The government move to approve genetically modified organism (GMO) crops will put agricultural export worth $600 million at risk amid likely embargo by the importing nations especially in the EU and Middle East, exporters and officials concerned said.
The government is in a hurry to approve GMO crops like rice, brinjal, and potato and release those in the country.
Last month, the National Bio-Safety Committee approved genetically engineered varieties--- 'Golden Rice' and potato. Earlier the government approved four varieties of Bt Brinjal, the controversial GM crop banned in India and the Philippines.
Civil society organisations on Saturday observed that the recent Conference of Parties, COP-19, in Warsaw undermined the interests of least developed countries (LDCs) in climate concerns.
Speaking at a press conference at Jatiya Press Club, they urged the government to work out the future plan on climate challenges relying on the country’s own resources and capacity, reports UNB.
The press conference was organised by eight civil society organisations, including Bangladesh Poribesh A...
Food security activists who secured a moratorium on introducing genetically modified Bt brinjal (aubergine) into India fear that their efforts are being undermined by the release of GM brinjal in neighbouring Bangladesh.
“India and Bangladesh share a long and porous border and it is easy for GM brinjal varieties to be brought over,” says Suman Sahai, director of Gene Campaign, a Delhi-based research and advocacy group devoted to the conservation of genetic resources and indigenous knowledge.
GM brinjal is spliced wit...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Government of the United Kingdom (UK), and the Rockefeller Foundation are teaming up to help the urban poor of fast growing secondary cities of Asia including Bangladesh. The three partners intended to protect the urban poor from the ravages of climate change.
The partners have agreed to roll out an innovative program namely ‘Managing Climate Risks for the Urban Poor’, to help 25 secondary cities in the region counter the impacts of climate change, with ...
Kalpona Akter, the executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity (BCWS), an advocacy organization for workers' rights has asked The Bay and the other Canadian firms to sign binding safety agreement.
Kalpona, who escaped a factory fire in the Bangladesh garment factory in 1990, is now in Vancouver this week to speak at a rally outside the downtown Hudson's Bay department store on Nov. 25, calling on the The Bay and other Canadian companies to sign the agreement that will, Kalpona said, save many lives.
At 12-years-old, Kalpona Akter was uncritically fond of her employers at the garment factory near her hometown, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She and her 10-year-old brother worked long, dirty shifts at the factory; the two children were the only source of income for a seven...
