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Now know Paddy cut count from your mobile App
Tahjeeb Hossain Chowdhury: Bangladesh is an agricultural paradise with fertile lands that cultivates gold it seems. We have been able to become self-dependent on paddy cultivation. Apart from that we also have stellar agricultural produce for vegetables, grains, commercial crops, and more. So, it has been a disappointing notion that we do not have as many agricultural technologies that help with production. The Newest breakthrough is the app that lets users know how much paddy has been cut. It’s about time that mobile apps for agricultural logistics came forward and it seems we are getting quite a good app that will benefit the farmers a lot.
The Combine harvester has been one of the newest additions to efficient agriculture in terms of the Bangladesh landscape. ACI Motors brought this technology from the Japanese Yanmar. The remote-controlled machine can be managed from a distance. The Accompanying smartphone app is the crux of our story here. The app is linked to a respective machine. It tracks the overall activities of the paddy cultivation. This is a huge boost in terms of Agricultural Management. We are at the cusp of breaking into an era of production that needs the involvement of Artificial intelligence and smart technologies more than ever.
Bangladesh Agricultural University has reported that the per capita income of farmers and Agricultural professionals is on the rise. Methods of Production and labor management has changed as well. There may be a deficit or difficulty in acquiring labor services in the coming days. In that front technology bundles like the Yanmar, Smart assist and Combine harvester will become crucial cogs in the wheel. There is a need for new technology and a new workforce that can use and manage this new technology properly. This was the overall message shared by the former vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Agriculture University Mr. Sattar Mondol.
With Irrigation, Cultivation, and Insecticide work being 95% mechanized, it is only a matter of time we cover all bases. The Smart Assist app can monitor the harvesters’ performance, check if it needs repairs, and counts the paddy amount as its being operated. With remote management available, modern farmers can rest easy with this new addition into AGRO-TECH.
(The writer is a marketing graduate, content writer, and data science enthusiast from Dhaka, reach him at [email protected])
October 14, 2020
Cautionary signal for ports, cyclone ‘Gati’ coming
After the threat of ‘Amphan’, the people of Bangladesh had much time in the restoration processes. But it seems nature’s wrath isn’t over yet. Another powerful Cyclone is forming and approaching us. It’s been named Gati. The Indian Weather authorities have expressed that it has formed due to the downward pressure in the Eastern-Middle parts of the Bay of Bengal.
The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla, and Payra are advised to hoist distant cautionary signal number one after a low over East-central Bay and adjoining North Andaman Sea intensify into a depression. A warning message has been issued by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department on 12.10.2020 (Sunday) due to Cyclone Gati.
The depression over West-Central Bay and adjoining East-Central bay moved West-northwestwards over the same area and was centered at 06 AM today about 1086 kilometers southwest of Chattrogram port, 1046 KM southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 941 Kilometers southwest of Mongla port and 951 Kilometers of Pyra port. It is further and moves in a west/northwest direction.
Maximum sustained wind speed within 44 Kilometers of the depression center is about 40 kilometer/hour rising to 50 kilometer/hour in guests/squalls. Sea will remain moderate near the depression center.
Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the depression in the East-Central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclone. It is likely to intensify further and to hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh in India on Monday morning.
However, Bangladesh and especially the coastal regions has been suffering because of the recent cyclones. But this time it seems Cyclone Gati is headed towards Andhra Pradesh. If the track of cyclone is changed, the storm may hit the coastal areas of Bangladesh. Under the effect of the cyclone Gati, heavy rainfall may occur in country but it can be expected that it will not be seeing many severe damages.
Photo Courtesy: weather.com (Picture used only for representation)
October 12, 2020

National Environmental Writing Contest Concluded

bdenvironment.com, an environmental web portal, has initiated a national environmental writing contest to empower the youth. Any age of Bangladeshis, living here or abroad, were eligible to participate in the competition “ACI Pure Salt presents National Environmental Writing Contest 2020”. There were no specific category but the write-up needed to be related with environmental issue of Bangladesh. The length of write up was 450 to 600 words.

Kowshik Ahmed, student of B.Sc. in Environmental Science and Disaster Management of Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) became the champion of the contest and he got couple return air ticket of Cox’s Bazar while Amit Hasan Anik from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) got a movie projector as the first runner up. Marfua Mowla, student of Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET became the second runner up and got couple dinner in a restaurant. There were also attractive gifts arranged for fourth to tenth position and a love of token gift for eleventh to twenty position holders. There were total five hundred and seven write up we received and top sixty six write up will be published on our website. Also we will publish an e-book and will provide a letter of participation.

