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ক্যাটাগরি Climate Change

  • সরকারি পরিকল্পনা ও প্রযোজনায় জেলে, তাঁতী ও কৃষক মহাসমাবেশ যেভাবে বিতর্কিত হল

    সরকারি পরিকল্পনা ও প্রযোজনায় জেলে, তাঁতী ও কৃষক মহাসমাবেশ যেভাবে বিতর্কিত হল

    সরকারের দুই উপদেষ্টাসহ এবং জুলাই অভ্যুত্থানে অংশগ্রহণকারী রাজনৈতিক নেতা, কৃষিপণ্য ব্যবসায়ী, শিক্ষক ও লেখকদের আয়োজনে ২৬শে জানুয়ারি কুড়িগ্রামে জেলে, তাঁতী ও কৃষকদের মহাসমাবেশ ডাকা হয়েছে, যা আদতে অধ্যাপক মুহাম্মদ ইউনূসের নেতৃত্বাধীন অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন সরকারের নির্বাচনী প্রচারণা বলেই মনে হচ্ছে। আয়োজক কমিটির আহ্বায়ক নাহিদ হাসান নলেজসহ অনেক আলোচক বর্তমান সরকারের অংশ হওয়া স্বত্বেও তারা সরকারের কাছে জেলে,…

  • Coal: Why is India so shameless?

    India has a lot of coal underneath the ground, and so, it started to exploit the resource a bit early and has been doing it abruptly to meet the rising electricity demand of the industries and households. The consequence is not pleasant, though the power generation capacity has reached rocket-high, because now the next-door neighbour has…

  • IPCC issues fresh warning over changing climate

    The second instalment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report, released in Yokohama yesterday, has warned that climate change is already negatively affecting every continent and the oceans. As climate change worsens, it will make people poorer, hungrier, and more ill as they contend with more extreme flooding, heat waves, and…

  • ভাগ্যিস প্রকৃতি কথা বলতে পারে না!

    শিক্ষিত সচেতন শহুরে থেকে শুরু করে বস্তি বা গ্রামের হতদরিদ্র মানুষ পরিবেশ রক্ষার বিষয়ে এতটাই খেয়ালি যে দেশের রক্ষক যখন পরিবেশের নানা আবশ্যকীয় উপাদান ক্রমশ ধ্বংস করে তখনও তারা নির্বাক থাকে। নদী, খাল, বিল, বন, কৃষিজমি ভক্ষণ করছে যারা তাদেরকে সবধরণের সহায়তা দিতে ব্যবসাবান্ধব সরকারগুলো হুড়মুড়িয়ে পড়ে। রাজনৈতিক এইসব সরকার দেশের সাংবিধানিক কর্মকর্তা ও কর্মচারীদের…

  • Updated stories on COP19 from Warsaw

    Day 1 Concrete decisions expected at COP19 in Warsaw The 19th Conference of Parties (COP19) on climate change began on Monday in Warsaw, Poland with a hope to decide on how to support the nations vulnerable to climate change impacts before it was too late. Also considered as the finance COP, the Warsaw meet is…

  • High Court may act now for Rampal

    The High Court on Tuesday will hear for the second day a public interest litigation four lawyers have filed against a massive coal-run power plant in Bangladesh coastal district Bagerhat and construction of an anchorage for unloading coal in the reserve forest area. The plant site has 1834 acres on the bank of a river…

  • Callousness over Rampal power plant, and cruelty

    They started work on awarding India a job of building and operating coal power plants back in early 2010 – soon after the prime minister signed a 55-point joint communique with Manmohan Singh including the one involving power sector cooperation. No protests were there about the agreements until early 2011 when the PDB held a…

  • Write your opinion on National Environment Policy 2013 online

    The draft National Environment Policy 2013 is still open for online review. The environment and forest ministry has prepared the proposal and will allow public opinion for several more days. The document is accessible on the website of Department of Environment (DoE). DOWNLOAD FROM HERE!!! Read it and give your valuable opinion. After gathering and analysing…

  • DoE defends approval of EIA for Sundarbans coal plant

    The Department of Environment (DoE) gave the EIA green signal after eight revisions and imposing a number of conditions to protect the World Heritage Site, declared by the Unesco, and river Pashur which is a sweet-water dolphin sanctuary. The final environmental clearance for the project would be given after implementation of the project “only if…

  • Is Bangladesh on the right path centring environment?

    The government is moving ahead with its priority on the climate change issues. Though climate change is a slow process, we’ve already been experiencing the impacts. The efforts taken now for adaptation and mitigation would be better for the country in the future only if those are executed properly. Bangladesh in the last couple of…

  • Tanneries in Dhaka: No more menace please!

    Probir K Sarker & Abu Bakar Siddique Published in Dhaka Tribune on June 5; bottom has latest development When tanneries were initially allowed to operate in the Hazaribagh area, at the western part of the capital, close to Turag river, no planning had taken place. Now, the number of tanneries exceed 200, over the last six decades,…

  • ইটের ভাটা মালিকেরা কি এতই শক্তিশালী!

