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Top areas in Dhaka with beautiful views

Who does not dream of opening their eyes on a beautiful morning and seeing refreshing natural views from their bedroom window? House-hunters might not think it is possible to find a home with a view in a major urban center. But even in bustling cities like Dhaka, there are plenty of areas that cater for nature lovers. 10277497_235081376691761_7206655631313790934_nDhanmondi Lake: If you want to wake up with beautiful lake views then you must consider the areas around D...

Japan uses climate cash for coal plants in India, Bangladesh

Despite mounting protests, Japan continues to finance the building of coal-fired power plants with money earmarked for fighting climate change, with two new projects underway in India and Bangladesh, The Associated Press (AP) has found. [caption id="attachment_718" align="alignleft" width="300"]UN climate meet cop 19 File Photo[/caption] The AP reported in December that Japan had counted $1 billion in loans for coal plants in Indonesia as climate finance, angering critics who say such financing should be going to clean energy like solar ...

SDGs could be a game-changer for water

Suppose money was being deposited and withdrawn from your bank account, but you didn’t know how much. And suppose you knew you had bills coming due, but you didn’t know when or what amount would be required to cover them. Worse, what if you discovered that money was being siphoned from your retirement account to cover the shortfall in your checking account? How confident would you feel about your financial stability? People collect water at a refugee camp for Muslims displaced by violence earlier this year outside Sittwe

Bt Brinjal turns out to be ‘upset case’

The cultivation of genetically engineered Bt Brinjal in the country’s several districts has cost the farmers their fortunes again this year as the plants have either died out prematurely or fruited very insignificantly compared to the locally available varieties, reports United News of Bangladesh. Bt brinjal ( GM aubergine ) farmer in Gazipur, BangladeshSpot visits to 12 Bt Brinjal fields in Manikganj, Narsingdi and Comilla over the last one month hardly found any living or properly fruiting plant on those...

India worried about Ganga barrage project

According to Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud, India is concerned about the Ganga barrage mega project. They are worried because the water might back backflow and siltation. “Now we are trying to address the problems and we can easily resolve it,” he said at a workshop on Multi-Stakeholder Engagement on Water Resources Management in Bangladesh at a city hotel on Wednesday. gangaThe programme was organised by Water Resources Planning Organistaion and 2030 Water Resources Group of the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The ...

Norway may pull investment from Rampal coal plant

The massive 1,320 megawatt Rampal thermal plant would sit on the edge of Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, in Bangladesh. For more than two years, citizens, artists, and social and environmental activists protested plans to build this plant close to a forest that is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s world heritage site as well as a Ramsar wetland site. In September 2013, about 20,000 people marched for five days from Dhaka to Dighraj. ‘The long march’ covered a distance of nearly 250 miles, to demand the scrapping of the power plant. [caption id="attachment_13786" align="alignleft" width="300"]
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