The founder of bdenvironment.com Md. Ashraful Alam announced the award by a live from our official Facebook page. He expressed on youth and volunteer activist to save earth. At the end of the live, he announced their upcoming event which is Make Dhaka Green Again where people will plant a tree on their convenient places like the veranda, reading table, or office desk and post those photos on social media with hashtag #MakeDhakaGreenAgain to promote and expand green activities.

Moreover, bdenvironment.com is an environmental web portal that connects people to environmental & climate change issues of Bangladesh. It launched on June 8, 2013. From inauguration to now, it organized around hundred events including tree plantation, waste management campaign, seminar, workshop, national contest to spread environmental awareness.

The 66 List!

SL	Name	Content Title
1	Kowshik Ahmed	Groundwater depletion and related environmental threats around Dhaka city and other cities nearby
2	Amit Hasan Anik	Micro-plastics pollution: A high concerning time as the emerging pollutant hits the environment
3	Marfua Mowla	ATOSHI: An ICT based waste management model for Digital Bangladesh
4	Nawrin Sultana (Luna)	A Piece Consciousness means A Lovely and Fresh Environment
5	Mehedi Hasan	A story on behalf of tomorrow
6	Chisty Rahim	Flushed Away
7	Md. Jahirul Haque Tamal	‘Windmill’ a Sustainable Solution for Rural People
8	Fayaz Yousuf	Living in the Plastic Age
9	Farhan Rahman Chowdhury	An Indigenous Solution to an International Problem: Sonali Bags, and How it Could Reduce Plastic Pollution
10	A.F.M. Moshiur Rahman	Maintaining the Balance of Environment: Bangladesh Perspective
11	Afsana Alam	With love, nature
12	Md. Hasanur Habib	Management and Conversion of Food and Green Waste to Energy to Make a Safe Environment
13	Banani Mallick,	Coronavirus wastes posing threat of further contagion
14	Alfi Shahreen Chowdhury	Cigarette Butts
15	Mahzabin Tasnim Khan Fariha	Feed the Planet and It Will Nourish You!
16	Nazmun Nahar Prity	Blessings of Techno-agriculture to beat Food Security
17	PROMITI PROVA MAHBUB	Ecological Footprint of Strays
18	Mahfuj Arman	Environment friendly pisciculture and sustainability
19	Jarin Najnin	One Krishnachura tree
20	Md. Mahabub Ul Alam Khan	A Silent Killer: Air Pollution
21	Md. Anik Hossain	Light Pollution: Tomorrow’s Concern
22	MAHIN AHMED KHAN	How environmental degradation is damaging our economy
23	Shamim Shorif Susom	A Greener World
24	Maisha Nawar	A sigh of mother nature: Aquatic Contamination
25	PUJA SARKAR MOLY	Eutrophication: A great challenge for the world to protect water resources
26	Ashraf Uz Zaman	AIR POLLUTION IN URBAN BANGLADESH AND ITS LONG TERM RAMIFICATIONS ON HUMAN HEALTH
27	K M RIASAT UL MULK	Necessity of birds in the environment of Bangladesh
28	Arpita Golder	Bangladesh’s Water Crisis: The suffering Story of a Riverine Country
29	Shahrin Abdullah	AM I DEAD OR AM I DEAD?
30	Kashfia Farheen	BRICK KLIN -The Immense Polluter
31	Soumik Mohammad Ishmam	Challenges and Opportunities of Plastic Pollution Management and Probable ways to Resolve the Plastic Pollution in Bangladesh
32	Humayra Jahan	Changes that could improve Environment
33	Nayem Ahmed Siddik	Climate Change and Our Responsibilities
34	H. Rainak Khan Real	Climate Change Induced Cyclones and Tidal surges: A Major Environmental Concern for Bangladesh
35	Abhitosh Chakraborty	Microplastic Pollution in Bangladesh
36	Tabassum Kaniz Tamanna	Unmasking Masks: A New Threat
37	Marjan Tabassum
38	Alaul Alam	World Tiger Day
39	Sazzadul Karim Rifat	Uncertain world ahead, good night everyone!
40	Bahnishikha Chowdhury	Treasure, not Trash
41	Sadman Shihab Ifty	A savior of today might turn into a terrific ‘Villain!’
42	Sushanto Kumar Saha	Bangladesh: “The Land of Rivers” or “The Land of Dried and Polluted Rivers”?
43	Jahid Hasan	The environment must be saved
44	Sowmik Das Sowmya	Waste to Valuable Resources
45	Mohammed	Solid Waste Management Facilities in Environmental Degradation
46	Mahmudul Hasan Rakib	Rampal Power Plant, Destroyer of The Sunderbans
47	Ahsan Rajib Promie	Plastic, We and Our Environment
48	Ommay Hany Ria	Desalination can alleviate stress on fresh water
49	Nusrat Jahan Labonnayo	Reduction of Carbon Emission: A Light of Hope in a Blind Alley
50	Noor Aiza Zaman	I AM BREATHING TRASH AND SO ARE YOU!
51	Kamrul Hasan Chowdhury	A guide to reduce littering in Dhaka City
52	Shoumik Kundu	Bioplastic and Effective Waste Management: Two Magic Approaches to Minimize Plastic Pollution?
53	Musarrat Sarwar Chowdhury
54	Md.Minhajul Alam	Eco friendly Industrialization: A new hope for reducing river and water pollution
55	Mohammad Ayub Parvez	How much do we owe to the Halda River?
56	Mariam Hussain	Strengthening Locals for Combating Water Scarcity in Dhaka
57	Maisha Binte Sultan	Bangladesh Faces the Anticipated Threats of Electronic Waste
58	Mahmudul Hasan Nayeem	Comprehensive Approach of Mitigating the Climate Change
59	Mohammad Abdur Rahman	LIGHT POLLUTION
60	Ahmed Jubaer	Household Waste Disposal
61	Kashfia Nehrin	Green Nanotechnology for Waste Water Treatment in Bangladesh
62	Muhammad Ibrahim Shah	Fighting the crisis through Sustainable Agriculture
63	Suparna Roy	Environment Pollution: Future is at stake!
64	Md.Imran Hossen.	When Nature Talks
65	Jannatul ferdous onie
66	Faria Iffat Mim	Unemployment, Environment and Bangladesh