    নগরায়ন ও শিল্পায়নের দ্রুত বিকাশের কারনে নির্মান উপকরনের মধ্যে ইটের ব্যবহার দিন দিন বাড়ছে পাল্লা দিয়ে। তাই ইটের ভাটাগুলোর বিশ্রাম নেই, খুব বৃষ্টি না হলে মালিকরা চুলা বন্ধ করেনা। আর তদারকী কর্তৃপক্ষেরও নিষেধ নেই, উন্নয়ন বলে কথা। হুম, উন্নয়ন কে না চায়! কিন্তু কিসের বিনিময়ে সেই উন্নয়ন (!) অর্জিত হচ্ছে এবং সেই অর্জনের ভাগীদার কে…

  • Tree-felling needs to be controlled

    Deforestation has become a grave concern these days for the Bangladesh environmentalists who are monitoring the trend and also the rate of change in climate and at the same time, its adverse impacts. Even though there are laws, the smugglers with the help of influential individuals and forest officials have been robbing the forests in…

  • Save the Sundarbans, shift Rampal coal-power plant

    The govts of Bangladesh & India have started officially the work of Rampal power plant by holding the first-ever meeting of the joint venture company in Dhaka. The Bangladesh govt seems to be pleased to show India that it can keep its words. The Daily Star has again done the job of a mouthpiece of…

  • The 12.12.12.

    Nothing mentionable occurred till 4am when I heard several aircrafts flying by while watching TV in this freezing, foggy night. But suspecting something else, I opened the door to corridor and realised it was thunderbolt. Within minutes, rain started in a moderate scale and lasted for half an hour. And after sometime, I heard the…

  • Impacts of brickfields neglected, still!

    We are so constrained a people, situationally and conditionally, that we tend to ignore many implied ills for a single apparent gain. Such an issue is the ever-expanding “brick-making industry”, given the fact that brick appears to be an essential item in this era of urbanisation and industrialisation. But, unfortunately, many consequential problems have arisen…

  • Brickfields like necklace for Dhakai people

    [slideshow] When will we go tough against the polluters who bully laws, and harm people and the environment only for profits? Will the time come after witnessing a disaster or in the beginning of a gradual decline, or must before whole system collapses? However, in the case of ensuring clean environment, I prefer ‘better late…

  • Stop Hill Cutting Now, Save the Nature for Future

    Down with the hills! The Daily Star September 8, 2012 Hill cutting continues unabated despite ban  Though Bangladesh is prominently a plain land, its Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban and Sylhet have hilly areas with forests and rich biodiversity. These areas are full of natural resources fulfilling needs of the people and other living…

  • Food security situation poor in Bangladesh

    Bangladesh has ranked 81st position among 105 countries in the Global Food Security Index 2012, and second from last in South Asia. Considering its population at 166.7 million, the Economist Intelligence Unit estimates the overall score of Bangladesh at 34.6 (out of 100), standing behind Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Myanmar and Nepal.…

  • Let’s save the environment, Earth

    Left: Denudation of forests goes on unabated. Right: River water remains polluted to the extreme. The Daily Star/Environment August 4, 2012 Amid growing industrialisation and pressure of increasing population, and consequent massive pollution due to gross violation of environmental rules, the government has cut this year the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Environment and…

  • Business, protection of environment equally important

    Ship-breaking: Still considered a hazardous polluter The Daily Star June 30, 2012 It was audacious, but at the same time a logical sequel of irregularities by government officials, to see major business leaders of the steel mills, re-rolling mills, plastic factories and brickfields demanding that they be relieved from being penalized for polluting the environment.…

  • Rio+20 roundup, and Bangladesh

    Is ‘green economy’ the answer? The Daily Star June 17, 2012 The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) must take decisive action on population and consumption regardless of political taboos or it will struggle to tackle the alarming decline of the global environment. The warning came from the world’s leading scientific academies on Thursday. “The…

  • Save Savar from further environmental degradation

    L-R: Brickfields in Ashulia burn firewood and emit carbon in the air. Discharge from industrial establishment at Bank Town polluting adjacent waterbody. Click for more photos The daily Star May 26, 2012 Environment Probir Kumar Sarker Over the recent years, Savar is experiencing immense pressure of new industrial, commercial and residential establishments. But most of…

  • Trees can save Dhaka from heat and air pollution

    (Clockwise) : Congested concrete structures conserve heat to the inconvenience of urban dwellers. The more an urban area is interspersed by greenery the better it is for reducing its heat and air pollution. Treelined streets not only add to serenity but provide cooling effect to urban surrounding. The Daily Star Environment Saturday May 19, 2012…

  • Guest birds avert JU sanctuary?

      The lakes a year ago and at present. Photos: Monwar Hossain Tuhin/JU teacher & Palash Khan/The Daily Star Published on May 12, 2012 Environment The Daily Star The number of guest birds coming every year to Jahangirnagar University (JU) lakes since the eighties has been falling for the last few years in such a…

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