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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Organic vegetable farming favours Gaibandha man

Dhaka, 28 March 2021: Saidur Rahman is a village doctor by profession. But he was struggling to make ends meet with the money he earned by serving the people of Ramnatherbhita village in Gaibandha Sadar upazila. Years back, to find a way out, he started growing rice on the one bigha land that he owns. […]

What the Texas energy crisis means for Bangladesh’s energy security

Dhaka, 23 March, 2021: The energy crisis in Texas has become world news. During extreme winter weather in February, surging electricity demand collided with falling generation, forcing the state's grid operator to implement rolling blackouts. At its peak, at least 4.5 million Texans were without electricity and more than 80 deaths have been attributed to power […]

World Water Day on Monday

Dhaka, 22 March, 2021: World Water Day is held annually on March 22 World Water Day is set to be observed in the country on Monday, under the theme “water and climate change.” President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the eve of the day, reports BSS. The president in […]

Nature-based solutions for our towns and cities

Dhaka, 22 March, 2021: When we talk about nature-based solutions (NbS)—that is protecting, managing, restoring or creating ecosystems for the benefit of the people and biodiversity—we almost always think of wilderness or rural areas. We think of famous forests like the Sundarbans, large wetlands like Hakaluki Haor or Chalan Beel, or impressive plantations of the […]

The era of urban farming

Dhaka, March 21, 2021: Mujibor Rahman (not his real name), an expatriate living in the Middle East for the last 15 years, returned to his home-country in May last year due to the economic fallout in the country of his employmentand the subsequent termination of his job. Rahman, already in his late 50s, worked as […]

Is poaching behind low tiger population in Bangladesh?

Dhaka, March 16, 2021: Between 2000 and 2018, Bangladesh authorities found 44 tigers – almost half the current population – killed by poachers and rescued seven alive. The latest government reports from May put the number of tigers in Bangladesh at 114 – a paltry increase from 106 in 2015. In the same period of […]

Food security deteriorated in Bangladesh: FAO

Dhaka, 21 March, 2021: United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has placed Bangladesh in a list of countries that require external assistance for food to brave "severe localised food insecurity". The list includes 45 countries, including nine Asian countries. Economic constraints due to effects of Covid-19, monsoon floods and high prices of staple foods […]

জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন রোধে ছাদ বাগান কি সহায়ক হতে পারে

ঢাকা, ১৪ মার্চ, ২০২১: জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন রোধে ছাদ বাগান কি সহায়ক হতে পারে? জলবায়ুর পরিবর্তন রোধে’ রাজশাহীর এক কিশোর নিজ উদ্যোগে ছাদে গড়ে তুলেছেন বাগান। ছাদ বাগানের মাধমে কার্বনডাইঅক্সাইডের পরিমাণ কমিয়ে পরিবেশ দূষণ ও জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন রোধ করা সম্ভব বলে মনে করছে জুবায়ের ইবনে ফাহিম নামের ওই কিশোর। ছাদ বাগান থেকে বিভিন্ন ফলমূল, শাকসবজি যেমন […]

The legal framework on biodiversity conservation

Dhaka, 10 March, 2021: The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic reminds us the fact that if we destroy biodiversity, we actually collapse the system that supports human life to exist. The significance of biodiversity to ensure human well-being and to achieve sustainable development is undeniable. The UN Human Rights Council, in its 34th session, underscored that the […]

Bangladesh: Poison-free vegetables being produced in five Cumilla villages

Dhaka, 10 March, 2021: Poison- free vegetables are being produced in the crop fields of five villages of Elliotganj South Union in Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila. About 1,200 metric tonnes of vegetables will be produced from the fields this season. This is the lone union in Chittagong and Sylhet divisions where poison -free vegetables have been […]

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