Dhaka will sign a Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hague and the World Bank next month outlining the framework of cooperation in Water Sector. The tripartite MoU would be signed during the upcoming visit of Dutch minister for Foreign…
Bobby Ramakant (CNS): Key consultative processes have been going on globally to gather the broadest voices with the intent to effectively shape the post-2015 sustainable development agenda. In the Asia Pacific region there is a considerable effort put in to…
The International Farakka Committee (IFC), New York at a discussion meeting commemorated the Farakka Long March of 16 May 1976 and urged the government of Bangladesh to take initiatives for integrated management of all common rivers including the Teesta. The…
Experts in a function here yesterday stressed the need for farming jute and its expansion in larger scale through adopting latest technologies to take the agri-sector ahead further for country’s economic emancipation.
Anaesthetic gases may help doctors to cause temporary loss of sensation in patients and carry out surgery smoothly, but by accumulating in the Earth’s atmosphere, they also contribute to climate change, says a new study.Over the past decade, concentrations of…
Water experts and activists at a discussion meeting at the Tangail Public Library on Saturday underlined the need for raising awareness of the people about the need for sustained flow of the common rivers for Bangladesh’s existence, life, livelihood, environment…
The Historic “Farakka Long-March Day” will be observed tomorrow (Saturday) in the country commemorating populist leader Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani’s huge long march towards Farakka Dam 39 years back. Different socio-political organisations chalked out various programmes to mark the…
By Thalif Deen United Nations, May (IPS) – Virtually every major international conference concludes with a “programme of action” (PoA) – described in U.N. jargon as “an outcome document” – preceded by a political declaration where 193 member states religiously…
South Africa has lost 393 rhinos this year, despite intensified efforts to protect the endangered animal from poaching, according to official data.The Kruger National Park (KNP), one of Africa’s biggest game reserves in north-eastern South Africa, continued to bear the…
Mango farmers and traders in various parts of the region are concerned by the large number of green mangoes that have been torn from the trees by the recent nor’westers and hailstorms.The unfavourable weather follows the earlier attack by leaf…
An eye bumper production of juicy tasteful jackfruit is likely in this season as the weather condition is most favorable for growing it. Harvesting of the fruits will begin from coming month in the district this season, official sources said.…
Wide-ranging promotion of rice-wheat- mugbean cropping pattern in bed planting system could be the effective means of making yield of those double in the region including its vast barind tract. Agricultural scientists and researchers told BSS that the on- farm…
Danielle Nierenberg Recent reports from both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and theNational Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have confirmed 2014 as the hottest year on record. Average global temperatures and sea levels are on the rise, and…
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman made a presentation at the third Advisory Council Meeting of UNEP’s inquiry on ‘Design of a Sustainable Financial System’ held in Zurich, Switzerland on 05 May 2015. The meeting was attended by all…
A cargo vessel carrying potash fertilizer capsized in the Bhola River at Swarankhola Range of the Sundarbans East Zone. Amir Hossain Chowdhury, Divisional Forest Officer of the Sundarbans East Zone, has said that the cargo vessel – ‘Jabalenoor’ – ran…
Indiscriminate use of current nets in the coastal waters of the Sundarbans and adjacent areas has put fish resources there in peril. Breeding of different species of fish is being hampered beside the fish resources being destroyed largely.
As paddy farmers across the district have started harvesting the Boro crops, its price remain very low at the growers’ level.Per maund of Boro paddy is selling at Tk 300 -Tk 420 at the growers’ level, and between Tk 400…
The High Court on Monday asked the government to immediately take effective measures to stop within 24 hours the earth filling and dam construction works in the Gomti River in Muradnagar upazila, Comilla. An HC bench comprising Justice Kazi Reza-Ul…
A team of German and Canadian researchers have discovered areas with extremely low levels of oxygen, called dead zones, in the tropical North Atlantic, off the coast of West Africa.The levels measured in these ‘dead zones’, inhabitable for most marine…
A team of German and Canadian researchers have discovered areas with extremely low levels of oxygen, called dead zones, in the tropical North Atlantic, off the coast of West Africa. The levels measured in these ‘dead zones’, inhabitable for most…
The use of air conditioning may rise dramatically by the end of the century, requiring far more electricity and sending pollutants into the atmosphere at unprecedented rates, researchers warned Monday. Refrigerators and air conditioners release hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which can be…
By Ermelinda Dias Water is identified as 3rd largest risk in the World Economic Forum Risk Report, 2015. Water resources are constantly under pressure due to increasing population and changing lifestyles, pollution and overuse. A growing population pressure on finite…
The government has taken two mega agricultural development programmes seeking to enhance the capacity of farmers and improve water management and agri-business, and thus pull some one-fifth population of the country out of poverty. According to official documents obtained by…
Farmers of Bogra district are hopeful of achieving bumper production of Chilly in this season as the agricultural imputes are provided by local Department of Agriculture Extension. Besides, the favourable climate condition also helps to grow bumper chilly.
Experts at a farmers’ filed day have stressed on adoption of the Conservation Agriculture (CA)-based technologies for boosting maize production at reduced cost to ensure food security under adverse climate.
A mild earthquake jolted Dhaka and other parts of the country again on Monday during Magreb prayers. The tremor, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, was felt around 6:35 pm. However, there was no immediate report of any damage or…
Ocean assets such as fisheries, shipping lanes and tourism are worth $24 trillion and produce an annual value of $2.5 trillion from their outputs, says a latest report by the conservation group World Wide Fund (WWF).
A strong earthquake rocked Bangladesh country on Saturday making panic-stricken people to come out of their homes and workplaces and educational institutions.In Dhaka two people were reported killed in rush to run down buildings in panic while several buildings were…
Economic output by the world’s oceans is worth $2.5 trillion a year, rivalling nations such as Britain or Brazil, but marine wealth is sinking fast because of over-fishing, pollution and climate change, a study saidon Thursday.
Japanese authorities have detected an unusually high level of radiation around playground equipment in a Tokyo park, report local media. The park, in the Toshima ward in central Tokyo, has been fenced off.