Laxmi Padhi, 75, has spent her entire life by the banks of Mahanadi. The mother of all rivers in Odisha passes by her village Badhila in Sonepur district and she is not happy with what her experienced eyes have observed…
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Rampal plant to become ‘poisonous gas chamber’, says BNP
Khulna – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday alleged that the government is setting up a ‘poisonous gas chamber’ by implementing the Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans just to appease India. UNB news agency reported
Dhaka’s rice outpur shortfall 1.5m tonnes due to flash floods
Dhaka – The government is apprehending at least 15 lakh tonnes of rice production shortfall due to damage of Boro crops caused by floods in haor region other areas of the country this year. Meanwhile, the government has included 50,000…
5,000 illegal gas lines cut off in city
Dhaka – A mobile court on Thursday disconnected around 5,000 illegal household and organisation gas connections at Basila of Mohammadpur in the city. UNB news agency reported
99 percent senitation coverage achieved: Dhaka
LGRD and Co-operatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday told Parliament that 99 percent of the country’s total population is now under basic sanitation coverage. The Department of Public Health and Engineering (DPHE) is working relentlessly to ensure cent percent…
Mild quake jolts Sylhet
Dhaka – A light earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Sylhet region in Sylhet on Friday night.The earthquake was felt at 10:50pm, according to Met Office.The epicentre of the quake was along Indo-Bangla border, about 204km northeast from…
Haors inundated by rain not for damaged dams: Minister
Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Thursday claimed that the haor regions in different parts of the country, especially the northwest, have been submerged due to heavy rains, not for the damage to any dam. “Excessive rainfall is the…
Haors inundated for rains, not for damaged dams: Minister
Dhaka – Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Thursday claimed that the haor regions in different parts of the country, especially the northwest, have been submerged due to heavy rains, not for the damage to any dam. UNB news…
BNP neither against India not its people: Fakhrul
Dhaka – The BNP yesterday suggested the government to take the Teesta water sharing issue to the United Nations. “There are international laws on sharing of waters of common rivers. If is necessary, you (government) should take the issue to…
C’nawabganj flashflood damages paddy on 50 hectares
Dhaka, Apr 26 – Boro paddy on some 50 hectares of croplands in Gomostapur upazila of Chapainawabganj has been damaged due to flashflood triggered by the onrush of water from the upstream through the Punarbhova River.
Flood situation in Sunamganj, Habiganj worsens
Dhaka – The flood situation in Sunamganj and Habiganj has worsened as heavy rainfall and onrush of water from the upstream submerged new areas in the districts on Monday.In Sunamganj, the Urar Bondho dam in Pagnar haor in Jamalganj and…
Floods sumerged crop protection embankments: Minister
Dhaka – Flash floods in the haor areas after incessant rainfall has spilled over the crop protection embankments as the height of water was above the barriers causing the damage to the crops, water resources minister Anisul Islam Mahmud said…
Save the Ganga – Sully the Ganga
On March 20, the Uttarakhand High Court declared the Ganga river as a “legal person”, creating many hopes, but also leading to many complex questions. What does the declaration mean? How could one now use this opportunity to empathise with…
Floods never kill fishes or birds: No more hasty remarks
by Mostafa Kamal Majumder Dhaka – The deaths of fishes that breed and grow, and water birds that feed and roost in the haors (depressions) of greater Sylhet region on the northeastern part of Bangladesh, following a flash flood just…
Encroachment, pollution put Mayur River in peril
Khulna – Rampant encroachment and unchecked pollution have put the Mayur River, one of the freshwater rivers in Khulna, at stake destroying its freshwater resources and ecosystem. UNB news agency reported
Bhutan to get connected thru’ Ctg, Mongla ports
Dhaka – Bangladesh and Bhutan will now get connected through Chittagong and Mongla ports that will open up further opportunities of bilateral trade between the two countries and beyond. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Bhutanese counterpart TsheringTobgay expressed such…
Sanitation is a human right
A high-level international meeting on sanitation should address barriers to realizing the human right to sanitation with privacy and dignity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The United Nations and Sanitation and Water for All, a global…
Teesta remains a litmus test for India Bangladesh
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit this weekend will be her first bilateral visit in seven years. The two sides are expected to announce a slew of agreements on connectivity, energy and trade, but former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to…
Ocean garbge can help power homes
Mr. Trash Wheel is a solar and water powered trash cleaner that keeps garbage from the ocean and it’s then converted into energy, reports the CNN.
‘Bangladesh, a Land of Birds’ exhibition opens
Dhaka, Apr 15 – A 15-day-long bird exhibition begain with a seminar on Saturday at the Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum (BNM).
India won’t spoil ties with bd over water: Uma Bharti
Indian Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti has said India would not let politics spoil its relations with Bangladesh and that water is going to remain the basis of good relations between the two countries. “We won’t let politics spoil our…
G77 calls for access & benefit-sharing of marine genetic resources
By an IPS Correspondent UN, Apr 13 (IPS) – The Group of 77 has strongly underlined the significance of marine genetic resources (MGRs) to the economies of developing nations.
Did you know that the oceans have it all?
By Baher Kamal Rome, Apr 13 (IPS) – Perhaps you are not aware enough of the fact the oceans have it all! What is “all”? Well, oceans have from microscopic life to the largest animal that has ever lived on…
No binding in defence MoU: None can obstruct water flow – PM
Dhaka, Apr 11 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said there is nothing obligatory to purchase arms from any particular country as per the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on defence cooperation between Bangladesh and India. “It’s not binding…
Bangladesh asks for interim teesta deal
Bangladesh on Saturday requested New Delhi for inking an “interim agreement” on Teesta waters as agreed upon by both the governments in January 2011, said a joint agreement issued after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s talks with counterpart Narendra Modi in…
Teesta issue will find an early solution: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today acknowledged the Teesta issue to have drawn “greatest attention” in regard to bilateral relations and expressed his “firm belief” that it would find an early solution. “I firmly believe that it is only my…
Brazilian firm back to nature to meet fluctuating water demand
Timm Kroeger and Claudio Klemz Balneário Camboriú is both a famous Brazilian beach destination and a water supply management puzzle. The resident population of the city is just 170,000, but swells to over 800,000 during the tourist season. Like many…
4 missing as yet another trawler sinks in Northeast BD
Sunamganj, Apr 4 – Four people went missing as a trawler, carrying around 50 people, capsized in Tanguar Haor under Tahirpur upazila on Tuesday morning.
Dredging fails to restore Ganges distributary in BD
M Mamun Sagor & Rafiqul Islam Dhaka, Apr 2 – The Gorai River Restoration Project (Phase-II), initiated in 2009 in Bangladesh part of the Ganges under Kushtia district, has failed to restore the natural flow of the distributary river and…