Dhaka, March 30 – A mild heat wave sweeping over Faridpur, Madaripur, Sitakundu and Rangamati may continue, the Met Office said in its regular weather forecast on Monday. Temperature during the day may remain nearly unchanged but may fall slightly…
Category: Environment
Coronavirus and water: A round-up of global advice
The outbreak of a respiratory illness, known as COVID-19, continues to spread around the world. With one of the primary pieces of advice to regularly wash hands thoroughly to prevent the transfer of the disease, it means more than ever…
World Water Day India 2020: Top Positive Stories from Farmers
March 21, 2020 SANDRP The theme for World Water Day 2020 is ‘Water and Climate Change’. Indeed the changing climate has been altering the weather system in multiple ways. Extreme weather events like flash floods, intense heat, prolonged droughts, intense…
Water resources essential part of solution to climate change
World Water Day: Often overlooked, water resources are an essential part of the solution to climate change On World Water Day, the United Nations launched a flagship report which says that reducing both the impacts and drivers of climate change…
Air quality picking up in quarantined countries
Air quality is improving in countriesunder coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change.
Dhaka’s air worst again in AQI even after shower: Citizens at risk
Dhaka, March 21 – Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka topped the list of cities with the worst air in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning even though the city experienced brief shower on the evening before.
All 11 dam projects violate Ganga environmental flow notice
March 19, 2020 SANDRP A review of the Indian Central Water Commission (CWC) monitoring reports of all four quarters of 2019 reveals that all the eleven projects that were being monitored in Ganga basin have violated the mandatory Environment flows…
Bangladesh to declare water emergency in northwest
Authorities hope to force farmers to shift away from growing water-guzzling rice in a race to save depleting water tables The Bangladesh government is about to declare a “state of water emergency” in the drought-prone Barind tract in the northwest…
Manipur pledge to strengthen efforts for free flow of rivers
Dimapur, March 14 (EMN): Kangoi Khullen and Kangoi Khunnou village authorities, Centre for Research and Advocacy (CRA) Manipur and Citizens Concern for Dams and Development (CCDD) on Saturday observed International Rivers Day on Saturday, with the theme “Let the rivers…
Dhaka’s air very unhealthy for all residents, worst in the world
Dhaka, March 08 – Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI and it was classified as hazardous on Sunday morning.
Myanmar lawyer details crimes against Rohingyas in 2013
Myanmar’s legal counsel in an ongoing genocide trial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) once compared the government’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims to Nazi Germany’s treatment of Jews during the Holocaust, according to a previously unreleased video footage of…
Kobadak now a garbage dumping ground in Chougachha
The Kopotakkho River flowing beside the Chougachha town in Jashore district has turned into a garbage dumping ground, thanks to indiscriminate dumping of industrial and household wastes and negligence of the authorities concerned.
No respite for Dhaka dwellers, it’s air again worst in world
Dhaka, March 4 – Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka topped the list of cities with worst air in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Wednesday morning.
Harmful chemicals found in eight fairness creams: BSTI
Dhaka, March 02 – Bangladesh Standards & Testing Institution (BSTI) has found chemicals in eight fairness cream, which they said is very harmful to human health.
Greece Suspends Asylum as Turkey Opens Gates for Migrants
The military deployed troops to the Greek border with Turkey, warned migrants by text message not to cross and announced summary deportations.
Experts for joint river management for Dhaka-Delhi ties
DHAKA – Experts at a seminar today stressed the need for proper watershed management of the common rivers aiming to establish people-to-people connectivity between Bangladesh and India. “…same rivers, same water and same soil, basically we have the same ecosystem,”…
‘Water-sharing on 7 rivers likely to be finalised this year’
Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday said Bangladesh and India are working to finalise an agreement on water sharing of seven common rivers within this year.
North East India Ramsar Wetlands in Crisis
North East India Ramsar Wetlands in Crisis: March 1, 2020SANDRP There are three Ramsar sites in eight states of north east India which includes Deepor Beel in Assam, Loktak lake in Manipur and Rudrasagar in Tripura. There are no Ramsar…
Power-water tariff hike: BNP announces nationwide protest
Describing the government’s move to increase the tariffs of power and water as an ‘anti-people move’, BNP has decided to organise human chain programmes across the country, including the capital, on Monday in protest against it.
Coronavirus: Nasa images show China pollution clear amid slowdown
Satellite images have shown a dramatic decline in pollution levels over China, which is “at least partly” due to an economic slowdown prompted by the coronavirus, US space agency Nasa says.
3 killed in Moghbazar building fire; probe body formed
A five-member committee was formed to investigate the fire that broke out at a multi-story building on Dilu Road in city’s Moghbazar area early Thursday killing three people.
Dhaka’s air again worst in globe, posing health risk to all
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka again ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) for the second consecutive day on Thursday.
New Dhaka mayors, councillors sworn in
Dhaka, Feb 27 – The newly-elected mayors and councillors of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) took oath of office on Thursday morning.
Biodiversity fundamental for global food systems, uplift
24 February 2020 – Because the production of everything we eat transforms the environment, the United Nations agriculture chief told a high-level UN meeting on biodiversity that careful discussions are needed to decide on the scale of acceptable transformations.
All in Dhaka at health risk: City again worst in air quality
Dhaka, Feb 24 – The residents of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka are at health risk as the megacity ranked top among cities with worst air quality on Monday morning.
Dhaka ranks worst again for third day, air very unhealthy
Dhaka, Feb 20 – Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka again ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning.
Small forest patches act as islands and corridors of biodiversity
by Sahana Ghosh on 19 February 2020 • Identification of smaller forest pockets that still hold high levels of biodiversity is essential for conservation. • Connecting smaller protected forests to larger ones can ensure movement of animals so that there…
Religious establishments built along rivers to be relocated
The government will take a project to relocate religious and educational establishments built within the boundaries of rivers in and around Dhaka, said State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Wednesday.
737 Max: Debris found in new planes’ fuel tanks
Boeing’s crisis-hit 737 Max jetliner faces a new potential safety issue as debris has been found in the fuel tanks of several new planes which in storage, awaiting delivery to airlines.
Dhaka Wasa’s tariff-hike proposal irrational: TIB
Dhaka, Feb 19 – Wasa proposes to increase the price of water from Tk 11.57 to Tk 20 per unit at the residential level and from Tk 37.04 to Tk 65 at the commercial level (overall upto 80 percent), which…