The High Court yesterday directed the director general of the Department of Environment to immediately close the tanneries that are running at the capital's Hazaribagh and have failed to relocate to the Tannery Industrial Estate in Savar. The court also ordered the DG to disconnect the utility services, including gas, power and water, to the […]
The country is going to observe the 'National Jute Day' on Monday for the first time. The government took the initiative to observe the National Jute Day on March 6 every year to explore potentials of the golden fibre and boost its demand in both local and international markets. The government has chalked out various […]
Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the government to take immediate measures to save endangered wildlife, including by stopping the consumption of endangered varieties of frogs and snakes. They called for the government to enforce the existing Bangladesh Wildlife Protection and Safety Act 2012 properly. They also expressed the need for enhancing the government’s capacity […]
New research indicates the benefits of eating omega-3 fatty acids, but also that pollution particles can penetrate the lungs into many organs, including testiclesSupplements of healthy fats could be an immediate way of cutting the harm caused to billions around the world by air pollution, according to emerging research. However, the research also shows air […]
From algae to fish and polar bears, the loss of habitat caused by global warming is affecting the food chain. In a few days the Arctic’s beleaguered sea ice cover is likely to set another grim record. Its coverage is on course to be the lowest winter maximum extent ever observed since satellite records began. […]
Spring is sprung 26 days earlier than a decade ago, causing problems for the natural cycle of plants and wildlife. It is arriving ever earlier in the northern hemisphere. One sedge species in Greenland is springing to growth 26 days earlier than it did a decade ago. And in the US, spring arrived 22 days early this year […]
If correct, the microfossils, thought to have formed between 3.77bn and 4.28bn years ago, offer the oldest direct evidence of and insight into life on Earth. Scientists say they have found the world’s oldest fossils, thought to have formed between 3.77bn and 4.28bn years ago. Comprised of tiny tubes and filaments made of an iron […]
‘Citizen science’ project launched as FoE survey indicates population outside London overestimates air quality. People across the UK are underestimating the impact of the air pollution crisis in their local areas, according to a new survey. Almost two thirds of respondents said they were concerned about the issue of air pollution, but only one in 10 said […]
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