Saturday, September 14, 2024

Policy & Governance

India Denies Responsibility for Flooding in Eastern Bangladesh, Cites Heavy Rainfall as Main Cause

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India has refuted claims that the recent devastating floods in eastern Bangladesh were caused by the release of water from the Dumbur...

IMF Recommends Bangladesh Government to Phase Out Remittance Incentives

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the Bangladesh government against incentivizing remittances, citing recent exchange rate reforms that make such incentives unnecessary. According...

Labour and Liberal Democrats Intensify Campaigns Targeting Conservative Sewage Policies

This weekend, Labour and the Liberal Democrats are amplifying their election campaigns with sharp critiques of the Conservative Party's handling of raw sewage dumping...

The White House enforces big nuclear power plants

In the nuclear power sector, the White House seeks to "reestablish U.S. leadership" and spur the development of a new generation of reactors that...

Teesta project: Is there no alternative for Bangladesh without China-India?

China proposed a project for Bangladesh to manage the Teesta River. Recently, news of a similar proposal from India came to the media. What...

Teesta project: Is there no alternative for Bangladesh without China-India?

China proposed a project for Bangladesh to manage the Teesta River. Recently, news of a similar proposal from India came to the media. What...

Children’s heart risk from climate and chemicals is really fatal

Experts have cautioned that the intricate interaction between rising temperatures and exposure to chemicals and pollutants can harm children's hearts. The American Heart Association...

Six excavators plunder the sand of Jhalkathi’s Sugandha river day and night, destroying three villages

By 'managing' the administration, a group under the umbrella of some local Awami League leaders has been taking sand from the Sugandha River year...

Protected forest trees have not been spared either, with 28 forest trees reduced in two decades

Today is Biodiversity Day. The country is home to 53 protected forests. Research has been done on 28 These forests lost 14,767 hectares of...

It is not possible to keep even one tree, said BIWTA project director

Environmentalists and cultural activists demonstrated against the BIWTA development project's tree-cutting plans on the banks of the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj, claiming that "it...

UK Imports Deforestation-Linked Foods

Despite government assurances at the Cop26 climate conference in 2021, the UK is still importing beef, soy, and palm oil products associated with deforestation....