Fahad Ferdous, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Apr 29 – The government has planned to impose ‘carbon tax’ from the next fiscal year on the sectors that are polluting the environment, aiming to deal with the environmental concerns and improve the…
Category: Environment
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…
A river in Canada vanished in 4 days for climate change
Gopal Krishna A vast river flowing from one Canada’s largest glaciers vanished in just four days last year, due to the glacier’s meltdown propelled by climate change.
Marching for a green and just future
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Apr 28 (IPS) – People around the world will be banding together to fight one of the world’s most pressing problems: climate change. Thousands are set to gather at the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C.…
Trump seeks to expand drilling in Arctic, Atlantic oceans
Washington, Apr 28 (AP/UNB)- Working to dismantle his predecessor’s environmental legacy, President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday that could lead to the expansion of drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
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…
Mind the Earth: A New Perspective
Dhaka – Having reached out to global audiences in Copenhagen, Paris and Marrakech, international photo exhibition ‘Mind the Earth: A New Perspective’ has arrived here with its founder and curator Kasper Brejnholt Bak. UNB news agency reported
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…
Reject Trump’s anti-immiration funding:HRW
The United States Congress should reject President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2017 supplemental funding request for a dramatic expansion of immigration detention and enforcement, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to congressional leaders. Congress will vote within the…
Trump looks to lift protections on America’s vast nature preserves
After moving to unstitch climate change rules, US President Donald Trump is turning his sights on America’s vast nature preserves, with a view to possibly lifting federal protections brought in over the past two decades. On Wednesday, he is to…
Agroecology in China’s new ‘Ecological Civilization’
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition in 2014 and three regional symposia throughout 2015. Building on the recommendations of these symposia, a multistakeholder International Symposium…
Protect all migrant workers, Civil Society to ASEAN
Manila, Philippines – On 13 January 2007, ASEAN Member States made a commitment to protect migrant workers’ rights and to promote decent, humane, productive, dignified and remunerative employment. This commitment was enshrined in the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and…
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.
One would never guess 2017 is the year of ecology in Russia
Last Friday morning, Yuri Ivanov, a member and former director of Kola Environmental Center (KEC), arrived at his office and learned from the news that the Justice Ministry had listed KEC as a “foreign agent.” “It is not a big…
Migrant Domestic Workers With Children Deported
Lebanon’s General Security agency has detained and deported migrant domestic workers apparently for having children in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should stop deportations and release anyone detained for this reason. Denying residency renewals to long-term workers who…
Ban on fishing in Sunamganj haors withdrawn
Sunamganj – The district administration here has withdrawn its ban on fishing in the haors. The decision was taken at a meeting on Tuesday morning. UNB news agency reported
UNEP chief confident US will not ditch Paris climate deal
The UN’s environment chief is confident that the United States will not pull out of the Paris climate deal and expects a decision from Washington next month. Erik Solheim told AFP in an interview on Monday that even if the…
Bamboo gaining traction in Caribbean as climate savior
By Desmond Brown Kingston, Jamaica, Apr 24 (IPS) – Keen to tap its natural resources as a way to boost its struggling economy, Guyana struck a multi-million-dollar deal with Norway in 2009. Under the deal, Norway agreed to pay up…
Amari Dhaka observes Earth Day
Dhaka – To fight for climate solutions on April 22, 2017 Amari Dhaka has celebrated Earth day by taking some environment friendly measures. Earth Day is a global reminder of our responsibility to preserve our home for generations to come.…
Prove Indian uranium water mixed with Haor water:PM
Throwing a challenge to BNP, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the party to prove its claim that uranium-contaminated water coming from India got mixed with haor water in Sunamganj. “It’s just an unnecessary propaganda. What type of proof…
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…
Youth can play vital role to protect energy resources
Researchers and development activists here have underscored the role of students and other youth forces for protecting the natural and renewable energy resources. They stressed for building up the youths as enriched and knowledgeable on protection of the energy resources…
Dam-bursts at Pagnar haor on NE Bangladesh damage crops
Dhaka, Apr 24 – The Urar Bondho dam at Pagnar haor in Jamalganj and Dirai upazilas breached at various points in Sunamganj on northeast Bangladesh early Monday, damaging crops on some 9,400 hectares of land.
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…
Environmentalists slam power plant near Sundarban
Mumbai. More than 70 environmental groups have warned the construction of power plants near the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, a mangrove forest that is home to the Bengal tiger, would damage the environment and affect the livelihoods of millions. The coal-fired…
1,200 tonnes fish die in haors of 4 dists: Secy
Dhaka – Over 1,200 tonnes of fish have so far died in several haors (water bodies) of Netrakona, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Kishoreganj districts, said Fisheries and Livestock Secretary Maksudul Hasan Khan on Sunday.Of them, Netrakona saw the most deaths of…
Thousands join March for Science to fight ‘alternative facts’
Thousands of people joined a global March for Science on Saturday with Washington the epicenter of a movement to fight against what many see as an “assault on facts” by populist politicians. US President Donald Trump himself passed dozens of…
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…