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Cyclone Mahasen bears down on Bay of Bengal

May 16, 2013
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Cyclone Mahasen bears down on Bay of Bengal

Cyclone Mahasen has begun crossing Bangladesh’s southern coast, as people packed into evacuation shelters. The storm hit Patuakhali district on Thursday with winds of up to 100 kph (60 mph), and was heading for the ports of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar. One person has been reported dead, Bangladeshi officials say. Thousands of people have been…

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Costa Concordia Third cruise ship survivor rescued, captain under spotlight

January 15, 2012
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Costa Concordia  Third cruise ship survivor rescued, captain under spotlight

January 14, 2012 of the Costa Concordia after the cruise ship with more than 4,000 people on board ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio, an Italian island, last night. Three people died and several were missing Saturday. The ship was on a cruise in the Mediterranean, leaving from Savona with planned…

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BANGLADESH: “Invisible hazard” of groundwater depletion

December 14, 2011
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DHAKA, 13 December 2011 (IRIN) – Experts warn rapid depletion of Bangladesh’s underground water table could jeopardize food and water security for millions throughout the country and also endanger the biodiversity of one of the world’s largest mangrove forests within the next two decades. “We have been drawing groundwater recklessly. Since 2004 groundwater in Bangladesh…

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Chinese firm ‘China Harbor Engineering Company Limited’ (CHEC) win Dredging of 14-kilometre river from Sirajganj

October 12, 2011
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Chinese firm ‘China Harbor Engineering Company Limited’ (CHEC) win Dredging of 14-kilometre river from Sirajganj

Dredging of 14-kilometre river from Sirajganj hard point to Bangabandhu Jamuna Bridge is beginning in the first week of next month. The government has awarded the job of dredging to Chinese firm ‘China Harbor Engineering Company Limited’ (CHEC). The Water Development Board today signed a deal with the CHEC at a function in the city.…

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Fishing in Bangladesh

October 5, 2011
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Fishing in Bangladesh

Bangladesh being a first line littoral state of the Indian Ocean has a very good source of marine resources in the Bay of Bengal. The country has an exclusive economic zone of 41,000 square miles (110,000 km2), which is 73% of the country’s land area. On the other hand, Bangladesh is a small and developing…

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Monsoon rains cause major problems in south Asian

September 17, 2011
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Monsoon rains cause major problems in south Asian

        16 million people have now been affected by flooding caused by heavy and sustained monsoon rains falling across south Asia. The floods have caused massive displacement of populations across Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal and brought widespread destruction to homes, livelihoods and agricultural cropland. According to the government in Pakistan, five…

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Nitish misleading people on Ganga treaty: RJD

September 13, 2011
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Nitish misleading people on Ganga treaty: RJD

Patna: Opposition RJD on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of misleading people on the 1996 Ganga Water Sharing Treaty and demanded that he take back his comments against erstwhile Lalu Prasad government on the issue. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has demanded that India review the 15-year-old Ganges treaty with Bangladesh. Kumar told journalists…

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Plastic bottles could clean arsenic-contaminated water

September 12, 2011
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Plastic bottles could clean arsenic-contaminated water

Chopped up plastic bottles covered in a common chemical may be a simple and inexpensive method for removing arsenic from drinking water. A team of chemists at Monmouth University, United States, found that bits of plastic coated with cysteine, a common molecule found in foods, bind to arsenic. “Laboratory experiments have shown that the method…

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Daulatdia-Paturia ferry services cause tailbacks

September 12, 2011
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Daulatdia-Paturia  ferry services cause tailbacks

Sources :Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route remained suspended for three hours yesterday morning as four ferries ran aground in shoals in the Padma one after another, creating a huge tailback at Daulatdia ferry terminal. Hundreds of buses and trucks were lined up on 4 kilometre road stretching from the ghat to Daulatdia Union Parishad office…

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Bangladesh declared Ship Breaking as an industry under the ministry of industries

February 14, 2011
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Bangladesh declared Ship Breaking as an industry  under the ministry of industries

Considering the natural resources and the demand of ship breaking labor it has already proven that Bangladesh is in potential position to bloom a successful industry criteria for ship breaking .Though the sector is controversial for environ facts  . The Bangladesh government on Sunday decided to announce ‘ship breaking’ as an industry. The decision was…

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30 fresh licences for fishing, expert warns Bangladesh

February 2, 2011
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No hilsa, not even fish will be left to catch in the Bay of Bengal, an expert has warned as the Bangladesh government prepared to issue 30 fresh licences for fishing, a media report said Tuesday. The government will award the licences without any survey of the already dwindling reserve. Bangladesh shares the bay with…

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Sustainable fishing for Bangladesh by Scientists from Stirling University

January 21, 2011
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“Machay(Fish) Vatey(Rice) Bangali ” Fish is a natural resource for Bangladesh people food demand. Scientists from Stirling University are teaching some of Bangladesh’s poorest people how to conserve the country’s diminishing fish stocks. They have set up an education centre and museum to emphasise the importance of sustainable fishing. Fish is a vital source of…

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    Several areas of Gazipur Sadr including the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway were inundated and below knee-deep water on Thursday after heavy rains in some parts of the country . […]
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    ‘Buddha Purnima’, the biggest religious ceremony of Buddhists all over the world, is being observed in Bangladesh on Thursday. […]

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“Develop network with peers in Bangladesh”-Ambassador Akramul Qader urges expatriate doctors.

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and State Minister Mr. Akramul Qader attended the annual conference of Bangladesh Medical Association of North America, Louisiana chapter in Orleans, Louisiana and addressed a…

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Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Minister

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Meghalaya has made it clear that the dams which are to be built across the Myntdu and Umiew rivers would not have any negative impact…

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