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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Bangladesh to get Swedish support in developing solar energy
The Swedish government has decided to extend its cooperation to Bangladesh in developing solar energy for helping the country in reducing its power shortage through using renewable energy. Newly appointed Swedish ambassador to Bangladesh Anee Margarete Anneli said this after presenting her credentials to president Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban on Thursday. Zillur urged the Swedish entrepren
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UN climate chief urges grassroots movement to curb emissions
The United Nations
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Call to innovate new crops to face climate change
The state minister for science and information and communication technology, Yeafesh Osman, on Wednesday urged the country
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Govt to levy carbon tax
The government is planning to revise the existing taxation law to impose more tax on those who emit higher amount of carbon into the air and pollute the environment. ‘We are seriously considering revising
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50pc structures in Dhaka to collapse in major quakes
ABOUT 50 per cent of the structures in the capital Dhaka will be damaged if an earthquake with an intensity of V and VI on the Mercalli scale hits the densely-populated city, warns noted green activist Iqbal Habib. Buildings constructed in non-engineered manner constitute more than 60 per cent of the total structures in the capital, said Habib, an architect by training who is currently the gen
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Unplanned urbanisation leaves Dhaka vulnerable to quakes
Random violation of building codes and unplanned urbanisation has compounded the capital Dhaka
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UN asks rich not to cut aid to poor
The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, pressed debt-ridden donor countries on Monday not to cut aid to the poor despite their budgetary woes.
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Govt plans cross dam to raise 600sq km land in Maghna estuary
The climate change fund trustee board on Tuesday approved four environmental projects that included the building of a cross dam between Noakhali and Urir Char to raise 600 square kilometres of new land in the Meghna river estuary. The project, which had been lying with the water resources ministry because of fund crunch, would cost Tk 37.40 crore, officials said. The project, which will be
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Dhaka set to become an uninhabitable city
Dhaka, the country
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Contamination of arsenic hazards lives
Arsenic contamination in groundwater has become alarming in Bagerhat and adjacent areas in recent times. Arsenic related diseases since 2006 claimed 20 lives and affected over a thousand people, a local non-governmental organisation sources said as a survey they conducted since 2006. Bagerhat Civil Surgeon Tapan Kumar Shil said they identified 584 arsenic affected people but they had no st