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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Challenges for climate risk reduction remain formidable: GAR
Despite continued success in addressing global climate change impacts, the challenges for disaster and climate risk reduction remain formidable in Bangladesh due to increasing the intensity and complexity of disasters. The disclosure was made in the newly published
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Govt urged to focus on tiger conservation
Wildlife experts said that the government should focus on conserving the existing number of tigers rather than trying to increase the number as proposed by last year
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Govt to persuade public to support open-pit mining
The government has started to try to build public opinion in favour of open-pit coal extraction from the deposits located in the northern districts, in particular the Phulbari coalmine. It has also started developing a mining town in Dinajpur close to the coal deposits in Phulbari and Barapukuria.
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$26 billion needed to cope with climate change effects on energy sector
The United Nations Development Programme has estimated that Bangladesh
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Environment activists condemn developed countries for causing climate change
Environment activists on Wednesday said that poor nations like Bangladesh became the worst sufferers of climate change because of wanton emission of green house gases by the developed countries, particularly by the G-8 countries. Speaking at a programme to protest
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USAID to continue supports to conserve Sundarban
The mission director for United States Agency for International Development, Denise Rollins, has said the agency will continue its assistance in conserving the Sundarban. She was addressing a workshop in Dhaka on Tuesday organised by the government to discuss ways the government, donor partners and the private sector could work together to conserve the wetlands and forests of Bangladesh, partic
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Cabinet committee approves PSC for gas exploration with ConocoPhillips
The cabinet committee on economic affairs at a meeting on Monday approved the proposal to sign the Production Sharing Contract with ConocoPhillips for oil and gas exploration and extraction in the Bay of Bengal, said Cabinet Division joint secretary Mohammad Nurul Karim. Petrobangla will now send the proposal to the energy ministry for final approval of the prime minister who also holds the cha
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Two industries fined Tk 50.84 lakh in Ctg
The Department of Environment on Sunday fined two textile industries Tk 50.84 lakh in the Kalurghat industrial area of the Chittagong city on charge of polluting the River Karnaphuli. A DoE team, led by its director (enforcement) Munir Chowdhury, fined the Sunji Textile Limited Tk 22.84 lakh as it was found releasing untreated chemical wastes into the river keeping its treatment plant off. T
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Water body policy needs to be reformed: JS panel chair
The present Water Body Policy is flawed and as a result it has failed to ensure justice for the people concerned, the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on land ministry, AKM Mozzamel Haque, said.
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Law plans 5-yr in jail for water misuse
The government is making a water law with a provision for a maximum five years in jail and Tk 500,000 in fines or both for misusing water. The Water Resources Council cleared the draft Bangladesh Water Act 2010 at a meeting on Sunday, the water resources minister, Ramesh Chandra Sen, told the media. The council also formed a four-strong committee led by the WARPO director general, Makbul Hos