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Forests are vital for maintaining the earth’s ecological balance:Tree plantation needed.

April 28, 2012
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Forests are vital for maintaining the earth’s ecological balance:Tree plantation  needed.

Tree plantation necessary to face climate change.Forests are vital for maintaining the earth’s ecological balance. They form an integral component of the biosphere, essential for the stabilization of the global climate and management of the land and water. Forests shelter countless species, including organisms that are useful in pollinating crops and controlling disease-carrying pests. Forest…

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Four-nation climate change summit begins in Thimphu.

November 19, 2011
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A four-nation climate change summit kicked off Saturday afternoon in Thimphu , the capital of Bhutan . More than 200 delegates including environment secretary from India and environment ministers from Nepal , Bhutan and Bangladesh are taking part in the Summit . Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmy Y Thinley will chair the meeting. The team leaders…

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Dhaka summit battles climate change policy :UN chief for compromise on Kyoto protocol

November 14, 2011
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Dhaka summit battles climate change policy  :UN chief for compromise on Kyoto protocol

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon asked governments to reach a compromise on the Kyoto Protocol at Durban climate conference and to make a broader comprehensive climate agreement possible in the future.“Durban must complete what was agreed last year in Cancun,” he said at the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)-2011 conference in the capital on Monday. The…

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants int’l support to face challenges of climate change

October 31, 2011
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday reiterated her call to the developed economies to assist Bangladesh face the risks of climate change. “Bangladesh is among the countries most vulnerable to the global climate change. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home early today after a 3-day Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting in Perth, says UNB. Senior…

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Climate change demands agricultural diversification :Professor C.Peter Timmer

October 15, 2011
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Climate change demands agricultural diversification :Professor C.Peter Timmer

Viet Nam News reporter Tran Quynh Hoa held an exclusive interview with US Professor C.Peter Timmer about food security in Viet Nam and across the world. C.Peter Timmer, one of the world’s pre-eminent agricultural economists and a leading expert on food policy, is a non-resident fellow at the Centre for Global Development. Now retired from…

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A powerful earthquake jolted Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali ,dozens hurt.

October 13, 2011
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A powerful earthquake jolted Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali ,dozens hurt.

A powerful earthquake jolted Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, causing widespread panic and injuring at least 50 people, many with broken bones and head wounds.   The walls and ceilings of some temples and at least one school along the coast crumbled and roofs of homes also collapsed, witnesses said.   The…

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Greenpeace hands Rainbow Warrior ship the launch of direct green action to Bangladesh which will turn it into a floating hospital.

August 17, 2011
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Greenpeace hands Rainbow Warrior ship  the launch of direct green action to Bangladesh which will turn it into a floating hospital.

Environmental campaign group Greenpeace said on Tuesday it had handed over its iconic protest ship Rainbow Warrior II to a Bangladeshi charity which will turn it into a floating hospital. Greenpeace said it hoped that the charity, Friendship, would continue to use the ship as a beacon of hope. “This ship has carried people from…

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O YaY !!Realism is the next political view of Universe -Demand of nano age !!

July 28, 2011
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Realism, Realist or Realistic are terms that describe any manifestation of philosophical realism, the belief that reality exists independently of observers, whether in philosophy itself or in the applied arts and sciences. In this broad sense it is frequently contrasted with Idealism. Realism in the arts concerns the depiction of subjects as they appear in…

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Accelerating land increase in coastal areas

January 29, 2011
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Accelerating land increase in coastal areas

Bangladesh is rising in size contradicting forecasts that parts of this country will go under water due to global warming. Scientists at the Centre for Environment and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) say that the country’s island has been increasing by 20 square kilometres (12.5 square miles) annually. They said that they have studied 32 years…

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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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