The wild frontier of animal welfare Earth Day 2021: Restore Our Earth Soil degradation: the problems and how to fix them How We Can Put a Halt to Biodiversity Loss Rhino numbers recover, but new threats emerge Govt afforests over 25,000 hectares of land in nearly three years How to stop discarded face masks from polluting the planet How plastics contribute to climate change Unplanned industrialisation killing the Sutang river ‘Covid-19 medical waste disposal neglected’
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কীর্তনখোলায় পলিথিন-প্লাস্টিক ও অপচনশীল বর্জ্য, হুমকির মুখে পরিবেশ ও জীববৈচিত্র্য

ঢাকা, ১৭ নভেম্বর, ২০২০: পলিথিন-প্লাস্টিক ও অপচনশীল বর্জ্য অবাধে ফেলা হচ্ছে বরিশালের কীর্তনখোলাসহ দক্ষিণাঞ্চলের বিভিন্ন নদ-নদীতে। এতে পানিদূষণের পাশাপাশি নদীর পরিবেশ-প্রতিবেশ ও জীববৈচিত্র্য হুমকির মুখে পড়েছে আগেই। এখন নতুন বিপদ শুরু হয়েছে কীর্তনখোলা খনন করতে গিয়ে। তলদেশে পলিথিনের স্তর এতটাই পুরু হয়েছে যে খননকাজ বিঘ্নিত হচ্ছে। ৪০ কিলোমিটার দৈর্ঘ্যের কীর্তনখোলা দক্ষিণাঞ্চলের নৌ যোগাযোগের প্রধান মাধ্যম। […]

Sundarbans reopens to tourists after 7 months

Dhaka, 16 November, 2020: 700-800 visitors enter the Sundarbans on 16-17 ships on the first day of reopening File Photo (Collected) The Sundarbans, a Unesco World Heritage Site, reopened its door to tourists on Sunday after a seven-month closure because of the ongoing pandemic. On the first day of reopening, 700-800 visitors entered the world's largest […]

ঢাকায় প্লাস্টিক দূষণ ৪ নদীতে ৩০ হাজার টন প্লাস্টিক

ঢাকা, ১৬ নভেম্বর, ২০২০: ওয়েস্ট কনসার্ন-এর জরিপের তথ্য। মানুষের ব্যবহার করা মাস্ক ও গ্লাভসের ৯২ শতাংশ খাল-বিল-নালা হয়ে নদীতে পড়ছে। প্লাস্টিক ও পয়োবর্জ্য ফেলায় বুড়িগঙ্গার পানি এমনিতেই দূষিত। এর মধ্যে প্রতিদিন ধোয়া হচ্ছে নোংরা পলিথিন। এতে আরও দূষিত হচ্ছে নদী। সম্প্রতি কামরাঙ্গীরচর এলাকায়ছবি: তানভীর আহাম্মেদ শিল্পকারখানা আর শহরের পয়োনিষ্কাশনের সব বর্জ্য নিয়ে ফেলা হচ্ছে নদীতে। […]

Bangladesh uses only 8.0pc of mitigation funding for climate change: Study

Dhaka, 15 November, 2020: While the lion's share of mitigation funding for climate change in Bangladesh comes from international sources, only 8. 0 per cent of it is spent on mitigation activities, a latest study has found. Besides, only 15 per cent of the funding from international sources has been disbursed so far, the study […]

Agriculture Secy: BADC working to ensure food security

Dhaka, 12 November, 2020: BADC seeds need to be more accessible to farmers, the agriculture secretary said Agriculture Secretary Md Mesbahul Islam said Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) will be working to ensure food security in the country and also contribute to the outside world.  He said: "Apart from agricultural production, we want to ensure […]

Spinach bringing profit for Bogura farmers

Dhaka, 12 November, 2020: Farmers are making a substantial profit from the early winter variety spinach in Bogura district thanks to a bumper yield and fair market price of the vegetable. They are selling each kilogram of spinach at Tk70 to Tk 90 in the retail market and at Tk 60 to Tk 65 in […]

Jane Hetherington: The covid impact on children’s mental health

Dhaka, 11 November, 2020: Jane Hetherington is a town councillor and a mental health specialist who lives in Ramsgate. The Ofsted report on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic across the sectors it inspects and regulates has today (November 10) revealed that children have been hit hard by school closures – either during the first […]

Virtual exhibition on forest biodiversity

Dhaka, 11 November, 2020: Forests host an estimated 80 percent of all terrestrial species of animals, plants and insects. The diverse species which inhabit vast forest landscapes play a key role in keeping forest ecosystems healthy and productive. Globally, biodiversity loss is taking its toll on the world’s forests: when animals and organisms disappear from […]

Bangladesh keen to work with Sweden in renewable energy sector: Nasrul

Dhaka, 11 November, 2020: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has expressed Bangladesh's interest to work with Sweden in the clean and renewable energy sector. He conveyed such interest to newly appointed Swedish Ambassador Alexandra Berg Von Linde when he met him at his office in Power Division on Tuesday. They […]

By century’s end wildlife habitats could shrink by a quarter

Dhaka, 10 November, 2020: As the global human population continues to grow with ever more mouths to feed, many remaining wildlife habitats continue to shrink to make way for yet more agricultural land. Already mammals, birds and amphibians around the planet have seen their natural habitat range shrink by 18% on average over just three […]

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