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 …
Jute plants in Bangladesh are under seige. About 2,025 ha of jute plants have been attacked by pests in six thanas (local administrative units) of Jamalpur district. Pests locally known as :da poka, doga kata, senga poko and a kind of brown grass-hopper have laid waste crops on vast areas. …
In a country frequently besieged by floods and storms, there are reportedly severallakh people suffering from five diseases like tuberculosis (TB), goitre, filaria, kalazar, and leprosy in eight northern districts of Bangladesh. A joint survey conducted by the Dhaka University and the World Health Organization found that 2,80,000 people have …
Bangladesh took another blow from its yearly tryst with storms when a devastating tornado ripped through its northern regions on May 14 killing around 1,000 people. The tornado, with a wind- speed of200 km per hour, lasted 20 minutes and left a trail of destruction in Tangail district. It blew …
Crabs of Bangladesh may soon play an important role in the nation's economy. According to export promotion bureau officials, crabs are available in plenty, especially in the coastal areas. Considering its nutritious properties and the fact that it is a delicacy in Asia-Pacific countries like China, Singapore, Japan and also …
The shortage of fertilisers is proving to be a major cause for the current peasant unrest in Bangladesh. Farmers, unable to grow the region's main rice crop this season, demonstrated before the district collector's office in North Bengal to voice their protest. They are also demanding a fair price for …
For the Bangladeshis it was yet another stormy encounter with the rain gods in the last week of March. Rain storms With wind speeds of nearly 70 km an hour struck Dhaka and four other neighbouring districts, causing immense damage to houses and crops. In the calamity, four people also …
Three producers of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio shall be camping in India in April to develop programmes on issues related to the environment. The programmes will feature the following themes: the state of the river Ganga, water scarcity and the damming of rivers in India and their impact …
In order to prop up the disastrous food reserves in Bangladesh, the European Union (EU), under the Integrated Food-Assisted Development Project (IFADEP) is sending, over a period of six years, a total of 562,000 tonnes (t) of wheat. EU has already delivered 135,000 t of wheat to date. The 9w, …
The World Bank has some unhappy forebodings for Bangladeshis. In its recent report, it estimates that the nation will face a food deficit of over 40 lakh tonnes ( t) in the current year as a result of the shortfall in the production of grains. The Bangaldesh food ministry officials …
In a momentous judgement last month, the Supreme Court directed the Arunachal Pradesh government to ensure the safety of the Chakma and Hajong tribals in the state and to thwart any move to evict them forcibly from their homes and occupations. The court asked the state government to take the …
The Bangladesh ministry of environment and forests has decided to grant licence to parties interested in setting up private farms for breeding and rearing wildlife species. The recent decision by the Wildlife Advisory Board came as a happy tiding to those who have, over half a decade, struggled to obtain …
With floods in Bangladesh occurring every year leading to severe loss of infrastructure and causing a lot othardship to the people, the Japanese have come forward th a loan of US $5.22 million to finance constructions 15 cyclone shelters which will also serve as schools. Japan is also coming to …
MUCH water has flown under the bridge ever since the Flood Action Plan (FAP) - jointly developed by the World Bank (WB) and the Bangladesh government - was launched in 1988 in Bangladesh. The FAP can be fruitfully implemented only if its coordinators succeed in involving the people: this verdict …
Frequent floods has left the Bangladeshis in a state of utter despair. Pitching in to help is the World Bank which recently announced the approval of a US $121.9 million credit. The credit will be used mainly to protect the river banks from erosion and also to build institutions devoted …
With the sighting of an important gasfield in Bhola, in the south islands on the tip of Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh's gas reserves will soon go up 10 per cent from the current reserves of 10,000 billion standard cubic feet. The gas find which will become the 18th commercial gasfield, …
THE book Rivers of life is a result of an exhaustive study based on assessments of existing flood control works in Bangladesh, of related documents, interviews with flood-affected people and Bangladeshi experts, and interactions with donor agencies for a Flood Action Programme (FAP). An excellent book which focusses on the …
Bangladesh wom retain a sluggish annual gross domes product (GDP) rate below five per a unless it improves its pace of refom warns the World Bank (WB). A rece study conducted by WH foresees Ah, GDP growth rate at 4.7 per cent 1996-97 in the absence of a bold approach …
NOT all floods in Bangladesh are "bad"; there are "good" floods as well, and only the Bangladeshis can distinguish between the 2 to make the best use of them. This is the message that they are endeavouring to convey to the World Bank (wb), which has recently come up with …
Bangladesh premier Begum Khaleda Zia has launched a nation-wide "kill rodents" campaign. She is offering attractive prizes to the killers, provided they produce the tails of their victims before the federal agriculture ministry. At least half a million tonne of foodgrains, enough to feed 3 million people annually, are either …
