:United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) would provide Bangladesh with 70 million US dollars for the next five years for the maternal health and family planning activities, an UNFPA o
Dhaka: Findings of a new study - 'Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Adaptation in Indian Sundarbans' - will be formally released here on Wednesday (Dec 28).
According to press reports: Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud said at a seminar on Thursday that Bangladesh loses 1.5 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as more natural disast
DHAKA: The country is expected to see a surge of biogas plants in next five years as initiatives have been taken to set up 150,000 such plants in rural households by 2016, promoters of renewable en
DURBAN: Major polluters in the ongoing climate talks here debated one more major issue while South African International Relations Minister and Cop- 17 President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane called them
DURBAN, South Africa : Lack of consensus on Kyoto Protocol, the world's lone deal to cut greenhouse gas emission, frustrates Bangladesh although adaptation is the prime concern for it and other vul
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and West Zone of Bangladesh Railway (BR) have initiated green project with the main thrust of making the city as greenery through massive plantation on vacant places
Bangladeshis in millions would be displaced due to global warming causing sea level rise by thermal expansion of the ocean waters and the melting of land- based ice.
The World Bank will provide $172 million additional financing for Bangladesh to support the installation of additional 630,000 solar home systems and other renewable energy mini-grid schemes.
