Task force to protect environment
The deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka district has decided to form a task force of concerned government authorities to protect against environmental pollution, especially water pollution, air pollution
New Age (Bangladesh)
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UN climate talks stupid, useless, endless: Maldives
The UN’s talks on climate change are daft and crippled by finger-pointing and the need for consensus, the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, was quoted on Thursday by Le Monde as saying. Nasheed
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Govt to procure more post-disaster rescue equipment
The government will procure more equipment costing Tk 115 crore this year for post-disaster rescue and evacuation drives with a view to minimising its loss. ‘We’ve already procured equipment worth Tk
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Environmentalists call for toilets on Everest
An environmental group is asking the Nepal government to consider installing portable toilets on Mount Everest for climbers caught short at the roof of the world. Eco Himal says the thousands of trekkers
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Global conference focuses on the poors’ poor access to sanitation facilities
Professionals and activists at a global conference on sanitation and hygiene on Wednesday stressed the need for coordinated efforts from the government and non-government organizations to remove institutional
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One-third of Thailand ‘disaster’ area
Thailand on Wednesday declared a third of its provinces to be disaster zones, as auto giant Toyota called a halt to work after production was affected by the country’s worst flooding in decades. The
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Global confce stresses sanitation for dignity
A six-day global conference on sanitation and hygiene which began here on Monday called for all out efforts to ensure that everyone across the world has access to toilets and safe water to prevent deaths
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Bangladesh among 5 most vulnerable nations: report
Bangladesh is among five most vulnerable countries to climate change-induced food crisis and hunger, says a report. It says the 10 countries that rank most vulnerable are DRC, Burundi, South Africa,
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Floods kill hundreds in Southeast Asia
Massive floods have left 500 people dead across Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, officials said Monday, as authorities stepped up efforts to reach victims of the unusually heavy monsoon rains. In Thailand,
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WHO accuses ‘big tobacco’ of dirty tricks
The World Health Organisation’s chief on Monday urged governments to unite against ‘big tobacco’, as she accused the industry of dirty tricks, bullying and immorality in its quest to keep people smoking.
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Ocean-like water found on comet
A study using the Herschel space telescope aimed to measure the fraction of deuterium, a rare type of hydrogen, present in the comet’s water. Like our oceans, it had half the amount of deuterium seen