Flowers of autumn in Bangladesh
Posted by: Baadshahmintu
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2012-04-14 02:45:21 -0700 | green-news
Bangladesh is a land of seasonal variation. Though the climate sometimes makes us restless and panicked. But flowers of autumn comes with its own beauty of variable patterns. Its white colour makes us feel peace and it enlightens our vision.Gardeners...
Lotus symbol of green Bangladesh
Posted by: Baadshahmintu
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2012-04-14 02:17:43 -0700 | green-news
Lotus. The big lotus. The national flower of Bangladesh. It is available here in various species. Bangladesh is known as land of Rivers. The flower grows every watery land. It is the symbol of real green Bangladesh.
Amra Fruit
Posted by: anonymous
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2012-11-02 01:43:17 -0700 | green-news
This is a common fruit of Bangladesh called “Amra”. Amra taste is sour imparted to it by citric acid which is present in large quantities and thus a good source of Vitamin C. The unripe fruits contain some proteolytic enzymes...
Bangladesh hit by Anthrax outbreak
Source: Al Jazeera
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2011-01-13 03:01:04 -0800 | health-news
Bangladesh has been hit by an outbreak of Anthrax, which is a bacteria that grows naturally in the soil. It infects livestock and can also be passed on to humans, if they eat the meat or handle infected animals. Al...
ECNEC okays Tk 20bn projects
Source: BDNews24
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2010-11-09 22:28:25 -0800 | technology-news
Dhaka, Sep 9 (bdnews24.com) The government has approved 10 projects including several for the rail sector's development, worth around Tk 20 billion, a government statement has said...In the projects, the government will fund Tk 12.63 billion, while the remaining will...
BANGLADESH: Taking toxins out of ship-breaking
Source: IRIN
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2010-11-03 12:32:30 -0700 | political-news
Bangladesh has long been a final destination for decommissioned ships from around the world. Their scrap metal is valuable, but little effort is made to dispose of hazardous waste, such as lead paint, arsenic and asbestos-packed sealants, posing severe health...
Rare rabbit caught and released
Source: BDNews24
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2010-10-31 16:35:27 -0700 | political-news
Dhaka, Aug 31 (bdnews24.com) Three rare black-nape rabbits have been released into Bhaowal National Park, three days after they were caught by fishermen in Rajshahi. Tapan Kumar Dey, forest conservator (Wildlife and Nature Conservation Circle) of the Forest Directorate, freed...
Ship-breaking yard fined Tk 0.7 million for safety violation
Source: BDNews24
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2010-10-30 01:28:26 -0700 | travel-news
The Department of Environment has, for the first time, fined a ship-breaking yard Tk 0.7 million for cutting scrap ships in unsafe environment and polluting environment. The DoE director (enforcement), Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, on Sunday fined Messer's Sultana Ship Breaking...
Thousands hit by floods in Bangladesh and Assam
Source: Channel NewsAsia
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2010-10-26 07:11:26 -0700 | business-news
More than 85,000 people have been affected by weeks of flooding in northern Bangladesh and India's eastern state of Assam, officials said on Thursday. "There are repeated flash floods in higher areas, rivers have burst their banks as a huge...
Khoka asked to explain his position
Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2010-10-19 20:22:13 -0700 | political-news
An HC bench of Justice Md Imman Ali and Justice Obaidul Hasan also asked Khoka and DCC Project Director Yusuf Abdulaah Harun to appear before it on September 1 to explain in this regard. The bench passed the order following...
Bangladesh police clash with protesters against power outages, at least 50 injured
Source: Macleans
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2010-10-11 21:04:03 -0700 | political-news
Bangladesh police say at least 50 people have been injured in clashes between security forces and thousands of people protesting frequent power outages. Police officer Akhtar Hossain says the violence Wednesday occurred when about 5,000 people, irate over the electrical...
Asian mills eye Aussie wheat as traders scrap deals
Source: International Business Times
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2010-10-10 03:51:05 -0700 | business-news
Russia banned grain exports on Thursday last week as the worst drought on record ravaged crops across the Black Sea region, boosting the Chicago Board of Trade front-month wheat contract up 66 percent from a low of $4.25- in June....
Lack of food driving tigers into extinction
Source: BDNews24
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2010-09-29 12:42:16 -0700 | political-news
Moinul Haque Chowdhury Dhaka, July 24 (bdnews24.com) The tiger, the country's national animal, is faced with the threat of extinction due to shortage of food, and the reckless destruction of forest and other habitats...Current research does in fact indicate that...
Govt to import rice from Vietnam
Source: BDNews24
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2010-09-20 15:01:24 -0700 | political-news
Dhaka, July 20 (bdnews24.com) The government has decided to import rice from Vietnam shortly, food minister Abdur Razzaque told journalists on Tuesday. The decision followed a meeting in the morning between the minister and a visiting Vietnamese delegation led by...
Mangroves disappearing faster than land-based forests
Posted by: edwardallando
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated 2011-08-20 11:02:35 -0700 | green-news
The destruction of the world's mangrove forests is happening up to four times faster than the world's land-based forests, according to a new United Nations report. A study commissioned by the U.N. Environmental Program (UNEP) reports that one fifth (around...
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