October 1, 2020

River Erosion at a horrible level
Tahjeeb Hossain Chowdhury: River Erosion has reached an alarming level in recent times and the oncoming floods are just a red flag for the people in the rural areas. Many of the Upazila, districts, and regions as a whole in Shariatpur. Naira Upazilla adjacent to the Padma River Banks has seen river erosion at such a level that people are losing their homes in an eruption of land being devoured by the river. Families are losing their homes and assets in a blink of an eye because of such strikes from Mother Nature.
Erosion has been a prime cause for people losing life, limb, and home for a long time in the riverine village sides in Bangladesh. Shariatpur is one area that has seen the worst of it in recent decades. There was a purple patch when erosion-centric breakdowns dried up in the 2012-2016 time period. But after 2016 the breakdown started yet again. In the resulting 4 years, the rural populace has seen horrors that could only be described as a tragedy. The defense infrastructure of the Padma riverbank area has seen damages with about 30 meters already removed.
SM Ahsan Habib Executive Engineer of the Water Development Board in Shariatpur said to the media about the dumping of Geo-Bags. This season is also a very bad time as currents and prolonged floods are usually the norm in this season. Another cause for concern is the recent ongoing floods. 14 districts in Bangladesh have been affected in the recent floods including Madaripur, Rajbari, Faridpur, and the aforementioned Shariatpur. Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra, Nilphamari, and more areas are also damaged.
With these problems mounting erosion-sensitive areas are more in danger than ever. The people in these areas have been fearing the floods because of how erosion has already damaged their lives to such an extent. 334 Upazilas with 2-4 kilometers worth of embankments have collapsed in the recent floods. There has been a significant amount of money allocated to the development regarding developing the infrastructure of the embankments as per Enamul Haque, the deputy minister for water resources. With 45 lakh people affected in the recent floods, erosion-heavy areas still stand to lose more. Experts have opined that damages could have been mitigated if there was more of a concentrated effort into restructuring and strengthening the riverbank infrastructure.
(The writer is a marketing graduate, content writer, and data science enthusiast from Dhaka, reach him at [email protected])
Photo Courtesy: The Daily Star
September 27, 2020
Amend Law to End Big Tobacco’s Ill moves and CSR Manipulation: Anti-Tobacco Leaders Demand
With a view to continuing the death trade amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, tobacco companies have resorted to a series of cunning tactics including intense lobbying campaigns, grants, corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, spread of misinformation and other tactics.
On 26 September 2020, Mr. Hasan Shahriar, Head of Tobacco Control Project, PROGGA, has presented these issues in a webinar titled “Covid-19 and Tobacco Industry”, organized by PROGGA, with support from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK). According to the observations of PROGGA, a research and advocacy organization, two multinational tobacco companies were able to secure special permission from the Ministry of Industries amid this ongoing pandemic to continue cigarette production, marketing and leaf procurement by presenting cigarette as an essential item, while the World Health Organization (WHO) has been warning that tobacco products help spread corona infection and worsen subsequent illness.
As a part of carefully crafted CSR ploys, the companies have been distributing personal protective equipment among law-enforcing agencies and field administration officials, arranging and participating in Facebook Live Talk Shows to promote brand image, and spreading misinformation such as smokers enjoy better protection against coronavirus infection due to tobacco addiction.
Vaping traders have become particularly desperate in recent times, aggressively targeting the youth. Campaigns after campaigns are being launched everyday on social media platforms to spread utter lies and misinformation and to get the youth into vaping. Anti-Tobacco activists speaking in the program said, CSR programs create scope for unnecessary interactions between tobacco companies and govt. officials and policymakers.
Tobacco companies take full advantage of this and interfere in the adoption and implementation of tobacco control measures. They call for an immediate amendment of existing tobacco control law to put an end to all CSR activities of tobacco companies. Speakers, in the webinar, have also called for a total ban on production, import and marketing of all vaping items including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products.
Moreover, they also stressed on the fact that the existence of cigarettes in the list of Essential Products is in conflict with the Honorable Prime Minister’s Vision for a Tobacco-Free Bangladesh by 2040. They demanded that the 1956 Essential Products Act be amended to eliminate tobacco products from the list.
September 26, 2020
Eastern University & bdenvironment.com going to organize Green Journalism Workshop
Along with the theme of “Citizen Journalism for sustainability and development”. Eastern University Journalist Forum (EUJF) is going to organize an online workshop on “Green Journalism” jointly with environmental web portal bdenvironment.com. Anyone can join the workshop who are living here or in abroad, are eligible to participate in the workshop.

