August 15, 2010
The river Buriganga is about to die.
Leather industry in Bangladesh is one of the most profitable and significantly important sectors no doubt. It is the fourth largest foreign exchange earner of the country contributing about six per cent of total export earnings. At the first sight, it may be viewed as one of the most promising and contributing sectors in the economy. The economic benefit produced by the tannery industry to the economy as well to our society can be measured, but the damage made by this industry to the environment as well as to the society cannot be measured by any scale. Read more...
January 7, 2010
Narsingdi, Bangladesh: The poor people, particularly the slum dwellers in Narsingdi town of Bangladesh, are crying for warm clothes to protect themselves from the biting cold sweeping over the country for around a week.
During a visit Tuesday night, it was found that people residing in different slums were sitting close to each other inside their respective houses to get some respite from the cold.
Our New Age correspondent visited the slums at Baniyachal, Kawriapara, Satirpara, Chowala, Rangamatia and Bowakur in the town and saw the hapless people suffering from the chill. Read more...
Tags: cold, Environment, Narsingdi, winterClimate victim
January 6, 2010
Dhaka, Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority on Wednesday began its drive to remove all the garbage, including polythene and coconut shells, from the bed of the Buriganga, the lifeline of the capital, in order to rejuvenate the moribund river, restore its navigability and save the environment.
Shipping minister Shahjahan Khan, along with water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen and state minister for forest and environment Hasan Mahmud, inaugurated the drive after a formal ceremony at the Sadarghat Terminal.
The Buriganga cleansing project, being implemented by the BIWTA at a cost of Tk 24.9 crore, will end by June 2011. The forest and environment ministry is providing the cost from its Climate Change Trust Fund. Read more...
Tags: Buriganga, EnvironmentClimate Change, Climate Fund
November 6, 2007
“I am pulling rickshaw for seven years. My house is in Rampur district. My Father-Mother, Sister-Brother lives in the village. I send them two thousand taka every month. I pass my life in Dhaka with rest money” – Md. Deloar Hossain said this with hesitation. This twenty seven years old rickshaw puller has not married yet. He can not think about his marry for his low income.
Abdul Malek Raton of Tangile has lost his everything at the time of the flood of eighty eight. After that, he has come to Dhaka. At first he started rickshaw pulling. I asked what your present condition is. He answered “My income was sound through rickshaw pulling initially. Three or four hundred taka existed everyday in my pocket. I was passing my happy life with one son and two daughters. Suddenly, pulling rickshaw on highway was stopped. My income has got down to half. Now I earn one or one fifty taka daily. I married off my daughters under compulsion. Child marriage? He said yes. I had nothing to do else. I could not feed them if I not married off them. Now, my income is diminishing gradually. Read more...
Tags: Climate Change, Environment, RickshawClimate Change
