Experts on Thursday emphasized the need for more research into biotechnology, as part of efforts to face challenges related to ensuring food security in the coming years in
Bangladesh.
The government on Wednesday confirmed the presence of deadly chemical diethylene glycol in the paracetamol syrup produced by Rid Pharma, but said the probe body did not investigate the death of 24 children apparently caused by the toxic syrup.
It will file cases against the company and its owners on charges of using toxic chemical in syrup and violating drug rules.
IT IS indeed disquieting that the World Bank will take away a little over eight per cent of funds pledged to the people of Bangladesh. According to a report published in New Age on Wednesday, the World Bank, as secretariat and administrator, has been allocated $8 million of the $98 million pledged to Bangladesh for addressing the adverse impacts of climate change.
Environmentalists and civil society activists from Asia-Pacific and African countries vulnerable to global warming Wednesday urged the industrialised nations to act urgently for greenhouse gas emission cut from 1990 levels by at 95 per cent within 2050.
Upakuliya Paribesh Surakkha Nagarik Mancha on Sunday called on the authorities concerned to include the forest-dependant people in management of Sundarban.
The green group made the call at a news briefing held at the conference room of Paribartan, a non-governmental organisation, in Khulna city marking Mangrove Action Day 2009.
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has planned to install 50 more deep tube-wells to lift water from the deeper aquifer as groundwater level in the city has fallen drastically.
WASA sources said they have already installed 45 tube-wells to lift water from 700-1000 feet beneath the ground, which falls into the deeper aquifer.
The government will provide farmers with free electricity for irrigation to protect the aman production from the dearth of monsoon rains in northern Bangladesh, the agriculture minister, Matia Chowdhury, said Wednesday.
Flash flood triggered by incessant rain and unusual tidal surge has inundated vast areas of 30 villages in four unions of Dacop and Koira upazilas in Khulna damaging houses and paralysing normal life.
