priyo.com - Environment

Forest, fire officials battle Sundarban fire

priyo.news — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:25:10 +0000

More than a hundred forest department workers, fire fighters and local people battled through Sunday to douse a forest fire in the Sundarbans, which broke out the day before. The fire that started Saturday afternoon in the Chandpai range of the Sundarbans east division had spread across about five acres of forest by Sunday, officials said.

Bangladesh seeks tripartite water talks with Nepal, India

priyo.news — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:32:53 +0000

Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen has proposed that Bangladesh, India and Nepal could jointly build reservoirs on rivers in Nepal to augment flows of water in the Ganges system for the benefit of all the three countries.

India accepts Teesta 'interim deal' plan

priyo.news — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:49:24 +0000

India has accepted Bangladesh's proposal for an "interim deal" on the sharing of waters of the Teesta river during the crucial dry season, at the end of two-day ministerial level talks of the Joint River Commission.

UK funds climate change project in Bangladesh

priyo.news — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:29:25 +0000

A new phase of a "groundbreaking" project in Bangladesh to fight poverty and combat climate change will start in April, a British minister announced Thursday.

Billboard crash kills 2, hurts 8

priyo.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:46:10 +0000

Two people were killed and eight others injured when a poorly-mounted hoarding collapsed on them in front of a market at Gulshan-1 during the storm that swept through the capital yesterday evening.

PM urges int'l community to give priority to needs of MVCs

priyo.news — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:28:02 +0000

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday renewed her call that the international community give priority to catering to the needs of Bangladesh and other most vulnerable countries (MVCs) in adaptation, technology transfer and capacity building for tackling the challenges stemming from the calamitous global climate change.

Concrete blurs Cox's Bazar beauty

priyo.com — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:37:50 +0000

Unplanned and unauthorized construction of hotels and motels in Cox's Bazar town and adjoining areas has blurred the beauty of the world's largest sea beach, compromising its tourism potentials.

20 climate projects get Tk 267 crore

priyo.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:34:41 +0000

The government has allocated Tk 267 crore for implementing 20 approved projects meant for tackling the impacts of climate change on life and livelihood and the ecology of the country.

Dhaka to host regional climate conference on COP-16

priyo.news — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:42:51 +0000

Bangladesh has accepted a EU proposal to host a regional climate conference in Dhaka in the middle of this year to expedite the global climate negotiation process ahead of the sixteenth Conference of Parties (COP-16) in Mexico.

BIWTA starts eviction drive in N’ganj

priyo.news — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:33 +0000

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Narayanganj district administration Tuesday morning began an eviction drive against encroachers of Shitalakhya, Buriganga and Balu rivers.