Dr. M. S. Haq
Category: Green corner
Work of Poet Nazrul: A UK apology is due
Dr. M. S. Haq
Work place outcome interpretation, Chicago breakthrough
Dr. M. S. Haq
6 super crops to help beat global hunger
Washington, D.C – On June 8, the UK government granted £30 million to HarvestPlus to develop and deliver six nutritious crops to several million farming households in Africa and Asia. The UK has supported HarvestPlus, an international program of CGIAR,…
13 ways to support food, agriculture, planet
Danielle Nierenberg
Feeding nine billion in 2050
FAO and CGIAR Conference to Address Research Priorities for Ensuring Food and Nutrition Security for the World’s Poorest April 11: During the next 40 years the world’s population is projected to reach more than nine billion people. Demand for food…
Walk the talk: For action to fight hunger
By Shenggen Fan In 2012, world food security remained vulnerable. Progress in the fight against hunger and malnutrition has been piecemeal, at best, and levels remain unacceptably high, with 870 million people hungry and 2 billion suffering from micronutrient deficiencies.
For a sustainable organic food system
Worldwatch Institute Washington DC-Despite a slight decline between 2009 and 2010, since 1999 the global land area farmed organically has expanded more than threefold to 37 million hectares, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital…
Natural systems, rivers cannot be bartered
Mostafa Kamal Majumder A two-day international conference on water – from conflict to cooperation, ended in Dhaka early this month with the formation of a committee to work out an agreed-upon resolution by participants from Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
Grameen Shakti celebrates 1m solar systems
Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and his team at the Grameen Shakti hosted a unique celebration in Dhaka on Wednesday evening to mark the setting of a milestone by installing one-million solar systems on 30 November last.
Rafiq murder, double shock to people
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The recovery of the handcuffed body of a Dhaka city unit BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Majumder from a field in Jhenidah on Saturday night came as a double shock to common people not only for the cold…
Sustainable politics is the way out
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The historic Victory Day has been celebrated on 16 December in remembrance of the victory of our nine-month-long War of Independence on this day in 1971 over the occupation forces, that led the emergence of Bangladesh as…
Nepal’s first Green City
Bhrikuri Rai in Ilam Nepal’s easternmost district of Ilam is known for its diligent citizens and scenic tea gardens, but it is also showing the way about how towns can be cleaner and greener with community participation and competent leadership.…
Urge for sustainable architecture
Agency Dhaka: A day-long seminar on Sustainable Architecture in Bengal was held at the La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka on Thursday with a view to creating a new approach to the architectural heritage in Bangladesh.
Atiur ‘Green governor’
World Bank vice president Rachel Kyte termed Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman ‘Greenest governor of the world in ongoing COP18 conference at Doha, Qatar.