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World Wildlife Day 2021: These Indian NGOs are helping preserve forests, livelihoods

Dhaka, 9 March, 2021: Every year on March 3, World Wildlife Day is celebrated to commemorate the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) by the United Nations. The day aims to raise awareness on flora and fauna. According to CITES, it seeks to shed light on the links […]

Prevent Children’s Exposure to Lead

Dhaka, 7 March, 2021: Lead exposure can cause serious damage to children's developing brains.  Pediatricians play a key role in preventing exposure, identifying and treating lead poisoning in patients, and advocating for public health measures to address the problem. How Are Children Exposed to Lead? Since lead was removed from gasoline and paint and reduced […]

FDA Pledges to Take Action on Heavy Metals in Baby Food

Dhaka, 6 March, 2021: The Food and Drug Administration announced plans aimed at limiting the amount of heavy metals, such as lead and arsenic, in baby food. But consumer advocates said it was unclear how effective the effort would be without further details.   The FDA announcement follows a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee report in […]

Sreemangal tourism on the mende

Dhaka, 6 March, 2021: Tourism in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar has started to bounce back after suffering massive losses from the coronavirus pandemic that has affected almost all sectors of the economy. Traders in the area are very pleased with the increasing number of tourists and believe that business in the sector will continue to […]

Bangladesh: New development plan targets ‘aggressive efforts’ in Renewable Energy generation

Dhaka, 6 March, 2021: A new development strategy, recently unveiled by the Bangladesh government, is targeting “aggressive efforts” and immediately providing required policy support to enhance energy generation from renewables. “During the eighth five-year plan the renewable energy generation strategy will have to be aggressively pursued so that all that is planned gets implemented in […]

How do we tackle the injustices of climate change?

Dhaka, 4 March, 2021: Last week, I wrote about the rather esoteric issue of loss and damage from human-induced climate change and how this issue has been discussed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) over the years, and what might be the possible outcomes at the upcoming 26th Conference of Parties […]

Revitalising Bangladesh’s agriculture sector

Dhaka, 4 March, 2021: Agriculture has consistently been the largest sector in Bangladesh, as in several other developing economies. About 50 percent of the population are employed in this sector and about 70 percent people overall depend on agriculture for their livelihood. A significant proportion of the poor relies on agriculture as the key source […]

Bhadra and Hori rivers are on their deathbeds

Dhaka, 3 March, 2021: The picture on The Daily Star's front page yesterday said it all. The Bhadra, a once, free-flowing river, mercilessly cut up and occupied to make way for brick kilns turning it into a narrow canal that may also be gobbled up by greed. This systematic murder—the High Court has declared rivers as […]

World Wildlife Day 2021: History and significance, theme of the year

Dhaka, 3 March, 2021: World Wildlife Day is observed annually on March 3 to celebrate and raise awareness of the world's flora and fauna. The day is about raising awareness about wildlife and educating yourself and others about the diversity and importance of flora and fauna across the world. In other words, it's the celebration […]

Unnecessary C-Sections: A major public health issue in Bangladesh

Dhaka, March 3, 2021: Caesarean section (C-section) is a surgical procedure used to deliver a baby by cutting an opening in the mother's abdomen. It was developed as a way to enable a safe birth when complications in the pregnancy threatened harm for either the mother or the baby. I did not think a lot […]

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