Farmers forced inland
ABOUT seven years ago, Gaur Mondol noticed he couldn’t grow as much rice on his land as salty water seeped in from the Passur River, which stretches from his home in Bangladesh’s interior all the way to the Indian Ocean.
Now the rice paddies are completely inundated, leaving the land barren. To find work, he must walk for miles each day to other villages. His annual income has fallen by half to 36,000 taka ($569). He makes about $5 a day if he’s lucky, and most of that goes to buy food for his family of four.
“I’m always worried that ...
Now the rice paddies are completely inundated, leaving the land barren. To find work, he must walk for miles each day to other villages. His annual income has fallen by half to 36,000 taka ($569). He makes about $5 a day if he’s lucky, and most of that goes to buy food for his family of four.
“I’m always worried that ...
Another Indo-Bangla river route threat to Sundarbans
Cargo vessels operated by both Bangladesh and India through Roymangal-Angtihara-Bojbuja river route in the Sundarbans pose a great threat to the biodiversity and ecosystem of the world’s largest mangrove forest due to their rampant release of wastes and ear-deafening sirens.
Researchers warn if the 140-km river route remains open to movement of water vessels, accidents like the Dec-9 oil tanker crash may happen any time, which may invite further environmental disaster to the Sundarbans.
They say ships from Indi...
They say ships from Indi...
Air quality may improve as tropics threaten
There are signs of the persistent dense fog and poor air quality finally improving across India and Bangladesh next week, when a tropical threat looms.
The end to the stagnant air pattern from Pakistan to northern India to Bangladesh will not come through this weekend.
With weather disturbances passing by to the north too weak to stir up and clear the air, an area of high pressure will instead hold firm and lead to continued dense fog, chilly air and poor air quality.
Visibility will continue to drop to zero frequently ...
With weather disturbances passing by to the north too weak to stir up and clear the air, an area of high pressure will instead hold firm and lead to continued dense fog, chilly air and poor air quality.
Visibility will continue to drop to zero frequently ...
Tourism industry bears brunt of oil-spill in Sundarban
Khulna tourism industry is bearing the brunt of oil spill spread over Shela river and its adjacent canals in Sundarban as oil tanker Southern Star–7 sank in the Shela river in the World’s largest mangrove forest on December 9.
Hundreds of people engaged in tourism are now passing their idle time as tourists are reluctant to visit Sundarban following the accident fearing that they would face unwanted situation due to oil spill, said Sundarban Tourist Club executive director Md Abdullah Bony.
Tourists from home and abroad prefe...
Tourists from home and abroad prefe...
Greenland ice melting may endanger Bangladesh
The past decade has not been good for Greenland. It has been during this period when the melting of glaciers had been noticed leaving many stumped.
Many researches too were done to get to the depth of the story. But a new study is at the centre of attraction as it has been touted as the first ever comprehensive picture of melting of glaciers in Greenland.
A group of researchers at the University at Buffalo who were involved in the study have now confirmed to the fact that lose of ice in Greenland has been going on at a more rapi...
Many researches too were done to get to the depth of the story. But a new study is at the centre of attraction as it has been touted as the first ever comprehensive picture of melting of glaciers in Greenland.
A group of researchers at the University at Buffalo who were involved in the study have now confirmed to the fact that lose of ice in Greenland has been going on at a more rapi...
