Posts Tagged ‘Dhaka’
Traffic Jam is a cry in the wilderness to the government of Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Traffic jam is a common phenomenon in our country especially in Dhaka city, one of the mega cities in the world. It is not a problem now-a-days rather it is more than a problem because problem has some solutions that traffic jam has not. Time is the most valuable things in the twenty first centaury no doubt. And traffic jam is [...]
The beggars and disable people are also human being
Dhaka, Bangladesh: When we give anything to anybody without any interest or without the hope of repayment, we call it help and the person who is taking this help calls it begging. In the earlier period, begging was welcome especially in the Hindu religion. We have seen in the Ramayana, Mahabharata etc that the pious are begging and the [...]
Bangladesh needs $10b in emergency aid
Dhaka: Bangladesh would require external assistance of at least $10 billion or Tk 70,000 crore to take immediate measures for adapting to climate change effects, according to the latest estimate by the environment and forest ministry. Terming response to Bangladesh’s urge for international assistance ‘enthusiastic’, the state minister for [...]
‘Climate refugees’ heading towards Dhaka
When a cyclone destroyed her home two years ago, Shahana Begum joined the swelling ranks of Bangladeshi "climate refugees" who, experts say, could one day overwhelm the capital Dhaka. Shahana's family, like more than half a million people in the impoverished nation, lost her shanty home and all her belongings when cyclone Sidr slammed into [...]
Bangladesh river pollution threatens millions
It was once the lifeline of the Bangladeshi capital. But the once mighty Buriganga river, which flows by Dhaka, is now one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh because of rampant dumping of industrial and human waste. "Much of the Buriganga is now gone, having fallen to ever insatiable land grabbers and industries dumping untreated effluents [...]
