The High Court yesterday issued a rule upon the Government to explain by three weeks as to why it should not be directed to remove a salt industry from the Buriganga river at Lalbagh area in the capital.

A bench of the High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Court comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Md Delwar Hossain passed the order upon a public interest litigation (PIL) w

Bangladesh and Russia Friday signed a 5-year Framework Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes to make ways for nuclear power plants to meet the growing power demand in the country.

Architect Yeafesh Osman, State Minister for Science and ICT, signed the agreement on behalf of the Bangladesh government while Sergey Kiriyenko, Director General of t

Terming Bangladesh as a model in low- cost health development, Director General (DG) of World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Margaret Chann on Wednesday said that other countries should follow it.

He said this while addressing the 63rd session of WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, according to an email received here yesterday.

The WHO DG appreciated Bangladesh's performance in health sector and refer

Bangladesh and South Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Environmental Protection on Monday.

The MOU was signed when Environment Minister of Republic of Korea Lee Maa Nee met the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her hotel suite in the afternoon, said Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Abul Kalam Azad.

From the Bangladesh side, the MOU on environmental protec

ACCORDING to paediatric specialists and nutritionists, around 240 children die every day in Bangladesh because of malnutrition and about 110 babies for not getting breast milk within one hour of birth. The figure has been estimated on the basis of some reports published by the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, UNICEF and Lancet.

Tiger numbers in the wild continue to decline throughout most of their range with only around 3,500 wild tigers remaining in the whole world.

With an estimated 300-500 tigers, the Bangladesh Sundarbans has an opportunity to contribute significantly to the conservation of tigers and biodiversity that they represent.

However, to make this happen, it requires the participation of multiple stake

One Bangladeshi worker died, 25 injured and three other miners still missing while a roof of a tunnel of the Barapukuria coal mine caved in at Parbartipur here on Tuesday.

General Manager of Barapukuria coal mine Abdul Matin said the accident took place while a roof fault inside the mine collapsed on 32 miners including two Chinese nationals at around 10.30 am.

Just after being informed a re

rack' fund of US$ 30 billion as committed in the climate conference in Copenhagen for adaptation.

In the informal climate dialogue held in Petersburg last week, Bangladesh also stressed the need for technology transfer to developing countries for free to strengthen their capacity to combat climate change.

German Chancellor Angela Markel and Mexican President Felipe Calderon hosted the dialog

Bangladesh and India are exploring bilateral cooperation on generation of energy from renewable sources.

A high-level delegation, led by prime minister Sheikh Hasina's economic advisor Mashiur Rahman, has called on India's Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah during its four-day-tour to India.

Abdullah, who is overseeing India's just-launched Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar

The World Bank would support the government in implementing a Taka 446 core project on Clean Air Sustainable Environment (CASE) during the next five-year to put a clamp on air pollution in the capital.

The project proposed for interventions in the transport sector and adopting a co-benefit approach to address air pollution along with integrating environment and transport concerns following the