AFP, Bali
A major UN-sponsored climate change conference opened on Indonesia’s Bali Monday, tasked with crafting a road map for negotiations leading to a new pact for addressing global warming.The 11-day conference, held under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and attended by more than 180 nations, comes as evidence mounts of the havoc [...]

AFP, Bali
A major UN-sponsored climate change conference opened on Indonesia’s Bali Monday, tasked with crafting a road map for negotiations leading to a new pact for addressing global warming.The 11-day conference, held under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and attended by more than 180 nations, comes as evidence mounts of the havoc [...]

Staff ReporterBangladesh is already affected by the global climate change impacts and fears to be hit even harder in coming years. This changing climate has shown its devastative power on November 15 as the super cyclone Sidr, left trail of destruction all over the south and southwestern coast of Bangladesh. According to current scientific climate [...]

Bangladesh is seeking five lakh metric tons of rice from the international community as assistance for tackling any possible food crisis in the country because of the recent spate of floods and the cyclone. [Read more]

Bangladesh is seeking five lakh metric tons of rice from the international community as assistance for tackling any possible food crisis in the country because of the recent spate of floods and the cyclone. [Read more]

Bangladesh is seeking five lakh metric tons of rice from the international community as assistance for tackling any possible food crisis in the country because of the recent spate of floods and the cyclone. [Read more]

Bangladesh is seeking five lakh metric tons of rice from the international community as assistance for tackling any possible food crisis in the country because of the recent spate of floods and the cyclone. [Read more]

Staff Reporter
Two policymakers of the Caretaker Government yesterday brushed aside the possibility of any food crisis and famine, due to food-grains losses cause by two floods and the severe cyclone, in the country. “There is neither any possibility of food crisis nor famine in the country, as we have enough food stock to feed people [...]

Staff ReporterThe technology currently being used can make forecast of cyclone track, wind speed, landfall and flood level in the rivers, but for disaster preparedness and emergency response, the extent of such havoc forecasting in the coastal belt still lags behind.Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) model can make this forecast. A seminar held at the [...]

Bangladesh is seeking five lakh metric tons of rice from the international community as assistance for tackling any possible food crisis in the country because of the recent spate of floods and the cyclone. [Read more]