Dhaka wants to solve fair share of waters: Hafiz
Bangladesh as lower riparian country wants its fair share of waters of the trans-boundary rivers, Minister for Water Resources Maj. (rtd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed BU has said. He has added that Bangladesh
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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BMDA starts executing rainwater conservation, irrigation project
Barind Multipurpose Development Authorities (BMDA) has been implementing an irrigation project, along with others, for surface water augmentation and their multipurpose uses especially in irrigation.
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Development activities and biodiversity decline and eco-degardation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh occupies the vast river basin complexes in the southern drainage outlet of the Himalayan mountain system. The rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra, Meghna, etc have the catchments area of nearly
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Chemical plant attacked at Fatullah, 60 injured
Agitated people attacked and ransacked a chemical complex in protest against air pollution due to eruption of poisonous gas from the chemical plant which cause serious health hazards to hundreds of
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GMOS and biological pollution
Farmers and their communities world-wide have developed a vast portfolio of genetic diversity within crops and other plants species. These form the raw material for all agricultural activity.
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India to go ahead with new name
Renaming it as a
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Arsenic poisoning The health aspect
Arsenic is a classic poison, with a broad spectrum of effects. Patients with severe acute gastrointestinal signs and symptoms may therefore pose a diagnostic challenge. But as a arsenic poisoning is
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Underground waterlevel falls in Comilla, 20,000 tubewells inoperative
The Gumti and the Titas Rivers flowing through Comilla district have almost dried up due to alarming fall of under ground water level and absence of rainfall hampering operation of shallow tubewells.
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Netrakona ponds, canals can help boost fish production
As many as 5000 out of about 20000 pond in 10 upazilas of Netrakona district (Bangladesh) are lying un-cultivated for long hence. According to reliable sources the ponds were dug many years back by
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2 killed, 52 injured in nor'wester across the country
Dwellers of the port city (Chittagong, Bangladesh) released a sigh of relief when a hailstorm accompanied by moderate shower lashed the city pausing the ongoing moderate heat wave. More than a dozen