Resource person from prominent daily newspaper and television will be trained students how to write and presents on newspaper, magazine, television and radio about environmental issues for country’s sustainable development. They will also express on expand environmental issues and citizen journalism to prevent climate change matters. Desh Shamachar is strategic partner of this grand workshop for sustainable development of the country.
Date: Friday, 28 August, 2020 at 7:30 PM
Resource Person:
- Iftekhar Mahmud, Special Correspondent, Prothom Alo
- Sheikh Rokon, Secretary General, Riverine People
Host: Md. Ashraful Alam, Founder, bdenvironment.com
Fees & Platform: Free of cost but need prior registration & the platform is Zoom
The founder of bdenvironment.com Md. Ashraful Alam said that to save environmental and prevent climate change issue from Bangladesh we need to aware people a lot. Only mass media can do that very rapidly. So it is our time to expand environmental issue through mass media.
President of Eastern University Journalist Forum Samiya Habib emphasized, Nature itself is a mother or has motherly features. For instance, being like river to provides water, giving Oxygen and shelter like trees which also filter the polluted air into fresh air and breathable oxygen for us. Only the mass people take this initiative of keeping safe our environment from pollution.
Moreover, bdenvironment.com is an environmental web portal that connects people to environmental & climate change issues of Bangladesh. It launched on June 8, 2013. From launched to till now it organized around hundred event including national environmental writing contest, tree plantation, waste management, seminar, workshop, nature photography contest and campaign to spread environmental awareness.
Incidentally, Eastern University Journalist Forum is a network of interested students of being journalist and young professionals with a view to fostering critical thinking about media journalism, encouraging ethics in journalism and developing skills for dynamic journalism and media professions.
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August 16, 2020
Green Savers Association, the Saver of Earth
Tahjeeb Hossain Chowdhury: Covid-19 has hit a lot of lives and rendered systems useless in the months since its rise. But more and more stories of humanity banding together in protection of each other and the world have surfaced. In the lockdown era of quarantine and social distancing, our vegetation and trees might be in want of proper care. The trees in office spaces and premises especially need care. It is easy to assume that in the COVID period those trees aren’t being looked after. But humanity has found a way here as well. With the Green Saviors on duty, trees in office spaces have found care.
Since March 26th the country has mostly kept to their homes. Offices have been closed while employees plough away on the keyboards on a work-from home basis. But the various plants and vegetation planted within the large office spaces need some special care. The plants are their mainly for aesthetic purposes. But as all living organisms, plants also need food and care. Over 150 offices within Dhaka City have plants within their premises.
Species of plants like Chinese evergreen, Alocasia, Monstera, philodendron, Dieffenbachia, and anthodium palm, dracaena are just some of the popular plants and vegetation used in Dhaka offices. They need regular care and proper elements to live. So Green Saviors have come forward to do just that in these trying times.
Ahsan Rony, founder of the Green Savers Association said how plants need proper care if not more like any other living creature. In the monsoon season they need medicine that save them from diseases. Pruning, cutting, pesticides to ward off insects are all essential for proper use. Rony informed that workers from Green saviors visit their client offices on a weekly basis to take proper care of the plants inside offices. They charge 425 Taka to compensate for materials like pesticides, fertilizers as well as fees of service.
