Task force to protect environment
The deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka district has decided to form a task force of concerned government authorities to protect against environmental pollution, especially water pollution, air pollution
New Age (Bangladesh)
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13 banks, NBFI release no green loans
Twelve scheduled banks and one non-bank financial institution are yet to disburse any loan under a Tk 200-crore refinancing scheme for green products after signing participant agreements with Bangladesh
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41 tigers killed, 11 die in 17 years
World Tiger Day would be observed today in the country as elsewhere in the world underlining the need for protecting the endangered tiger species against total extinction. Some 41 tigers were killed
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Environment policy draft made public
The environment department on Thursday made public the draft of the National Environment Policy 2013 to elicit public opinion. The draft policy can be downloaded off the DoE site www.doe-bd.org and opinions
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Tidal surge maroons 2 lakh people in Bhola
About two lakh people in seven upazilas of Bhola district were again marooned in the last two days due to tidal surge in absence of a 10-kilometre stretch embankment of the Water Development Board. The
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Green activists call for relocating Rampal power plant to save Sundarbans
Physicinas, academics and politicians on Tuesday urged the governemnt to relocate the proposed Rampal power plant from Sundarbans area to save the forest from destruction. At a human chain, they urged
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India asked to ban toxin that killed children
The pesticide that killed 23 Indian schoolchildren last week is a nerve poison banned by many countries because of what the World Health Organisation describes as its ‘high acute toxicity’. As early as
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Floods damage aus, aman seedbeds, vegetables in north
Houses are seen submerged with floodwater at Nankha under Bhogdanga union of Kurigram district headquarters recently. Aus croplands, aman seedbeds, vegetables and other seasonal crops were damaged by recent
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Climate-change threatens fish species
Adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to indigenous fish species, particularly the small ones, as most of the water bodies are now dying in Rajshahi especially in its high Barind
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Erosion takes serious turn in Gaibandha
With the fall of water level in the River Brahmaputra, erosion has taken serious turn at Kapasia union under Sundarganj upazila in Gaibandha district in last couple of days creating anxiety to the river
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Use of polythene bags rampant in Sylhet city
Use of contraband polythene-made shopping bag has become rampant in the Sylhet city and elsewhere in the district in absence of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned. Talking to New Age residents