Environment
EnvironmentLittering threatens haor environment in Kishoreganj
The all-weather Itna-Mithamoin-Austragram road is attracting growing number of tourists to the haor, now a popular tourist destination. It has also become a source of widespread littering by visitors ...
Putin will not attend COP 26 climate summit: Kremlin
Putin’s withdrawal comes with major question marks over the attendance of Chinese president Xi Jinping and India’s prime minister Narendra Modi
By 2500 earth could be alien to humans: Study
Climate projections should not stop at the year 2100 unless CO2 emissions drop significantly, global warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, the American Midwest tropical, and India too hot to ...
Bangladesh knows how to address climate change challenges: EU envoy
Bangladesh has a wealth of ideas on how to address the challenges of climate change both at home and in the wider world. The word of praise has come from the head of the Delegation of European Union ...
Bangladesh on its way toward formulating the National Adaptation Plan
The ministry of environment, ERD and UNDP with support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) organised a strategic planning workshop on 9 October 2021 at the BRAC CDM in Gazipur to discuss the progress ...
Right to healthy environment: States urged to take bold actions
United Nations (UN) high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on states to take bold actions to give prompt and real effect to the right to a healthy environment, ...
Public health threatened
'Toxic river water enters groundwater'
Along with the advancement of economy, the country is also seeing rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. But there is little being done to protect the environment and manage waste
Strong quake hits Greece's biggest island of Crete, one person killed
The quake, which sent people out of their homes and public buildings and caused considerable damage, was described by a Greek seismologist, Efthymios Lekkas, as a "thunderbolt" with strong aftershocks
Interview: Fashion designer Ruwanthi Gajadeera
'It's time to go back to the basics'
Ruwanthi Gajadeera, up and coming young fashion designer of Sri Lanka, has been making waves in sustainable fashion, both in Sri Lanka and internationally too. She has even won accolades and awards ...
Only half of around 1,700 tonnes of daily plastic waste recycled
Around 1,700 tonnes of plastic waste is produced in the country every day and only half of it is recycled, according to the environment department
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