Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has planned to conserve 53 natural water-bodies in the city in order to retain its surface water resources for protecting the environment from further degradation.
Category: Biodiversity
Environment Saplings distributed in Chapainawabganj
Non-government organisation Agriculture Sustainable and Socio Economic Development Organisation (ASSEDO) distributed 2,200 saplings of fruits and wood trees among ultra poor women at Alatuli union under Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday under its ‘Nadi-O-Jiban-2’ project with the association Concern World…
‘Tree plantation can help reduce poverty in char areas’
Extensive tree plantation can help eradicating poverty in the char areas alongside addressing the adverse impact of climate change, development activists said.
Commerce Minister visits erosion site of Teesta river
Commerce Minister GM Quader said the government has stepped up efforts to build a new embankment at Rajpur union point to protect the people from the erosion of Teesta river.
Vietnamese lagoon project ‘a success’in reducing pollution
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‘Change hostile attitude towards tigers’
Speakers at a discussion here on Monday urged all to change their ‘hostile attitude’ towards the tiger to save the endangered animal.
7 maunds of poly bags seized in Sylhet, shops fined
The Department of Environment (DoE) in a drive seized seven maunds of banned polythene bags from three shops in the city’s Mahajanpatti area and realised Tk13,000 as fine from them on Sunday.
Downpour paralyses Barisal city life
Heavy monsoon downpour paralysed normal life in Barisal city on Sunday.
Movement against Rampal power plant gathers storm
The movement against the proposed India-Bangladesh joint venture coal-based power plant at Rampal near the Sundarbans is getting stronger day by day drawing wide public support.
Montgomery Canal: Wildlife re-homed for canal boats
Reserves are being created alongside a Shropshire canal so boat numbers can increase without affecting wildlife.
‘Human chain protesting Rampal coal power plant
A human chain and rally held in Barisal on Wednesday demanding cancellation of environmentally devastating project under the joint venture of Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited to set up 1,320 megawatt coal based power plant at Rampal, only nine kilometres…
Tidal surge maroons 2 lakh people in Bhola
About two lakh people in seven upazilas of Bhola district were again marooned in the last two days due to tidal surge in absence of a 10 kilometre stretch of embankment of the Water Development Board (WDB).The embankment, damaged earlier…
Russian team visits Rooppur nuke power plant site
A 12-member high-level Russian delegation visited the proposed site for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Ishurdi upazila on Monday.
Global crop yields fail to keep pace with demand
MEXICO CITY – The world is not increasing yields of major crops quickly enough to meet future food demands from an expanding population, presenting a “looming and growing agricultural crisis”, according to a study.
Deforestation in Africa’s Congo Basin rainforest slows
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Virus attack on shrimp, lobster farms in Bagerhat
Shrimp and lobster farms in Chitalmari, Fakirhat and Mollahat upazilas in Bagerhat district have been attacked with virus diseases, according to reports received here.
The Many Benefits of Crop Rotation
From: Editor, ENN Crop rotation is a common farming practice where different series of crops are planted in the same area each sequential season. Planting different crops on the same piece of land has been used since Roman times and…
Urban wastes pollute Padma’s water in Rajshahi
Drainage water of the Rajshahi metropolis is continuously polluting waters in the Padma River posing a serious threat to its ecosystem and biodiversity, specialists and environmentalists here said.
3 electrocuted in Kushtia, Chuadanga; One killed in lightning
Two brothers were electrocuted at Nandia village under Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday.
Brahmaputra crosses danger level in Gaibandha
Water level of the Brahmaputra, one of the mighty rivers in the country, crossed its danger mark on Wednesday night and was flowing 16 cm above its danger level this morning inundating the river basin areas including chars.
Dredging of river Pashur of Mongla sea port soon
After a long wait, the dredging work of the Pashur channel of Mongla Sea Port will begin next month.
Lightning kills 1; two drown in Thakurgaon
Two boys drowned and a young man was killed in a lightning strike in Baliadangi and Sadar upazilas of the district on Monday.
Fortnight long Barisal division tree fair begins
The fortnight long Barisal divisional tree fair started at Bangabandhu Udyan premises of the city Sunday.
Weeklong tree fair begins in Faridpur
A weeklong tree fair, organized jointly by district administration, District Agriculture Extension Department and District Social Forestry Department, was Inaugurated here on Friday on Brahma Samaj Road. DC of Faridpur Mainuddin Ahmed attended the inaugural function as the chief guest…
Power cuts order of the day in Rajibpur
Power outages have become a regular phenomenon in Rajibpur upazila adding to sufferings of the people during the current summer. People’s woes have mounted because of hot temperature as two power stations of the region have remained shut.
Tree fair begins in Moulvibazar
A seven day-long tree fair began at Moulvibazar Government High School Playground in the district town on Monday.
Awareness about food adulteration in Gaibandha
Awareness building up activity in prevention of adulteration in food items has been continuing among the students of different academic institutions in the district since June 25.
40 Bagerhat villages inundated as embankments breach
The embankments of Water Development Board (WDB) in 5 upazilas of the district werebreached at many points following the depression formed in the Bay of Bengal and tidal surge and at least 40 villages in 5 upazilas were inundated.
Indonesia’s fires are a global concern
During the smoky season, or “musim kabut” as it is called in Indonesia, skeletons of leaves fall from the sky and disintegrate like melting snowflakes in children’s hands.
Fruit sellers occupy footpaths in Sylhet
As the seasonal fruits like Mangoes, Jackfruits, Pineapples and Blackberries arrive with the Monsoon rains, hundreds of traders, mostly students and others with blessings from powerful quarters have set up shops on the pavements in Station Road, Kodomtoly, Bondor, Zindabazar,…