At least 8 people were injured and several hundred tin-roofed and thatched houses were damaged as a violent storm accompanied by rain and hail lashed different areas of Gangachhara upazila in Rangpur district early Sunday.
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Stop commercialisation of water
Participants of a discussion demanded people’s participation for the formulation of the water law and removal of loopholes in draft water act-2013 to stop commercialisation of water resources on Saturday.
Capital dredging projects under implementation
The government has taken an initiative to implement capital dredging projects in the country’s big and important rivers at a cost of Tk 50,000 crore, Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen told Parliament on Sunday.
Bill for protecting rivers placed in JS
A bill, titled ‘National River Protection Commission Bill, 2013’, aimed at protecting the country’s rivers from encroachers and pollution was placed in Parliament on Tuesday.
22,900 homes to be lost to erosion this year
Although many rivers of the country are dying day by day, nearly 22,900 people may lose their homesteads and croplands this year due to erosion by three major rivers – the Jamuna, Ganges and Padma, says a recent study.
Two tri-nation river alliances in offing
The influential Indian English daily has reported from New Delhi that India has already approved the composition of a working group on water and power that will coordinate with Bangladesh and Nepal to harness the tremendous potential for development of…
Red brick from Sahara sand
Although the Sahara desert used to be a green retreat for giraffes and hippos 5,000 years ago, it is now a giant, sometimes rolling landscape of sand.
Is sustainability still possible?
State of the World 2013 asks “can we get there-and what happens if we fall short?”
Nine brick kiln owners fined for violating rules
Department of Environment (Enforcement) has been fined Tk 18 lakh to against nine brick-fields in Habiganj to prevent air pollution on Sunday.
HC for ‘effective steps’ to save canals
The High Court has ordered authorities concerned to take ‘effective steps’ to save Bangladesh’s canals.
22,000 people may suffer for river erosion this year
Over 22,000 people may fall prey to erosion by the Jamuna, Ganges and Padma rivers this year, according to a report of Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS).
Giant landslides have seismic fingerprints
A new technique that can identify catastrophic landslides based on their seismic signals could one day lead to a global system for identifying regions at particular risk from this hazard.
Fresh water woes for city dwellers
Water supply in the city marked a substantial rise with the commissioning of the second Saidabad Water Treatment Plant in December last year, but the city dwellers are still suffering from fresh water woes as the authorities cannot improve its…
World Water Day today for water cooperation
Speakers at a national seminar on Thursday emphasised the need for taking specific water planning and allocation by the Government for the people living at hard-to-reach zone in the country.
Celebrate World Water Day by reducing water use
The United States is one of the world’s biggest users of water—many Americans use as much water as approximately 900 Kenyans. As a result, water resources in the U.S. are shrinking.
Sustainable air travel takes off
Last Thursday, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 642 completed the seven hour and 17 minute flight from New York’s JFK Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol using sustainable biofuels. Flight KL642, operated by a Boeing 777-200, will fly every Thursday fueled…
Combined water, sanitation for improved hygiene
A study by icddr,b researchers has demonstrated how combined water and sanitation interventions can significantly improve basic hygiene practices in rural communities. This and other encouraging findings were shared during a seminar organised by icddr,b on Thursday, 24th January 2013…
Indo-Bangladesh Teesta diplomacy – Analysis
By Roomana Hukil Recent talks of optimism over the Teesta accord by Indian Foreign Secretary, Ranjan Mathai and Minister of External Affairs, Salman Khurshid have defused a striking political assertion of bringing a cut to the impending decade-long water deal…
UN deputy chief urges action on water rights
Most of the world’s urgent problems boil down to water and sanitation, and global leaders must act to reduce child mortality and urban poverty, the UN’s deputy chief said Friday.
Save Mayur river for water security of Khulna city
A day-long research dissimination and sharing meeting of the peri-urban project was held at Khulna City Corporation (KCC) on October 15, 2012. The Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) of BUET, Environmental Science Department of Khulna University, Institute of…
Hurricane Sandy relief bill – good coastal policy?
Rob Young, from YALE Environment360 Next week, the U.S. Congress is expected to vote on the bulk of $60 billion in emergency spending to provide for recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Clearly, significant aid is needed to repair the damage left…
River commission act okayed
The cabinet Monday approved ‘National River Protection Commission Act-2013’ as a part of steps to save all rivers in the country. The approval came from a regular cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Emerging from the…
Monitoring air pollutants up in Himalayas
Smriti Mallapaty The Himalayan countries of Nepal and Bhutan will, in 2013, have two permanent air monitoring observatories set up by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) as part of a programme to reduce black carbon and other…