Water experts at a workshop in the city on Friday emphasized strengthening regional cooperation and sharing knowledge and experience to address water problems in the South Asian countries. It is imperative to have regional cooperation for river basin management targeting…
When a powerful storm destroyed her riverside home in 2009, Jahanara Khatun lost more than the modest roof over her head. In the aftermath, her husband died and she became so destitute that she sold her son and daughter into…
The Community Blogers’ Forum on Friday staged a human chiar in front of the Natonal press club. Members of the forum carried banners with messages urging people to give up smoking and instead take a flower. Mostafa Kamal Majumder, editor,…
Rice cultivation in many northwestern districts have long been facing greater difficulties for inadequate irrigation during the dry or Boro season due to the depletion of groundwater table, reveal some recent surveys. This depletion of groundwater is actually linked to…
The Danish zoo that earned the ire of the animal-loving world for killing Marius the giraffe (and then feeding him to lions in front of a class of children) is under attack again for euthanizing four perfectly healthy lions.
Two people in England have developed tuberculosis after contact with a domestic cat, Public Health England has announced.
Farmers in Satkhira are getting interested in cultivating sunflower gradually finding it to be a profitable venture for their economic uplift.
A kangaroo in a Siberian zoo who was thought to be male has surprised everyone by delivering a baby, it appears. “It has a lovely face and a beautiful little tail,” Barnaul Zoo, says, describing the young kangaroo on its…
Experts at a training workshop have underscored the need for optimum and safer use of chemical pesticides in crop fields to save the agro-products from poisonous contamination that causes harms to the public health.
Irrigation crisis hits Boro farming in Rangpur Irrigation on 60,500 hectares of Boro land under the Teesta Barrage project area is facing setback in the current season due to abnormal fall of water flow in the Teesta following unrestrained withdrawal…
Plans to expand shale gas “fracking” in the UK must learn from leaks and poor monitoring at existing onshore oil and gas sites, scientists say.
Geneva – There has been no reverse in the trend of global warming and there is still consistent evidence for man-made climate change, the head of the U.N. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday.
Senior scientists and government officials are meeting in Japan to agree a critical report on the impact of global warming.
Irrigation on 60,500 hectares of Boro land under the Teesta Barrage project area is facing setback in the current season due to abnormal fall of water flow in the Teesta following unrestrained withdrawal of water at the upstream of the…
Kuala Lumpur – Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States are working with their counterparts in developing countries to produce an “economical and efficient” means of filtering out bacteria from water using plant xylem that…
Wetter winters in the future could increase agricultural pollution in Britain’s rivers, say scientists.
Observing that the demand for both freshwater and energy will mark a significant increase in the coming days, water experts here on Sunday recommended taking up more water-saving methods in energy production instead of coal- or nuclear-power ventures. Speaking at…
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Md Sayedul Haq on Sunday said the government is keen on promoting research activities to boost hilsa output in the country in tandem with its growing demand. “There’s no alternative to research for boosting hilsa production…
Bumper wheat production has brought smile on the face of farmers of all the 13 upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop during the current season.
Farmers in Magura district have seen a bumper production of vegetables in the current season much to their delight.
Pythons captured and relocated in Florida’s Everglades – where they are an invasive species – returned 23 miles (36km) to their original start point.
The government will buy Boro rice at Tk 31 per kg, raising the procurement price by Tk 2 over the last season.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said on Thursday the government is pushing India to sign the much-delayed agreement on sharing Teesta river water, but ruled out any specific timeframe. “The government’s diplomatic efforts are on to sign the Teesta deal…
US scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur.
Bangladesh on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China to set up a 1320 MW coal-based power plant in Patuakhali, a location also close to the Sundarbans. According to Chinese Ambassador Li Jun in Dhaka, who was present…
Washington — The Obama administration hopes to fight global warming with the geeky power of numbers, maps and even gaming-type simulations.
Bangkok — Thailand’s military said Tuesday that its radar detected a plane that may have been Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 just minutes after the jetliner’s communications went down, and that it didn’t share the information with Malaysia earlier because it…
The Department of Environment (DoE) plans to incorporate a new guideline on industrial sludge management in the environmental regulation, officials said on Tuesday. The officials told a consultation of Bangladesh-Germany joint-project, titled Promotion of Social and Environmental Standards in the…
Farmers have completed the transplantation of boro paddy everywhere in eight districts under Rajshahi division attaining 99 per cent of the target fixed by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) till March 15.
Scientists believe they have detected the first liquid waves on the surface of another world.