The government has approved commercial cultivation of genetically modified eggplant resistant to insect damage, marking a significant breakthrough after seven years of research, a top official said Friday.
Bangladesh becomes the 29th country in the world to commercially grow a genetically modified crop. Genetic modification of crops is one of the most controversial and polarizing issues in global agriculture. It is contested by environmental activists on concerns over food safety even as scientists research on transgenic crops to tackle drought, salinity and pest-related problems in agriculture.
"Cultivation of four varieties of Bt brinjal [eggplant] has been approved by the environment ministry and planting will start this month," Director General of the Bangladesh Agricultural R...
UN climate talks ran deep into extra time in Warsaw on Saturday as rich and poor nations butted heads over their respective contributions to staving off dangerous planet warming.
Exhausted negotiators and ministers shuttled to and fro in the early morning hours to try and lay some groundwork for an ambitious climate pact which must be signed in Paris by December 2015.
Nations remain deeply divided, delegates said.
They argued over apportioning carbon emissions curbs seeking to limit average global warming to 2.0 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), and over funding for climate-vulnerable poor countries.
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Bangladesh has demanded immediate implementation of Cancun Adaptation Framework (CAF) as adaptation for Bangladesh as a climate change victim is urgent priority.
"We want to see immediate implementation of CAF because adaptation is an urgent priority for as a climate change victim like Bangladesh," said Shafiqur Rahman Patwary, head of Bangladesh delegation to Warsaw Climate Change Conference 2013 being held at Warsaw in Poland.
Speaking at a ple...
Bangladesh has urged the development partners to stand beside it to cope with the adverse effects of climate change.
The call was made on the sidelines of an event, titled ‘Climate Initiatives of Bangladesh: Sharing the Experience of Finance, Adaptation and Mitigation’ organised by Bangladesh at Warsaw Stadium in Poland on the 8th day of Warsaw Climate Change Summit 2013 on Monday.
At the event, it was said Bangladesh requires US$ 10 billions to deal with the negative impacts due to climate change which...
Greenpeace has often been critical of big data-center operators like Facebook for their impact on the environment, but on Wednesday it said some online firms are improving their practices and may even be the vanguard for renewable energy use.
Facebook, Google, Apple and some other tech firms have been investing heavily in renewable energy sources such as wind, hydro and solar. While cautioning that they have more work to do, Greenpeace said the companies are showing how big organizations can use their buying power to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
"The changes I'm seeing from the companies in the room here are giving me big hope," said Gary Cook, a senior IT policy analyst at Greenpeace, at an event in San Francisco attended by Facebook, Google, Rackspace, Yahoo and other comp...
Speakers at a workshop have stressed for joint efforts of the government and non-government organisations to eliminate hazardous child labour for ensuring universal rights for all children.
They also favoured providing necessary assistance to the working children in hotels, restaurants, welding workshops and other hazardous places to pave way for their normal growth and flourishing talents to uphold their human and social rights, reports BSS.
‘Come to Work’, an NGO, organised the daylong workshop with the assistances of ‘Oporajeyo Bangladesh’ and Eco Social Development Organisation (ESDO) at Young Star Club in Parbotipur upazila town of Dinajpur on Tuesday.
