Vienna, Oct. 8 (Xinhua/UNB) — Nuclear energy plays an irreplaceable role in tackling climate change and building a green, low-carbon and sustainable energy system, said a Chinese delegate at a UN conference here on Monday.
Category: Environment
Turn waste into wealth: World Habitat Day – clean up cities
7 October 2019 – Waste can have a devastating effect on public health, the environment, and the climate, but cutting-edge innovation and technology can provide improved, cheaper solutions to the challenge, and help cities and communities to see waste as…
Consumer goods giant Unilever vows to slash use of plastic
The Hague, Oct 7 (AP/UNB) — Consumer products giant Unilever, whose brands include Dove soaps and Lipton teas, said Monday it aims to halve its use of non-recycled plastics by 2025.
Dhaka ranks worst in Air Quality Index for two days
Dhaka, Oct 7 (UNB) – Bangladesh’s capital was ranked the worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning for the second consecutive day.
10 missing as passenger boat sinks in Teesta River
Kurigram, Oct 6 (UNB) – Ten people went missing when a passenger boat sank in the Teesta River in Burirhat area under Rajarhat upazila on Sunday noon.
তিস্তা অধরাই, তবু কেন ভারতকে ফেনী নদীর পানি দিল বাংলাদেশ?
বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার চলমান ভারত সফরে তিস্তা নদীর জল ভাগাভাগির ক্ষেত্রে সুনির্দিষ্ট কোনও অগ্রগতি না-হলেও আর একটি অভিন্ন নদী ফেনী থেকে ভারতকে জল দিতে রাজি হয়েছে বাংলাদেশ।
Egypt says Nile dam talks with Ethiopia, Sudan reach deadlock
Cairo, Oct. 6 (Xinhua/UNB) — The recent negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) being built on the Nile River reached a “dead end,” a spokesman for Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation,…
Emirates Air announces major stake in solar energy
Dhaka, Oct 5 – Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), one of the world’s largest catering operations, has successfullycommissioned a state-of-the-art solar power system across its premises, which is expected toreduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3 million kg annually.
Flood levels of Ganga, Mohananda start recoding
Chapainawabganj, Oct 5 (UNB) – The water levels of Padma and Mohananda rivers started receding in the district on Saturday morning.
Hasina, Modi agree on sustainable Rohingya repatriation
Dhaka, Oct 5 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Saturday agreed on the need to expedite “safe, speedy and sustainable” repatriation of Rohingyas to their homes in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.
People waiting to see early signing of Teesta deal: Hasina
Dhaka, Oct 5 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday highlighted that the people of Bangladesh have been waiting to see the early signing and implementation of the framework of interim agreement for the sharing of Teesta waters as…
Can cities save the world?
By Ramesh Bhushal By 2050 two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities, and that infrastructure could be the key to managing the climate crisis, if we act now.
Myanmar is not safe for Rohingyas to return: UN investigator
United Nations, Oct 5 (AP/UNB) — The U.N.’s independent investigator on Myanmar says it’s not safe for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh to return because Myanmar has failed to dismantle its “system of persecution” of…
58,000 people marooned in untimely Chapainawabganj floods
Chapainawabganj, Oct 4– Around 58,000 people in 16 unions of the district have been stranded as the water level of Mahananda and Punorbhaba rivers rose, causing immense suffering to the locals. Roads, houses and cropland were inundated as the rivers…
130 Bangladesh workers sent back home from KSA
Dhaka, Oct 4 (UNB) – Some 130 Bangladeshi workers were sent back home from Saudi Arabia on Thursday night amid a crackdown on undocumented workers.
Settle water-sharing issue on basin-wide management: IFC
Dhaka, Oct 3 (UNB) – International Farakka Committee has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to pursue for settling the water-sharing issue on basin-wide management of the Teesta and other common rivers during her India visit to save the rivers’ natural…
2 pilots among 7 killed in B-17 crash in Connecticut
Windsor Locks, OCT 4 (AP/UNB) — A pilot with more than 7,000 hours of experience flying a B-17 and his co-pilot were among seven people killed when the bomber crashed and burned at a Connecticut airport, officials said Thursday.
18 chars flooded in Natore as Ganga River continues to rise
Eighteen chars in three unions of Lalpur upazila of the district were submerged as Padma River continued to swell, causing immense sufferings to the residents of the areas.
Dhaka ranks worst in Thursday Air Quality Index
Dhaka, Oct 3 (UNB) – Bangladesh’s capital was ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning.
Fire damages Gazipur fabric waste Jhut warehouses
Gazipur, Oct 3 – Eight warehouses of jhut (waste fabric from woven and knit garments) were gutted in a fire at Ambag in the city’s Konabari area on early Thursday.
Barbados PM warns of mass migration for climate crisis
By Desmond Brown UN, Oct 1 2019 (IPS) – The Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley tells IPS her patience is running thin, as she challenges the world to tackle the climate crisis.
45 Rohingyas arrested in Chattogram
A number of Rohingyas, who had escaped from the camp in Cox’s Bazar, were arrested from a house at Keshabpur Molla area in Sitakunda upazila around Tuesday midnight.
Surplus 2019 monsoon in India proves IMD and Skymet wrong
October 1, 2019 SANDRP Though South West Monsoon has not even started withdrawing from India, the IMD (India Meteorological Department) Press Release on Sept 30, 2019 has rather bureaucratically declared: “The 2019 southwest monsoon season comes to end with above…
Multinationals pretend to solve plastic crisis: Greenpeace
Chris Greenberg cgreenberg@greenpeace.org Washington DC, United States – A Greenpeace USA report released today, Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have It Wrong on Plastic Pollution “Solutions,” warns consumers to be skeptical of the so-called solutions announced by multinational…
Disaster risk reduction activities launched in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka, Oct 1 (UNB) – UN agencies on Tuesday launched the second phase of their Disaster Risk Reduction activities in the host community of Cox’s Bazar, alongside partners and local authorities.
Padma Water Plant to supply 540mn litres of water to Dhaka
Munshiganj, Sept 30 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to formally inaugurate the Padma (Jashaldia) Water Treatment Plant, a dream project of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Dwasa), on October 10.
3 unions in Natore flooded as Ganga water keeps rising
Natore, Sept 30 (UNB)- Flashflood caused by rise of water level in the Padma in River in the last few days inundated low-lying areas and winter vegetable fields in 18 char lands in three unions under Lalpur upazila .
Rohingya issue is a shame for Myanmar, says PM Hasina
New York, Sept 30 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it is a matter of shame and disgrace for Myanmar that its citizens have taken shelter in another country as refugees.
Migrants in Greece set fires at camp; at least 1 killed
Athens, Sep 29 (AP/UNB) — Migrants protesting at an overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos set fires and clashed with police Sunday, killing at least one person, authorities said.
BD constructing 45 terminal pontoons for river ports
Narayanganj, Sept 29 (UNB) – As part of the move to develop the country’s shipping sector utilising the blue economy, the government is building 45 terminal pontoons to install those at different river ports.