Development projects must not harm environment: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed the importance of keeping the environment in mind while taking any development project. "We must focus on the environment while taking any project; we always should take protective measures before taking any step," she said. The Prime Minister said this while speaking at a programme

Exploiting investment-friendly environment

Very recently, the UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) has published a report where it said Bangladesh’s foreign direct investment (FDI) has been historically low over the last one year. According to the report, FDI has dropped 10.8 per cent to $2.6 billion last year and is unlikely

Haphazard brick kilns killing environment

One would be shocked coming to know that around 5,000 out of the total 9,700 brick kilns around the country have been running illegally for years. In spite of brick kilns being one of the prime contributors to air pollution, over 58 per cent to be more specific, it seems

No negligence to biodiversity conservation

If we want to ensure sustainable development of our country, environmental protection is a must. And if biodiversity is not conserved, the balance of the environment may be threatened. Hopefully, the United Nations has declared 2021-2030 as a decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Therefore, in order to prevent disasters and epidemics,

Focus on environment friendliness while developing cities

In these days, the temperature in the country’s big cities keeps rising. Data say, in the last two decades, the temperatures of our five main cities – Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet, and Chattogram – rose by over 1.55 degree Celsius. Due to rising temperature, new diseases are increasing in urban

Lithium-ion battery use to harm environment

Local manufacturers have expressed concerns as Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) has initiated a move to use imported lithium-ion batteries for its Info-Sarker phase-3 project for expanding the digital network of the government to union level. They claimed that it may harm the environment since there is no proper recycling system for