Category: Climate Change
I really needed the money for my son: Anwar
Anwar Hossain (58, Farmer, Choknona, Raninagar, Naogaon) had come to a local rice mill with two maunds (80 kilograms) of paddy for his family’s consumption. He sat outside the mill as the power was out. The harvest has been good but Anwar is still worried about meeting the costs of one of his daughters’ marriage. […]
Bangladesh a global whale, dolphin hotspot: study
Bangladesh’s 120km-wide belt of coastal and deep-sea waters could be one of the richest global hotspots of whales and dolphin activity, research by the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society and the local Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project reveals. The study findings were disclosed at a briefing at the
That is of course if there are no hail storms: Bipulesh Chandra Roy
VILLAGERS were looking forward to the annual fair scheduled in a few days just before the Bengali new year. So far, the weather had been favourable and they hoped that the harvest would be quite good. “That is of course if there are no hail storms,” said Bipulesh Chandra Roy a farmer of the village […]
Bangladesh Govt urged to provide relief for flood victims
The central steering committee of 11-Party Alliance, a combine of left and democratic political parties, on Tuesday urged the interim government to declare the flood-affected areas in Jessore and Khulna as disaster areas. Leaders of the alliance in a statement also called on the government to launch relief operation and provide food and
Cyclone may form off depressions at Bay this month
At least one cyclone may form off one or two depressions in the Bay of Bengal this month, the Met office said in its long-range forecast for October. The forecast, issued after a meeting of experts from different disciplines at the met office, said the monsoon would
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