mideast, Africa Is Already Leading To Conflicts Over Food & Water' The accelerating rate of climate change poses a severe risk to national security and acts as a catalyst
Erosion by the River Jamuna took a serious turn in the last three days, rendering hundreds of families of 15 villages homeless and devouring a vast tract of croplands in Daulatpur and Shivalaya upazilas.
Bangladesh has been able to create the sixth largest renewable energy-related workforce in the world in 2013, which is as large as that of Spain, a study said. In the last 10 years, the number of solar-powered
At least two hundred tobaccos kilns have been set up at different villages of three upazilas in Lalmonirhat district for processing tobacco leafs. Funded by tobacco companies, these kilns pose serious