A hamburger a week, but no more — that’s about as much red meat people should eat to do what’s best for their health and the planet, according to a report seeking to overhaul the world’s diet.
Category: Environment
Climate change worsen soil salinity across Bangladesh coasts
As a country with a large coastline, the adverse impacts of saltwater intrusion are significant in Bangladesh. Salinity mainly affects land and water in the coastal areas.
Delhi smog: Business offer tech hope to reuse crop biomass
by Nupur Roopa on 16 January 2019 Like in the winters of the previous years, this year too the smog is smothering Delhi and the surrounding areas in north India. Burning of the agricultural residue by farmers is considered as…
Effluent treatment unit at Savar Tannery to work soon
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Tuesday said the work on the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Savar Tannery Estate will complete soon for smooth management of solid waste.
Antarctica ice loss increases six fold since 1979
Global warming is melting ice in Antarctica faster than ever before — about six times more per year now than 40 years ago.
Million dead fish cause environmental stink in Australia
As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of a major river system in drought-battered eastern Australia, and the authorities warned Monday of more deaths to come.
Million dead fish cause environmental stink in Australia
As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of a major river system in drought-battered eastern Australia.
Char people adapting to climate change on Brahmaputra basin
Thousands of people living in riverine char areas have efficiently adapted to climate change to survive and lead normal life under adverse situations on the Brahmaputra basin.
City of London moves to revoke award from Suu Kyi
Dhaka, Jan 12 – City of London Corporation councillors have voted in favour of removing the honorary freedom award granted to Aung San Suu Kyi over her failure to condemn atrocities committed against the Rohingya people in Myanmar.
‘New arrivals’ cloud Rohingya repatriation prospect
The worsening situation in Rakhine brings worries Dhaka, Jan 13 – Despite Bangladesh’s “serious efforts” to resume the halted repatriation process, the recent deteriorating condition in the Rakhine State of Myanmar has brought “much worries” among all concerned, clouding the…
Recast of Delta Plan 2100 based on local experience urged
Dhaka, Dec 12 – The Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 came under serious scrutiny at an international seminar organized in Dhaka on Friday. Speakers at the seminar said that a plan modelled on the Netherlands would not work in Bangladesh because…
World’s oceans are heating up at a quickening pace
The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday.
Bird fair held at Jahangirnagar University
Savar, Jan 11, 2019 (BSS) – The Bird Fair-2019 was held today on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus amid festive mood.
The Left must respond to grievances over immigration
The main challenges facing the left and Western democracies more generally fall into two core categories: economic and social. In recent years a general consensus emerged regarding the former that the left had moved too far in a neoliberal direction…
10 Women4Climate tech challenge finalists announced
C40’s global competition celebrates women innovators and helps accelerate technological solutions to climate change. Winners will see their solution implemented in Paris and Tel Aviv.
The Rohingya – The forgotten genocide of our time
The Rohingya are a minority community living in Rakhine State in Myanmar. The Muslim Rohingya are considered intruders into Buddhist Myanmar – illegal immigrants from bordering Bangladesh. They have been always discriminated against, looked down upon, ostracized, and denied any…
Iguanas reintroduced to Santiago Island in Galapagos
A group of more than 1,400 iguanas have been reintroduced to an Ecuadoran island in the Galapagos archipelago around two centuries after they disappeared from there, authorities said on Monday.
Asian countries dominate in passport power in 2019
Japan goes into the new year holding the 1st place on the Henley Passport Index, with citizens enjoying visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 190 destinations. In a further display of Asian passport power, Singapore and South Korea now sit in joint 2nd…
Zonta, COAST sign MoU to help Rohingyas
Zonta Club of Greater Dhaka on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (COAST) to support Rohingya families in Cox’s Bazar.
Thai, Saudi officials meet over case of young Saudi woman
Thailand’s immigration police chief met Tuesday with officials of the Saudi Embassy in Bangkok, and said the officials told him they are satisfied with how the case of a young Saudi woman who claims to be fleeing her abusive family…
Mass immigration and the growth of inequality
The claim that immigration is economically beneficial appears to be an article of faith amongst those who consider themselves progressive. However, mere changes in total GDP often mean little in terms of the lived reality of society. Much more important…
Turning mangrove trees into sustainable assets
By Stella Paul SHWE THAUNG YAN, Myanmar, Jan 7 2019 (IPS) – In 2015, Worldview International Foundation began a mangrove restoration project, planting saplings of the trees on about 121 hectares of land in Myanmar’s Ayyerwady region.
Stone quarry collapse on NE Bd kills two Companiganj workers
At least two workers have been killed as a stone quarry collapsed while extracting stones in Shah Arefin Tila of Companiganj Upazila on Monday.
US gadget love forecast to grow despite trust issues
The trade group behind the Consumer Electronics Show set to start here Tuesday forecast that US gadget love will grow despite trust and privacy issues hammering the tech world.
One killed in Barisal ferry accident in Southern Bangladesh
A launch passenger was killed and three others were injured as a launch hit another anchored one in the Meghna River at Kaliganj in Mehendiganj upazila early Sunday.
UNHCR seeks clarification from India over return of Rohingya
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has sought clarification from India over the return of Rohingya and regretted the India’s decision.
Human trafficking – Hidden in plain sight
The media globally tends to have a bias to negative, sensational and headline grabbing stories and events and this certainly applies to reporting related to human trafficking in the third world. With the abundance of stories around sweat shops, massage…
Global Warming: Severe Consequences for Africa
Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a path toward unacceptable warming, with serious implications for development prospects in Africa. “Limiting warming to 1.5° C is possible within the laws of chemistry and physics, but doing so…
Community people to become Sundarbans dolphin saviours
The Bangladesh Forest Department has started forming dolphin conservation teams involving community people to protect the endangered aquatic species in the rivers of the Sundarbans.
Nature vs. Infrastructure
by Maxwell Gomera Cambridge – In November 2017, scientists working in Sumatra, Indonesia, made an exciting announcement: they had discovered a new species of orangutan, bringing to seven the number of great ape species globally.