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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2 dead, 10,000 displaced in Jakarta floods
Severe flooding following torrential rain has driven almost 10,000 people from their homes in the Indonesian capital, an official said Wednesday, with two people killed so far in the seasonal chaos. National
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New species of flying frog discovered in Vietnam
This handout picture released by Australian Museum on Tuesday shows Helen’s Flying Frog, a new species of flying frog in Nui Ong Nature Reserve, Binh Thuan Province. — AFP photoThis handout picture released
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Australia heatwave part of global trend: IPCC chief
Australia’s extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend, the UN’s climate panel chief said Tuesday. As
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Urgent CO2 cuts may spare millions hardship: report
Tens of millions of people may be spared droughts and floods by 2050 if Earth-warming carbon emissions peak in 2016 rather than 2030, scientists said on Sunday. Climate researchers in Britain and Germany
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HC halts Ashiyan City project activities
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to stop immediately all activities, including selling plots, earth-filing and advertisement, of housing project Ashiyan City. The bench of Justice Mirza
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Tobacco Death Clock counts 156 death every day
Death Clock, a billboard counting death of 156 people in Bangladesh every day due to tobacco uses, set up at Bijoy Smarani in the capital, is waiting for inauguration shortly, according to anti-tobacco
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$9 lakh technical assistance grant deal signed with ADB
The government on Wednesday signed a technical assistance grant agreement of $9 lakh with the Asian Development Bank and for improving the quality, delivery and climate resilience of basic urban services
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95.72m people to be displaced by 2040: report
Environmental and weather-related disasters caused by climate change would displace more than 95.72 million people in Bangladesh by 2040, warned a study giving an alarming scenario of climate-induced internal
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Strong quake hits Mexico
A magnitude 6 earthquake hit southwestern Mexico on Thursday, 173 km southwest of the capital Mexico City, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The earthquake
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Monsoon may fail more often due to climate change
The Indian monsoon is likely to fail more often in the next 200 years threatening food supplies, unless governments agree how to limit climate change, a study showed on Tuesday. The monsoon rains could