Leaders of the ethnic minority community people, different political parties and professionals here yesterday demanded constitutional recognition of the ethnic minorities to ensure their rights and identity in society. They demanded recognition of the social identity, rights to education, healthcare and all other constitutional rights of the minorities in the plain lands, preservation of their […]
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today underlined the need for concerted efforts of the world community to protect endangered tiger population that are facing extinction due to influence of global warming. “Tigers along with human beings especially in the most vulnerable countries (MVCs) of climate change are facing extinction due to poverty, hunger, natural disaster and […]
The World Bank (WB) is helping Bangladesh carry out a series of studies to develop a holistic programme for sustainable development of the Sundarbans, the world’s single largest mangrove forest. The Sundarbans is home to an estimated 425 species of wildlife, including 300 species of birds and 42 species of mammals, as well as the […]
An inter-ministerial and stakeholder national workshop on climate investment and finance will be held at National Press Club here at 12.30 noon tomorrow. Organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) and UNDP, the day- long workshop will be opened by Environment Secretary Dr Mihir Kanti Majumder and will be addressed by team leaders […]
Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, need a pragmatic research to explore and conserve its existing biodiversity and other valuable resources in the wake of changing climate caused by global warming. Biologists and other researchers concerned made this observation while conducting a ground level study at different points of the vast forest recently. […]
Folk Music is one of the major strength of Bangladeshi musical history and heritage. Bangladeshi this kind of music has already been announced as world heritage. Folk Music is created by some anonymous people and gets popular by man to man. The definition of folklore might look long and tedious if we say “Whenever a […]
A delegation led by Lance Simmens,Climate Messenger of the former US Vice- President Al-Gore and currently a cabinet member at the office of the governor of Philadelphia, met Akramul Qader, Bangladesh Ambassador to USA yesterday. During the meeting, Bangladesh ambassador apprised him of the vulnerability of Bangladesh while touching on the various measures taken by […]
General secretary of Shree Shree Korunamoyee Kalibari Mandir and noted social worker Ajoy Prasad Babon has distributed puja clothes among the poor to assist them in celebrating the greatest religious festivity. A simple ceremony was organised on the occasion at the mandir where Ajoy Prasad Babon distributed the clothes including saree on Thursday among the […]
It was a big question about Bangladesh whether it is a secular country or Muslim country. Bangladesh has got a large number of Muslim community. But different religious people are living here with great harmony from thousand years ago. The High Court yesterday ruled that Bangladesh is now a secular state since the original constitution […]
Preservation of wildlife is stressed at the meeting in National Press Club during the opening ceremony of a book on Wildlife, yesterday Wednesday. How many species of Wildlife and animals are present in Bangladesh is not known to common people. Only a few students of zoology can hardly say about it. Much of the total […]
Royal Bengal tiger is one of the most beautiful beasts of the world. Tiger, symbol of the beast and beauty, is a threatened species worldwide. Recent estimate shows that tigers only occupy 7% of their historic Asian range and about 4000 are left in the wild (Dinerstein et al. 2007). Aside from this alarming tiger […]
Bangladesh is famous for its Royal Bengal tiger which live in Shundorban. But these tigers are being disappeared day by day. Bangladesh joined with another 12 countries to save tigers’ population. Tiger is one of the most fast disappearing animals of the world. Only 3,200 big cats [Penthera Tigris] of five sub-species exist in the […]