Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of In Re: Sinking Ba’deshi vessel dumps toxic fly ash in river near Ghoramara, shows video shared by panchayat member News item published in the Times of India Kolkata Section dt 17.02.2025 dated 29/04/2025. West Bengal Pollution …
The construction of the Jessore-Khulna Drainage Rehabilitation Project (JKDRP) in Bangladesh is progressing at a snail's pace with only 20 per cent of the work completed. The project was designed to bring about 1,00,000 lakh hectares of land under cultivation. It includes building 355 km of canals, reconstruction of 29 …
According to the sources in the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED), Bangladesh, arsenic, a chemical which causes black foot disease, has been found in 44 of the 64 districts. Over 25,000 tests conducted couritry-wide showed that'21 per cent of the tested tubewells were contaminated above the maximum permissible limit …
The second phase of an anti-pollution drive was inaugurated in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to check emission of black smoke and other elements caused from motor vehicles. The department of environment has launched this long-awaited drive along with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistracy and a number …
To make the world aware of the crisis, Bangladesh has I launched a website highlighting the century's worst floods, that ravaged the country this year. Bangladesh's flood " fact Album-1998 entitled "Century's, worst floods in Bangladesh", can be seen at www.bangladeshonline.coml gob/floods98. According to government officials, the website was being …
THE rains have stopped. The sun is out. But there is water, water and water everywhere in Bangladesh. We are not talking about drinking water here. It's the stinking, stagnant flood waters that have submerged entire fields, waterlogged streets, and affected 30 million people, out of which 10 million are …
Two-thirds of Bangladesh is under floods, which show no sign of receding. It is feared that there will be a delay in planting of the next crop, which may further worsen the situation. The floods, which have affected 51 out of 64 districts, may lead to a shortfall of four …
An alliance between the Bangladesh's Grameen Bank and US-based Monsanto company, a biotechnology corporation, is a cause of concern for farmers- Under the deal, the farmers will be offered small loans to buy "appropriate, environment-sensitive" agricultural technologies, including Mon santo's own proprietary herbicides and hybrid rice and cotton - both …
The first barge mounted power plant run by a private sector firm will be inaugurated in Bangladesh. The plant will be supplying 100 MW of electricity to the national grid. It is situated in Khulna city and has been built by the Khulna Power Company Limited (KPCL). KPCL is a …
Some fish species are on the verge of extinction at Natore district in Bangladesh. Defying a government ban, fry are being caught indiscriminately from different rivers. The catching of fry varieties like Kalibaush, Ruhi and Katla up to 23 cm is strictly prohibited by law. But catching of these fishes …
More than 23 fishermen have been feared dead and several injured as two boats capsized in the stormy seas in the Bay of Bengal off the southern coast of Bangladesh. Amid renewed fears of flooding, heavy rains continued to lash the country where nearly 300 people have already died in …
Torrential rains have triggered massive floods in Bangladesh leaving 92 dead and thousands homeless. Over six million people and livestocks have been seriously affected. Reports say that the rising water levels in all the major rivers have affected 18 districts. The road communication between the hill districts of Bandarban and …
Environmentalists and local entrepreneurs in Bangladesh have appreciated some of the new measures proposed in the budget for 1998-99. They have hailed the budget as "eco-friendly'. The finance minister has proposed zero customs duty on less smoke-emitting double-decker buses. This move will encourage public transports and stop the growing air …
The brackish water nourishing Bangladesh's Sundarbans supports a refuge for rare species, but their drinking grounds are getting saline and the world's largest mangrove forest "Sunderbans' is facing serious damage, say experts. Royal Bengal tigers, spotted deer, wild boars, crocodiles and monkeys have been forced to move deep into the …
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation of an ambitious 300-megawatt (mw), coal-fired power plant project at Barapukaria in the country's northern district of Dinajpur late last month. This small southeast Asian nation is trying desperately to increase its power output from the current 1,700 mw to make up …
The repatriation of thousands of Bangladeshi tribal refugees from northeast India is almost complete, officials said. They said 56,520 refugees, including 11,000 families, have returned to the Chittagong hill tracts from camps in Tripura form last March. The remaining, numbering around 4,000, are expected to return soon. The repatriation began …
The World Bank (WB) is to provide financial assistance to Bangladesh for tackling the growing menace of arsenic poisoning in this tiny southeast Asian nation. A programme is expected to be finalised by mid-1998, said Pierre Lendis Mills, WB's country chief in Bangladesh. He announced that an amount of US …
The Seeds Rules provides for the institution of the National Seeds Board, its function and tasks and all the related procedures dealing with: the registration of seed varieties; the Seeds Dealers; the classification of seeds and their sources; the procedures for certification and related fees; the contents of labels on …
A photograph of a dead elephant, with its tusks and toenails ripped out, recently jolted Bangladesh out of its indifference towards poaching of these near-extinct wild Asian elephants. Worse still, the tusker belonged to the Eidgadlife sanctuary, one of the country's few remaining elephant "refuges'. An investigation has been initiated …
Bangladesh experienced its worst ever cold wave that killed at least 220 people in the western and northern districts. Biman Bangaladesh, the national airline, cancelled many of its domestic and international flights due to heavy fogs blanketing the affected regions. Authorities distributed blankets to the victims to protect them against …
