Bangladesh is tapped between the Himalayas in the north & the encroaching Bay of Bengal to the south.

Bangladesh is most vulnerable to natural disaster due to the frequent extreme climate events & its high population density.

In Bangladesh, climate change will affect many sectors, including water resources, agriculture & food security, ecosystem & biodiversity.

If there is an increase in temperature of 6 Celsius the greater flow of water through Bangladesh’s three great rivers will lead to between 20& 40% more flooding.

The number of Bengal Tigers are gradually reducing in Bangladeshi part of the Sundarbans, the world ’s largest mangrove forests and 180 kms southwest of capital Dhaka, due to the adverse impact of climate change.

Officials said increased salinity in rivers of the world’s largest mangrove forests, rising temperature and the poachers’ unscrupulous trade on the tigers’ skins are the main reasons to force them to leave their usual habitats and also changed the behaviors of the majestic tigers, making them more ferocious now than ever before, national news agency BSS reported on Sunday.

The forest officials believe that tigers are suffering from various diseases for drinking saline water in the Sundarbans, the largest habitat of Bengal Tiger in Bangladesh where they are being increasingly endangered due to climate change and other impacts of natural calamities. They said that at least three tigers die on an average in the Sundarbans every year due to various diseases and killing.

According to the forest officials, Bengal Tigers will extinct if the present trend of the reasons behind their deaths continue unabated.

Divisional Forest Officer Abani Bhusan Tagore said Sunday the total number of tigers and calves in the Bangladeshi part of the Sundarbans stood at around 500 as per the census carried out from Feb. 26 to March 3 in 2004.

Mihir Kumar, another Divisional Forest Officer, said increase in the salinity in water under the adverse impact of climate change and other reasons is not only damaging different species of trees, but also rapidly changing the normal behavior of tigers.

Strengthening capacities at different levels to interpret and communicate relevant climate information, and advise local communities how to prepare for risks and capitalize on opportunities; enhancing institutional and technical capacities of government institutions, civil society organisations and communities for localized risk and vulnerability assessments, and the formulation of climate sensitive development plans and policies; promoting development of practical adaptation options and demonstration of location-specific investments to foster development in the face of present climate variability and future climate change risks.

Quality improvement of Eductaion getting prior policy in Bangladesh. In current reviews and govt policy its clear that goverment is trying to bring a better education.
Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communication Ministry Omar Faruque Chowdhury has underscored the need for quality improvement in education to take the nation ahead successfully.

He said there is no alternative to qualitative and quantitative education to transform the huge population into skilled human resources to take the nation towards the cherished goal of success in every spheres of life.

To attain the goal, he favored standard educational institutions equipped with modern learning tools side by side with maintaining quality education. He was addressing as the chief guest the 38th founding anniversary celebration of Talonda Lalit Mohan Degree College under Tanore upazila of the district yesterday.

Chaired by the college governing body president Abdur Razzaque, the ceremony was addressed, among others, by chairman of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority Nurul Islam Thandu, founder principal of the college Selim Uddin Kabiraj, former college inspector of Rajshahi Education Board Prof Shamsul Haque Quraishi, Tanore Upazila Chairman Emran Ali, UNO Mehedi-UL Shaheed, former principal of Tanore Abdul Karim Degree College Narayan Chandra Bishwas and former principal of Shahmukhdum Degree College Abdul Bari.

Lawmaker Faruque Chowdhury said the present educational system is gradually being commercialized due to promotion of massive coaching business which is unexpected for future of the learners and the nation as well.

“We have no alternative to reduce the dependence on coaching system to flourish the learners’ talents properly,” he said adding that the community people should be aware in this regard.

In this regard, he viewed that the students fail to attain success in various competitive examination due to largely dependence on coaching.
source :NNN-BSS

The Saif PowerTech started operation Tuesday under a new contract in Chittagong port.

Under the new contract signed with the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), it is now handling each 20 equivalent unit (TEU) container at the Chittagong Container Terminal at the rate of Tk 155, which was Tk 505 per unit till Monday.

The Saif PowerTech officials said the commencement of unloading containers from the Liberian flag vessel MV Hansa Stealsund took place at 3.00pm Tuesday. The vessel with 301 TEUs container berthed at the CCT in the morning.

The CPA and the Saif PowerTech entered into an agreement to handle 0.9 million (9 lakh) TEUs container in three years at the CCT at Tk 139.5 million (13.95 lakh) in three years from Tuesday. Till the morning of the day the berth operator handled each TEU container at the rate of Tk 505.

Saif PowerTech got the business as the lowest bidder among seven bidders where the second lowest quoted price was much higher.

Some berth operators that participated in the tender also alleged that no genuine bidder could quote such a low price andsought further invitation of tenders from the experienced bidders but the tender evaluation committee (TEC) of the CPA found the Saif PowerTech bid a genuine one.