Bangladesh

PM focuses on six priorities for prosperity for all in Indian Ocean region

13 MAY 2023, SATURDAY, 9:43

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday raised six priority areas for the countries of the Indian Ocean region, including fostering maritime diplomacy and partnership and strengthening maritime security and mutual trust for prosperity for all.

Depression intensifies into cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’

11 MAY 2023, THURSDAY, 19:42

The deep depression over the Southeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said this in a special bulletin on Thursday.

Bangladesh needs $373b in climate actions

13 APRIL 2023, THURSDAY, 9:37

Ocean Times News Desk: Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Monday said Bangladesh requires $373 billion to implement its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) in the next 27 years, with $8.5 billion […]

Bangladesh delta: Towards securing water future

24 MARCH 2023, FRIDAY, 16:16

This week, the world converges in New York at the second UN Conference on water. The focus on water, through a second stand-alone global conference, comes after…

National strategy will play important role in conserving sharks and rays: Minister

8 FEBRUARY 2023, WEDNESDAY, 11:31

National Conservation Strategy and Plan of Action for Sharks and Rays in Bangladesh 2023-2033″ will reduce over fishing and unwanted fishing of sharks and rays.

Govt is committed to conserve all wetlands: Shahab Uddin

2 FEBRUARY 2023, THURSDAY, 19:01

Various projects are being implemented for the development of the haors and water bodies. A total of 13 areas of the country have been declared as ecologically critical areas aiming to protect biodiversity, including wetlands.

What Bangladesh must do now as a global climate leader

8 DECEMBER 2022, THURSDAY, 5:39

The recent agreement by all countries to establish a new fund for loss and damage from human-induced climate change at COP27 was a simple recognition of an unfortunate

Malnourished generations are growing up on BD coast area for climate influence

28 NOVEMBER 2022, MONDAY, 18:25

Children are suffering from malnutrition in the coastal area of Bangladesh due to climate change effects. A shocking picture was found in Debhata under Satkhira, a coastal district near the Sundarbans (mangrove forest).

COP27: Bangladesh wants climate finance doubled by 2025

24 NOVEMBER 2022, THURSDAY, 5:55

Bangladesh has demanded that developed countries double their collective provision of adaptation finance by 2025, as was agreed at COP26 in Glasgow last year…

Can Bangladesh find a way out of the energy crisis?

20 NOVEMBER 2022, SUNDAY, 7:51

When the energy crisis has created a negative impact on the economy, and gas and electricity shortage has taken public suffering to the extreme, the government has failed to produce a viable energy plan for the people…

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