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Seventy-five thousand protesters take to the streets of New York to demand an end to the use of fossil fuels

Desk ReporterOctober 11, 2023

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Seventy-five thousand protesters take to the streets of New York to demand an end to the use of fossil fuels About 75,000 people protested on the streets of Manhattan, New York, demanding the end of fossil fuel use. Climate groups have planned more than 500 protests worldwide for a week......

Climate

Climate activists strike in Dhaka to demand stop use of fossil fuels and expansion of renewable energy

Desk ReporterOctober 10, 2023

October 10, 2023162

Climate activists strike in Dhaka to demand stop the use of fossil fuels and expansion of renewable energy. Young climate activists have held a global climate strike to demand an end to the use of fossil fuels and the expansion of renewable energy. From the climate strike held in front......

Bangladesh

Sand mining in protected forest areas is to be banned strictly to protect the environment.

Desk ReporterOctober 7, 2023

October 7, 2023113

Sand mining in protected forest areas should be banned strictly to protect the environment. The Standing Committee of Bangladesh National Parliament on the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC), Bangladesh, recommended this in its 40th meeting of the 11th Parliament held at Parliament House on October 01, 2023.......

Environment Protection

Two thousand environmental workers were killed in the last decade

Desk ReporterOctober 6, 2023October 7, 2023

October 6, 2023October 7, 202375

Two thousand environmental workers were killed in the last decade Between 2012 and 2022, 1,910 environmental workers were killed in the last decade. Eighty-eight percent of them are from Latin America. Global Witness, an international non-governmental organization, stated in a September 29, 2030 report. The agency released the statistics of......

Bangladesh

Due to air pollution, the average life expectancy of people in Bangladesh is reduced by seven years

Desk ReporterOctober 5, 2023

October 5, 2023163

Due to air pollution, the average life expectancy of people in Bangladesh is reduced by seven years Bangladesh has become the most polluted country in the world. Due to living in polluted air, the average life expectancy of people in Bangladesh is decreasing by six years and eight months per......

Bangladesh

Illegal storage of medical waste in Chattagram

Desk ReporterOctober 4, 2023

October 4, 2023210

Illegal storage of medical waste in Chattagram The Chattagram Department of Environment filed a case against three people for illegally storing and processing medical waste in Chattagram. The case was registered at the Bandar police station on September 25, 2023. Muhammad Ashfakur Rahman, the Department of Environment inspector, filed the......

Bangladesh

Someswari River no longer exists as a river: Syeda Rizwana Hasan

Desk ReporterOctober 3, 2023October 3, 2023

October 3, 2023October 3, 2023267

Someswari River no longer exists as a river: Syeda Rizwana Hasan Syeda Rizwana Hasan, chief executive of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA), said, “The Someshwari river was killed by leasing Balumhal.” Netrakona’s Someswari no longer exists as a river. The river is being converted into a sandbar—hundreds of dredgers......

Environment Protection

St. Martin’s cleanup campaign held

Desk ReporterOctober 3, 2023October 4, 2023

October 3, 2023October 4, 2023173

St. Martin’s cleanup campaign held Tania Sultana Happy On September 29, 2023, St. Martin Island, the only coral island and popular tourist destination in Bangladesh, was cleaned by the voluntary organization Volunteer Bangladesh. A group of volunteers from this organization works to remove plastic waste from the island’s beaches. In......

Environment Protection

Climate change could be more severe: U.N. chief

Desk ReporterOctober 1, 2023

October 1, 202375

Climate change could be more severe: U.N. chief UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the climate disaster has started due to climate change. He said extreme weather is hitting every part of the world. The Secretary-General issued this warning in the context of the climate report published by the......

Bangladesh

Bangladesh High Court’s ruling on removal of hazardous waste from Sunamganj’s Chatak area

Desk ReporterSeptember 29, 2023

September 29, 2023173

Bangladesh High Court’s ruling on removal of hazardous waste from Sunamganj’s Chatak area According to the Environmental Protection Act, the High Court has ruled that removing hazardous waste from Sunamganj’s Chhatka area will not be ordered. The Local Government Secretary, the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change ministry’s Secretary, the Health......

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