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French banks say ‘no’ to Rampal coal plant

Three French banks have said they will not invest in the Rampal power plant, Bangladesh. Six months earlier, two Norwegian pension funds pulled out their investments from India’s National Thermal Power Corporation that is building the project. During his visit to Bangladesh on 6 June 2015, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi endorsed the 1,320 MW Rampal coal- based thermal power project. He said, [caption id="attachment_17323" align="alignleft" width="300"]rampal impact Coal-fired thermal power plants belch toxic gases that could impact ...

Ministry takes steps to tackle oil wagon accident

The ministry for environment and forest has taken steps to adopt necessary measures to prevent environmental disaster because of the spread of furnace oil from a derailed oil-carrying wagon at Bengura of Boalkhali in Chittagong. oil spillingA high-level meeting was held on the issue today at the ministry with Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju in the chair, said an official release. The minister said the fall of the wagon from the railway truck is an accident and the government has the ability to tackle it. Envi...

NSWAREB to provide FaL-G technology for fly ash bricks

Institute for Solid Waste Research and Ecological Balance (INSWAREB), the unique techno-scientific organization in NGO segment will provide FaL-G technology to Bangladesh to produce fly ash bricks for sustainable development. Addressing the media here today, Director of INSWAREB), N Kalidas said the technology will be provided free of cost and a laboratory and unit will establish in Bangladesh soon. fly ashHe said, Institute for Industrial Productivity (IIP) had identified FaL-G brick technology for its virtues to sustainable development. ...

World Environment Day today

The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide. Enviornment-day-450x198Many of the Earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change, pushed by high population growth and economic development. By 2050, if current consumption and product...

Climate change a major threat to Bangladesh: Amitav Ghosh

A large part of Bangladesh is likely to disappear due to the impact of climate change, according to noted writer Amitav Ghosh, who wants the international community to put together a plan for the future of the vulnerable country. [caption id="attachment_16413" align="alignleft" width="300"]Amitav Ghosh Amitav Ghosh at the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival in London on Wednesday. (HT Photo)[/caption] Identifying climate change and its impact as one of the key drivers of large scale migration in various parts of the world, Ghosh,...

HRW calls tanneries outlook bleak

There is a rare chance for accountability for the massive health problems caused by Bangladesh’s toxic leather tanneries, reports the Human Rights Watch. It mentioned that the country’s High Court has summonsed the secretary of the Industries ministry to explain the ministry’s failure HRWto relocate 150 or so leather tanneries out of Hazaribagh, a heavily populated, and heavily polluted, residential neighborhood of Dhaka. Residents of Hazaribagh slums complain of illnesses such as fevers, skin diseases, respiratory problems, and diarrhea, caused by the extreme...
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