McDonald’s french fries might not be the best things for your health, but they could soon be a little less destructive for the planet. On Tuesday, the fast food giant announced that it planned to eliminate any links to deforestation…
Category: Environment
The most poisonous animal on earth
Karl Gruber In the midst of the hot and humid Colombian rainforest a nearly naked man walks silently among the trees, looking for his next meal. Spotting a distracted monkey, the hunter readies his blowgun and darts. One shot will…
Rural people get safe drinking water in Barind
In the wake of implementation of a project, many villagers including the high Barind tract are getting safe drinking water for the last couple of years.
Ivory-smuggling destination Thailand makes “biggest seizure” of tusks
Thai customs officials have seized four tonnes of ivory worth $6 million, authorities said on Monday, in what the department called the largest bust of its kind in Thailand’s history.
Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize: The journey to water sustainability
By Jessica Cheam and Jean Chua Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy in helping the country achieve water sustainability is embodied in one of the water industry’s most treasured awards, the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize. Four decades…
Nor’wester 17, 000 families affected in Mymensingh
Over 17, 000 families in 46 unions under six upazilas of the district were badly affected by the Saturday’s Nor’wester.
‘Expand sugar beet cultivation as substitute to sugarcane’
Experts at a day-long farmers’ field day stressed expanded cultivation of tropical sugar beet as an effective substitute to sugarcane in increasing production of sugar and molasses. The weather condition of Bangladesh is suitable for sugar beet farming, its sweetness…
Govt urged to press for holistic management of Teesta river
Water experts and activists at a roundtable in Dhaka city on Saturday underlined the need for greater awareness among the people to compel the government to undertake initiatives for durable and holistic settlement of Teesta water management. Dwelling on ‘Teesta…
46,266 hectares brought under Jute cultivation in Jamalpur
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has brought a total of 46,266 hectares of land under Jute cultivation programme to produce 493,881 bales of jute during the current season.
Mango farmers commercially use fruit bagging technology in Rajshahi, Chapai
For the first time in the region, fruit bagging technology is going to be promoted in mango orchards in Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj commercially during the forthcoming pre-harvest season to protect mango from pest attack besides facilitating the farmers to get…
Beijing to limit motorists on heavily polluted days
Beijing has introduced measures to limit the number of motorists on heavily polluted days, the latest move by authorities in the Chinese capital to battle the choking smog that has blanketed the city in recent years.
Water insecurity costs $500b yearly, hinders global growth
Water insecurity costs the global economy some US$ 500 billion annually, according to Global Water Partnership (GWP). That figure does not take into account environmental impacts so the total drag on the world economy could be 1% or more of…
Thousands of non-native goldfish invade Colorado lake
A handful of goldfish dumped into a Colorado lake, evidently by a pet owner years ago, have reproduced and thousands of the non-native fish now threaten indigenous aquatic species, state wildlife officials say.
‘Halt Ramphal plant construction before proper EIA’
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) on Sunday called for halting the Rampal coal fired power plant construction in the Sunderbans until it is cleared by neutral environmentalists. Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club in Dhaka SAHR…
Compost fertilizer use can help protect soil productivity
Substantial and sustainable uses of organic and compost fertilizer in the farming fields can help protecting the soil nutrients from further degradation.
Farmers expect bumper Boro production in Gaibandha
Farmers of Gaibandha district are expecting a bumper production of Boro paddy in the current season.
Radiation from Fukushima disaster newly detected off Canada’s coast
Radiation from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has for the first time been detected along a North American shoreline, though at levels too low to pose a significant threat to human or marine life, scientists said on Monday.
7 dwelling houses devoured by Meghna in Narsingdi
Seven dwelling houses of Charmodhua village under Raipura upazila were devoured on Monday by sudden erosion of Meghna River.
GM purple tomatoes and pink pineapples
Genetically Modified (GM) heart-healthy purple colored tomatoes and cancer-fighting pink pineapples are awaiting the concerned authority’s approval for release in the United States. Good innovation indeed!
Barind Tract Boro farming command areas achieved
Boro paddy farming in the project command areas of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in the district has been achieved during the current season.
Nor-wester disrupts oower supply in Barisal for hours
Nor-wester disrupted power supply in Barisal for about four hours on Sunday afternoon till night.
Farmers happy for bumper production of wheat
Wheat farmers of all the five upazilas in the district are happy as they got a desired output and fair prices against the crop during the current season.
Drought-prone Barind tract needs conservation agriculture technology
Time has come to wide-ranging and sustainable expansion and promotion of conservation agriculture (CA) based technologies in the drought-prone Barind tract to protect its soil health from further degradation, agricultural scientists and researchers in a discussion here said.
Sunflower farming gains popularity in Khulna
Sunflower farming has started gaining popularity as the nutritious oilseed brings good profit for the farmers in Batiaghata upazila of the district.
Jute cultivation in Gaibandha
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive programme of jute cultivation in the district during the current season.
California used 70 million gallons of water in fracking in 2014
California oil producers used 214 acre-feet of water, equivalent to nearly 70 million gallons, in the process of fracking for oil and gas in the state last year, less than previously projected, state officials told Reuters on Thursday.
A conservator Governor in Northeast India
By Nava Thakuria Assam finds a conservator of wildlife in its Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya, who has made it clear that unlike other Constitutional heads, he would not be a mute spectator in respect of protecting the great Indian one-horned…
Agriculture technology fair begins in Rangamati
A three-day agriculture technology fair began at Rangamati Municiality office premises on Wednesday to disseminate latest agriculture technology know-how among the hilly farmers of the district.
Beijing to limit motorists on heavily polluted days
Beijing has introduced measures to limit the number of motorists on heavily polluted days, the latest move by authorities in the Chinese capital to battle the choking smog that has blanketed the city in recent years.
Mobile court conducts drive against food adulteration in Rangpur
A mobile court of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) in an anti-adulteration drive today fined a bakery and evicted illegal shops from the roadside footpaths in the city, official sources said.