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 …
A M SHARAFUDDIN BANGLADESH mohammed Zafar Mian passed his senior school certificate (ssc) examination last year and wants to be a banker after finishing his higher studies. The other members of his family are, however, illiterate. Zafar has four brothers and three sisters. Two of his brothers are rickshaw-pullers and …
The open water area in Bangladesh is estimated at 4.047 million ha, of which 2.833 million ha are floodplains. The deltaic environment of the nation has contributed much to the inland and marine fishery resources. While marine fisheries make up only 25 per cent of the total national fish harvest …
Recently, Bangladesh signed four agreements with Vietnam. The accords were on the formation of a joint commission for economic, cultural, scientific and technical cooperation between the two nations. The two nations also agreed to extend cooperation in the field of agriculture, as both of them have economies that are primarily …
The demand for rice is constantly rising in Bangladesh with nearly 2.3 million people being added every year to its burgeoning population of 120 million. Bangladesh faces production constraints like drought, lack of irrigation facilities, flooding and salinity of soils. These factors are coupled with fluctuating rice prices in various …
Bangladesh would be introducing tough new pollution laws and bringing to book polluters, Sajeda Chowdhury, environment and forest minister, announced in Dhaka recently. "None, be they poachers, illegal fellers or earth removers, will be spared," she said adding. "A bill incorporating hem for the environmental destroyers... will be tabled soon …
According to a recent report, about 25,000 workers in the bidi, zarda and gul factories in the northern part of Bangladesh are suffering from several diseases including tuberculosis and ulcers. The cause of these maladies is attributable to unhygienic conditions prevailing in factories
Alarm bells are ringing in Bangladesh following a warning by the World Health Organization (WHO) arsenic contamination is seriously affecting the country. As preventive measures, the effectiveness of household arsenic removal candle filters were field-tested by the public health engineering department. "The problem has developed over a long period of …
Huge reserves of gas have been found in the south-western part of Bangladesh, assessed to become the largest ever in the country. According to a Canadian study document released early this month, the finds extend over the known hydrocarbon prospective areas from the east to the west and the south …
The AIDS management programme in Bangladesh should have a four-pronged methodology, according to the UN body on AIDS (UNAIDS). With the situation becoming more alarming, UNAIDS has suggested that a national AIDS policy be framed followed by a national AIDS awareness programme. The third step will require the ministry of …
with Prime Minister (pm) Sheikh Hasina Wajed of Bangladesh and her Indian counterpart H D Deve Gowda signing the 30-year agreement on sharing of the Ganga waters, it seems that the two countries have finally resolved their long-standing dispute. The treaty is the third of its kind, after 1975 and …
The Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh are in the serious grip of an epidemic suspected to be cerebral malaria. In the past nine months, unofficial figures state that more than 300 people have died due to the disease. Cerebral malaria is spread by a poisoned mosquito known as salciserum. The …
In an attempt to save the Dhanmondi lake in Dhaka, the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association has issued legal notices to various officials of the ministry of housing and public works and the public works department. They have called for abandoning the construction of housing apartments on the green surroundings of …
In order to improve the condition of the urban poor and health care facilities in Bangladesh, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give US $90 million as micro credit. According to ADB resident mission chief, Bhanuphol Horayangura, the bank would advance the credit in two parts
A 17-month air analysis in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, which ended recently, has found that lead pollution is the highest in the world here during the low-rain period. The analyis, carried out by scientists of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), states that during the months of November, December and January, …
an estimated 2,750 Bangladeshi villagers who lost their homes in heavy floods last May, have petitioned the World Bank ( wb ) for redress. They opine that the floods in central Bangladesh were more due to the digging of a diversion channel in the area and the construction of new …
It has come to light that during the past two decades, Bangladesh has imported electrical poles laced with over 14 million kg of toxic arsenic compounds. The poles were imported for the purpose of rural electrification. According to the Rural Electrification Board officials, the poles were treated with chromated copper …
The World Food Programme (WFP) will supply 137,000 metric tonnes (t) of wheat and 3,140 t of vegetable oil to Bangladesh to supplement the government's Vulnerable Groups Development Project. The seventh phase of the WFP assistance will allow the rural women to participate in an income generation sub-project where they …
A new afforestation programme is on the anvil in Bangladesh. Involving US $72 million, the plan includes the development and establishment of new nurseries, tree plantation along the highways and experimental afforestation in sea beaches. A total of 10 coastal districts, including Chittagong and Cox's Bazaar, have been selected for …
The wind in Bangladesh's coastal belts is the object of a current study which seeks to determine the potential of wind energy. The Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies is conducting the study alongwith local government engineering departments, with the British Overseas Development Agency providing the financial backing. The pre-feasibility study …
