The 8th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change concluded in Kathmandu on Wednesday with a declaration on financing local adaptation efforts and a call for reaching all the climate funds to the local communities.
Category: Environment
Scientists probe Earth’s last warm phase
Scientists now have a fuller picture of what happened at the poles during the last warm phase on Earth.
Antibiotic resistance now ‘global threat’, WHO warns
Resistance to antibiotics poses a “major global threat” to public health, says a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO).
IDCOL wins Asia Power and Electricity Award
Bangladesh’s Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has won the ‘Asia Power and Electricity Award 2014’ in the category of ‘Solar Project of the Year’. A press release on Wednesday said the award was given for IDCOL’s efforts, accomplishments, and positive…
Solar power becomes popular in Barguna
Solar power plant is becoming popular in six upazilas of the district as it gives uninterrupted power supply with low cost.
Jute cultivation continues in Mymensingh
Jute farmers of the district are showing keen interest to cultivate jute during the current season.
Agro-processing enterprises prospects bright in Rajshahi region
Prospects of agro-processing enterprises is bright in the Rajshahi region as it produces surplus crops especially food-grains, fruits and vegetables, business leaders, bankers, agronomists and researchers reveal.
Allocation of more fund for disaster management urged
Speakers at a discussion on Tuesday urged the government for allocating more money for scaling up the disaster resilience of the coastal regions. Speaking at the inauguration of a photo exhibition and a discussion meeting at the Jatiya Press Club,…
Concern at Sunderbans risks not coal-fired project: German envoy
German ambassador in Dhaka Albrecht Conze’s concerns about the Bangladesh-India joint Rampal power plant are not directed at a coal-fired project but the environmental risk it poses to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. The ambassador said on Tuesday…
Bumper banana production expected in CHT
Growers and Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) are expecting a bumper production of banana in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) during the current season.
Naogaon fishers, farmers struggle as rivers running dry
The plights of farmers and fishermen dependent on rivers in the district are mounting day by day due to indiscriminate water pollution and river encroachment in addition to the diversion of water from the transboundary rivers and their tributaries on…
Fire fighting equipment import duty waived
Bangladesh has announced the waiver of duty on the import of fire-safety equipment in the first US-Bangladesh Ticfa meeting in Dhaka on Monday with a view to “solving problems”. Assistant US Trade Representative for South Asia Michael Delaney, who led…
‘Most Earth-like planet yet’ spotted by Kepler
By Rebecca Morelle The rocky planet, Kepler 186f, is close to the size of Earth and has the potential to hold liquid water, which is critical for life, the team says. Nestled in the Milky Way, it is part of…
United efforts to secure water of common rivers must: IFC New York
The International Farakka Committee (IFC) New York Inc. at a meeting held in New York on Sunday strongly protested the unilateral withdrawal of water of common rivers at upstream in India and said this amounted to an activity against humanity,…
500,000 improved cooking stoves installed in B’desh
German Development Cooperation and the Department of Environment on Sunday celebrated theuhrawardy success of installing 500,000 Bondhu Chulas (Improved Cooking Stoves) all over Bangladesh.
Annular solar eclipse Tuesday
An annular eclipse of the sun will occur on Tuesday. The eclipse will start at 9 hours 52 minutes 36 seconds Bangladesh time and will end at 14 hours 14 minutes 30 seconds. The central eclipse will start at 11…
Scottish universities given funding for low carbon projects
Three Scottish universities are to receive £20m as part of a scheme to help Scotland meet its carbon emission reduction targets.
Fuel-efficient 3-wheel car hits 15,000 orders
You wouldn’t think a small, green, three-wheeled vehicle would be the perfect recipe for creating a buzz in the car world.
Farmers expect bumper Boro production in Gaibandha, likely to fall in Rangpur
Farmers of all the seven upazilas in the district are expecting a bumper production of Boro paddy during the current season.
Boro output likely to drop in Rangpur for irrigation crisis
Boro paddy output in 12 upazilas in Rangpur (agricultural) region will fall drastically due to the lack of irrigation under the Teesta Barrage Project during the current season, observed farmers and officials. About 65,000-hectare land was cultivated for the dry-season…
Are large dams economical?
From: Editor, The Ecologist A study of 245 large dams carried out at Oxford University shows that big hydropower is uneconomic. Actual costs are typically double pre-construction estimates – and have not improved over 70 years.
Agencies, regulators step up to combat ‘pirate fishing’
ENN Staff A new study shows that a surprisingly large amount of the seafood sold in U.S. markets is caught illegally. In fact, 90 percent of U.S. seafood is imported, and according to a new study in the journal Marine Policy, as…
‘Sudden rise, fall in Teesta flow poor quality drama’
Addressing a discussion meeting at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday termed the sudden rise and the fall in Teesta water flow as a poor quality drama. “It is nothing but a joke that the water…
Mainstreaming of climate change issues in media urged
Speakers at a meeting yesterday emphasised the need for bringing the climate change issues in the mainstream of the media much more to face their impacts to the people. Addressing the yearly evaluation meeting of Network on Climate Change, Bangladesh…
BNP’s Teesta long march failed: Obaidul
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the long march of BNP towards Teesta Barrage was a failure one. “BNP leaders indeed made a very insignificant car march in the name of long march,” he said while inspecting the renovation…
Deadly floods engulf northern Afghan villages
At least 43 people have been killed and hundreds of villagers left stranded in devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan, officials say.
Agreement reached on deep sea mining
Plans to open the world’s first mine in the deep ocean have moved significantly closer to becoming reality.
26m Bangladeshis deprived of ‘improved’ water
Arsenic, industrial pollution, salinity, decrease in groundwater level major reasons. Around 26 million people in Bangladesh do not have access to “improved” drinking water, say Unicef and the World Health Organisation. Bangladesh is among the 10 countries that are home…
Dhaka hottest in five decades
Temperature in capital Dhaka on Thursday soared to a sizzling 40.2 degrees Celsius, the highest in five decades, the Met Office said. Its forecast officer Abul Kalam Mollick told bdnews24.com: “This is the second highest temperature in Dhaka. The previous…
Govt plans solar-power plants
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed renewable energy to meet the ever increasing demand for power in Bangladesh. She also said the government had plans to install solar power plants. Austrian Ambassador to Dhaka Bernhard Wrabetz said his country was…