Intrusion of saline water has kept crop farming in the south-western region at stake, causing an ultimate reduction in the supply to the food bank in Satkhira, reports UNB.

The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief took a massive communication development programme in the district during the current fiscal year, reports BSS.

Global climate change is increasing Bangladesh’s vulnerability to floods and raising the potential for infectious disease outbreaks, says the latest Health and Science bulletin of the icddr,b, repo

The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined five factories in Dhaka and its adjoining areas Tk 2 crore for polluting the environment, reports UNB.

To promote the importance of environmental knowledge and raise awareness on climate change among the young students of Bangladesh, a knowledge and activity based programme titled ‘Junior Climate Ch

After spoiling all the alternatives to ensure incessant power supply to the people, the government is now on course to destroy Sundarbans by setting up power plant at Rampal, observed leaders of th

The government has taken an initiative to create mass awareness about food nutrition to reduce nutrition deficiency as well as on food security, post-harvest technology, and food processing and its

Tobacco may claim as many as 100 crore people around the world in this century unless and until the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is implemented q

Japan has confirmed a contribution of US$5.46 million (Yen 470 million, Tk 42 crore) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh, reports UNB.

The Integrated Agricultural Productivity Project (IAPP), supported by the World Bank, will directly benefit approximately 300,000 small and marginal farmers in the country’s agro-ecologically handi