By Nasseem Ackbarally Port-Louis, Mauritius, Apr (IPS) – An internationally renowned scientist, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim became Mauritius’s sixth president on June 5, 2015 – and one of the few Muslim women heads of state in the world. Her nomination constituted a major…
Dhaka, Apr 22 – Three people, including a woman, were killed in separate lightning strikes in Sandwip upazila and Fatikchhari upazila in Bangladesh’s coastal district of Chittagong on Saturday morning.
Barisal, Apr 22 – A coal-laden cargo vessel capsized in the Kirtonkhola River following a collision with a waterbus in Charbaria area on Saturday.
Dhaka, Apr 22 – Nearly 50 tonnes of fish have died so far in several haors (water bodies) of Sunmaganj district as the oxygen level in the water fell due to formation of ammonia gas, said the Ministry of Fisheries…
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
Sunmaganj – Nearly 50 tonnes of fish have died so far in several haors (water bodies) of the district as the oxygen level in the water fell due to formation of ammonia gas, said the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.…
Google today celebrates Earth Day with a doodle, with the objective of encouraging people across the world to be more environmentally friendly.
Dhaka, Apr 22 – The maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal 3 as steep pressure ‘Gradient’ lies over the North Bay.
Chittagong – About 70 percent of high-rise buildings in the port city will collapse if an earthquake of 7-8 magnitude on the Richter scale hits the city, says a new study of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUST). UNB…
Chittagong – Heavy rain submerged many streets of the port city on Friday, leaving the normal life in disarray. UNB news agency reported
Public representatives and development activists at a community level discussion here mentioned that the present adverse impact of climate change has triggered the sufferings of women to a greater extent in the drought-prone Barind area. They pointed out that women…
Honk Kong – Media OutReach – 21 April 2017 – The 4th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC2017@HK), which is organised by the Hong Kong Climate Change Forum and begins Friday (21 April 2017), aims at accelerating momentum on combating…
The pro-Awami League teachers, known as the Yellow Panel, have won all of the 15 committee posts in the Rajshahi University Teacher’s Association (RUTA) election on Thursday.
Dhaka – The city bus services resumed their operations in the capital Thursday after the government withdrew its embargo on the gate-locked or sitting services.
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…
Cambridge, USA, 19 Apr (Timothy A. Wise) — US President Donald Trump may still deny the harsh realities of climate change, but no one in southern Mozambique has any doubts. They don’t have much food either. The drought of the…
Experts and environmentalists have stressed the need for putting maximum priority on reducing the adverse impacts of climate change and adapting to the situation in all affected sectors in Bangladesh. Agriculture and Environment Coordinator of RDRS Bangladesh Mamunur Rashid said…
Canberra, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) — Australia plans to tighten its citizenship rules to require higher English language skills, longer residency and evidence of integration such as a job, officials said Thursday. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the new citizenship test…
Bogota, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) — A deluge of rain set off landslides that smashed homes and filled streets with mud Wednesday in a mountain city in a coffee-growing part of Colombia, and authorities said at least 17 people were killed…
National Committee to Protect Sundarbans Convenor Sultana Kamal has alleged the government is hiding the correct information about the Rampal coal-fired power plant project from the public. Addressing a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Wednesday, she said the…
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has suspended its drive against ‘sitting or gate lock’ bus services in the city for 15 days. However, the drive will continue against the buses that are charging additional fares and not keeping seats reserved…
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…
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…
Swans glide peacefully over green river waters in the central Croatian area of Karlovac, a tranquil spot popular with fishermen and swimmers that environmentalists fear could be devastated by hydropower projects. Croatia faces a dilemma as it produces no more…
Stutgurt, Germany – As the first spring rays of sun come out the German people like to soaking up the sun in the gardens, parks and outdoor cafes and enjoying eagerly anticipated beginning of the warm season. But Polar air…
Climate change and risks to fossil fuel industry: sustainability train has left the station Dhaka – Commercial activity in fossil fuels is increasingly at odds with global actions to reduce the threat of climate change. Burning coal, oil, and natural…
In the wake of public transport crisis in the capital following a BRTA drive, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday asked the BRTA authorities to review its decision of stopping ‘sitting service’ of buses in a bid…
There were surprised gasps when University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor John Agard told journalists at an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in late November 2016 that mosquitoes were not only living longer, but were “breeding in…
Climate change is becoming a threat to the urban environment and development and livelihood as well the uncertainty that arises due to climate change needs to be considered in the overall urban risk management framework. All the vulnerability issues need…
Trees soak up greenhouse gases, so how do we ensure their protection? Our experts offer seven ideas for the conservation and restoration of forests s1 | Stop subsidising agriculture that harms forests Countries need to stop using outdated fiscal policies…