Rainwater harvesting
The lack of a vigorous water-quality monitoring plan in Bangladesh was responsible for the arsenic disaster. Rainwater harvesting is now suggested to be a partial answer to this problem but since
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Water is precious in Meghalaya!
The little village of Mawsynram in Meghalaya may hold the world record for rainfall but water is currently the scarcest and dearest commodity, residents say. The village is facing one of its worst
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Arctic faces ozone damage by 2020
One of the British scientists who discovered the ozone hole over the Antarctic fears the same damage could hit the Arctic by 2020, reports Reuters. Jonathan Shanklin said the earth's ozone layer was
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Auto-rickshaws to be restricted in Kathmandu
The Nepalese government announced plans to restrict three wheelers auto-rickshaws and old pollution-emitting vehicles in Kathmandu in a bid to ease traffic congestion and
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GK project threatened by river erosion
Ganges Kobadak (GK) Project, Bangladesh's biggest irrigation project, is threatened by river erosion as its 3,000-feet intake channel has been badly damaged. The erosion of the river Ganges also
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Call to protect rivers from encroachers
Speakers at a discussion in Dhaka urged the Bangladesh government, semi-government, autonomous and private organisations as well as the general public to come forward to protect the rivers from the
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Developed nations urged to protect coastal states
Environment experts and journalists called upon the developed nations, especially USA, Japan and European Union to sign immediately Kyoto Protocol to help enforce it amd mitigate the adverse impacts
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Water resources dev project of LGED being implemented in 37 dists
LGED has been implementing "Small Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project" in the western part of Bangladesh covering 37 districts. An important aspect of the project is to ensure
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Tk 400 cr plan to protect Sundarbans bio-diversity
In an effort to protect the Sunderbans, the Bangladesh government has undertaken an ambitious project with an estimated cost of Tk 400 crore. The works of the six-year project, "Bio-diversity
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Ganges Barrage project yet to be implemented
The Ganges Barrage Project proposed about 20 years ago at a cost of Tk 1,131 crore is yet to be implemented. The project was aimed at ensuring sufficient water for irrigation, flood control and