The adverse impacts of the global climate change have created threats to the bio-diversity side by side to agriculture, ecology and environment in the country's northern region as elsewhere in recent decades.

'About one lakh and ten thousands people of the country died every year, who are affected by the water-borne diseases.' 'Bangladesh loses 670 million dollar due to the weakness of management of water resources of the country.' These were told yesterday at a roundtable at National Press Club in the city.

People of nine affected villages at Barapukuria Coal Mining areas will lay siege today in the mining area to realise compensation from the government.

About 18 per cent of Bangladesh land will go under water and much of the Maldives would submerge following sea level rise at certain level, 'World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change' released yesterday in advance of the December meetings on climate change in Copenhagen said.

Speakers at a function here have said that the country had been experiencing dismal climate change causing a grave concern to agriculture, food, human health, irrigation, navigation, soil, bio-diversity, environment, livelihood and water levels.

About 18 per cent of Bangladesh land will go under water and much of the Maldives would submerge following sea level rise at certain level, 'World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change' released yesterday in advance of the December meetings on climate change in Copenhagen said.

People of nine affected villages at Barapukuria Coal Mining areas will lay siege today in the mining area to realise compensation from the government.

The IEDCR has confirmed the death of another swine flu positive patient in Dhaka, which took the official count of casualties from the special strain of influenza to three.

Two more persons who had H1N1 symptoms died, however.

At least 56 villages in 12 unions under Tala and Kalaroa upazilas in Satkhira district were inundated and about 50,000 people on the bank of the silted river Kabodak marooned by floodwater.

As many as 30,000 children, who were engaged in various hazardous works, have been imparted training on non-formal education (NFE) and skill development training (SDT) after withdrawing them from their workplaces in the country.