In the midst of a global pandemic, when the presence of water in our lives has never seemed more important, its future availability has also never been more uncertain.
Category: Environment
Hasina, Modi urged: Sign water treaties to keep rivers alive
In the light of mutual friendship, take some effective steps for basinwide management of common rivers by keeping them alive from their sources to the sea.
Secretary-level talks: Dhaka for Teesta water sharing deal
Bangladesh has emphasised the signing of an interim water sharing agreement of the Teesta River as agreed by Bangladesh and India in 2011.
A Moral Failure: Billions of People lack Safe Drinking Water
Water is integral to sustainable development, but we are well behind on the goals and targets that we have set ourselves.
Lack of entomologists weaken fight against mosquito menace
The city corporations of the country do not have an entomologist on their payroll yet, although their research is crucial for controlling the mosquito population.
Man ‘self immolates’ to avert arrest
A man died after setting himself on fire at the remote Gotiar village river island to escape arrest on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
New elected committee of Baridhara Society
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Baridhara Society was held on February 27, 2021, at Baridhara Park.
3 patients killed in Dhaka Medical College Hospital fire
At least three patients were killed in a massive fire that broke out at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday morning.
Worker dies in Bogura factory fire
A worker was charred to death in a fire that broke out at a mosquito coil factory at Shikarpur in Sadar Upazila early on Saturday morning.
‘Need everyone’s help to protect St Martin’s island’
Dhaka, March 12 : The government is doing everything it can to protect Bangladesh’s only coral island St Martin’s, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin said Friday. He said it is difficult to protect the environment and…
A New Food System Based on Agroecology for Rural-Urban Areas
It is vital that indigenous peoples, local communities and peasant farmers, especially women, are properly included in policy development and decision-making on food systems.
5 of a family hurt in Narayanganj residential flat fire
Five members of a family including a child suffered burn injuries in a fire in the Fatullah area of Narayanganj early Tuesday.
Green Growth Falls Short sans Addressing Gender Inequality
if gender differences are not incorporated into climate change plans, women will be unable to access the co-benefits that arise from concerted climate action.
Protecting Indigenous Languages is Protecting Biodiversity
The extinction of one million species feels rather abstract. We do not know how to speak of the scale of such extinction, except as a mere number: one million!
Woman, two daughters injured in Feni residential fire
A woman and her two daughters suffered burn injuries in a fire that broke out following an explosion at a residential building on Shaheed Shahidullah Kaisar Road in the district town on Friday night, police said.
Bangladesh elected Council member of Int’l Seabed Authority
Bangladesh has been elected member of the Council of the International Seabed Authority for a four-year term from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024.
Dhaka’s air quality remains ‘unhealthy’
Dhaka may no longer be the world’s most polluted city, but the densely populated capital’s air quality still remains ‘unhealthy’.
Wasting food just feeds climate change, new UN report warns
More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, released on Thursday.
1,800 more Rohingyas moved to Bhasan Char
A group of nearly 1,800 refugee Rohingyas set sail for Bhasan Char Thursday, as part of the government’s plan to relocate them to the remote Bay of Bengal island from crammed camps in Cox’s Bazar.
Climate adaptation: Bangladesh for making finance more accessible
Bangladesh has sought support from the UK and other developed countries to ensure concessional finance and access to technology for all developing countries, and LDCs, especially due to the unprecedented socio-economic impacts of Covid-19.
Illegal structures on banks of Dhaka’s canals to be cleared
Minister for LGRD Mohammad Tajul Islam said all types of structures built illegally on the banks of capital’s canals will be demolished, besides dredging the canals.
Dhaka no longer world’s most polluted city
Here’s some good news. Dhaka is no longer the world’s most polluted city. That’s Lahore now.
5th phase relocation: 1070 Rohingyas sail for Bhashanchar
As part of the government plan to relocate Rohingyas to Bhashanchar in Noakhali from Cox’s Bazar, some 1,070 Rohingyas are being taken to the island on Wednesday.
Jashore villagers tackle waterlogging on their own sans WDB
Residents of a cluster of villages in Jashore have taken an initiative to drain the water of 27 beels, including Beel Khukshia on their own.
Forget ILR pipedream, pray for smaller places of worship
NWDA was set up four decades ago to work only on Inter Linking of Rivers (ILR) projects, but even the first project of the grand ILR plan is yet to take off to implementation as envisaged in ILR plan.
Dhaka turns world’s most polluted city on Friday
The densely populated capital of Bangladesh continues to dominate the list of world cities with the worst air quality.
Rohingyas Adrift at Sea: Dhaka for others to share burden
Bangladesh has said it is respectful of its international obligations under UNCLOS reminding that other states should fulfil their obligation under international law.
The Global Insecurity of Climate Change
“We are living in a continuous insecurity due to many factors that put Sudan on top of the list when it comes to climate vulnerability.”
WHO EB discusses pathogen sharing & benefit sharing
On 25-26 January, the Executive Board (EB) of the World Health Organization (WHO) considered the public health implications of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit sharing, a treaty under the Convention Biological Diversity.
How Mango Farmers are Tackling an Invasive Fruit Fly Pest
Every harvest season, Susan Zinoro, a mango farmer from Mutoko, Zimbabwe, buries half the mangoes she’s grown that season.