The Amsterdam declaration on global change
The scientific communities of four international global change research programmes-the Inter-national Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the international Human Dimensions P Programme on Climate
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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The river Padma is in peril
With all the rivers flowing through Bangladesh under siege, three is no river we can name that is not drying up or very polluted, thus they all pose a threat to the natural flow creating an acute
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30 m Bangladeshis likely to be affected by climate change : WB
A World Bank study has identified several specific problems in Bangladesh due to climate change and laid stress on an urgent need for developing mechanisms to better adapt to its impacts. The problem
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2000 thalassaemic children born every year
More than two thousand thalassaemic children are born every year in Bangladesh. Thalassaemic, the most common inherited gene disorder, would become a major issue in developing countries like
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Iodised salt - a smart start for children
Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) were recognised as a major public health problem during the early 90s when almost 84 million people, (70 per cent of the country's population), were detected as
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Alternative options for safe water
Arsenic contamination of groundwater has emerged as a severe environmental disaster in Bangladesh. groundwater in 62 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh is contaminated by deadly arsenic. There are
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Multilateral environmental agreement as a policy response to international environmental and health problems
Despite far reaching improvements in human health globally over the past decades, with people living longer and health hier lives,environmental degradation, aptly referred to as today's silent
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Anti-polythene drive in major towns soon
Whirlwind drives will be conducted in all major towns across Bangladesh to completely stop the use of polythene shopping bags. The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial meeting in Dhaka with
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Brick fields situated near mango orchard damage fruits
Every year a huge quantify of mangos is being damaged in different parts of Chapai-Nawabganj in Bangladesh due to the adverse effect of smokes emitted from the brick kilns. According to a report,
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85 p.c. tubewells in Manikganj union contain arsenic poison
Give us pure drinking water but don't advise us if your cannot give arsenic free tubewells, said people of Gopinathpur union of Manikganj district of Bangladesh. Gopinathpur union is a severely