Dhaka, Dec 24 – Some 4 million palm trees were planted across the country to minimise the impacts of lightning strikes and casualties as the government declared it as a natural disaster in 2015.
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Dhaka, Dec 24 – Some 4 million palm trees were planted across the country to minimise the impacts of lightning strikes and casualties as the government declared it as a natural disaster in 2015.
20 December 2019 – Devastating drought in the southern African nation of Lesotho has left more than half a million people facing severe food shortages and tens of thousands “one step away from famine”, UN humanitarians said on Friday, in…
By Desmond Brown MADRID, Dec 12 2019 (IPS) – Commonwealth countries, including those in the Caribbean, continue to push for more ambition, following reports that a few very influential parties have stymied efforts to respond to the climate emergency.
In addition to imported smartphones, prices of ice-cream, cigarette, edible oil and different food products are likely to go up as the government has proposed rise in taxes or duties on these. Imported gold, locally made bread, biscuit and agricultural…
Big, old trees are in decline throughout the world, which spells trouble for the forests in which they play such an important role, a new study finds.