In the lockdown era Green Savers have found a distinguished clientele including the Turkish Embassy in Dhaka. With clients being very impressed with their work, Green Savers are doing the world a great favor. An initiative taken in 2010, Green Savers has come through for the Green saviors of the environment even during this Pandemic.
(The writer is a marketing graduate, content writer, and data science enthusiast from Dhaka, reach him at [email protected])
Photo Courtesy: Green Savers Association
August 15, 2020
The Prime Minister warns against prolonged floods
Tahjeeb Hossain Chowdhury: Prime Minister of Bangladesh has warned against prolonged floods in the country. The year 2020 has been a difficult year for the global population with a global pandemic, economic instability, socio-racial movements, and a flurry of tragedies unraveling every day. Bangladesh has been suffering from its own issues outside the COVID-19 pandemic. Bangladesh has seen floods this year that have been developing in the last month or so. Rural areas have seen the unfathomable loss of life, limb, and livelihood because of the flood. With the coastal population being forced to move inland, and rural people clinging on barely, the prime minister heeded warning to authorities in the case of long term ramifications regarding the floods.
On August 10, the Prime Minister presided over a virtual meeting regarding the issue. She talked about the possibility of a lengthy flood. She warned the authorities and officials regarding the matter. The PM emphasized the need to make preparations for the upcoming floods. The current situation and the upcoming possibility of this being a lengthy flood took center stage in the meeting. The PM also ordered concerned authorities to prepare for rehabilitation work that will follow the floods regardless of length and magnitude.
After the meeting in the afternoon, the PM’s orders were briefed by Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Haque. The PM said in the meeting that there are signs of this flood being more devastating in the coming months. The area surrounding Bangabandhu Bridge in Jamuna has seen water levels come down the danger zone. This has also been the case in the Padma region. Yet there are still forecasts of rain. The timeline of the Bhadra month and the weather forecasts mean that there will be considerable flooding.
The agricultural protection against flooding was also discussed in the meeting. Anwarul Islam informed about the agricultural ministry having a separate rehabilitation program. The PM has stressed on preserving Amon seeds as a considerable amount of seeds has been damaged. The development of Amon seeds that do not get damaged in spite of 15 days of submersion is also in the works. Although the Amon yield won’t be affected as of now, a lengthy flood might throw a spanner in the works. So the Prime Minister put emphasis on making sure there would be no food shortage in the coming months.
(The writer is a marketing graduate, content writer, and data science enthusiast from Dhaka, reach him at [email protected])
Photo Courtesy: The Daily Star
August 13, 2020
Rising sea levels for climate change, a threat to coastal farmers in Bangladesh
Tahjeeb Hossain Chowdhury: Climate Change is a worrying prospect for the whole world and nations have been taking steps to brace for impact. But that goes tenfold for a delta nation like Bangladesh. Previous studies have shown that Bangladesh will be one of the victims of the effects of climate change. A very haunting example of this can be seen in the prediction that pertains to agriculture. It has been predicted that the rising water levels might cause coastal farmers of Bangladesh to move inland.
Although a riverine country, the coastal farmers have to contend with already dire situations regarding saltwater. The coastal farmers in Bangladesh have to move inland as saltwater can damage the produce. Coupled with the fact that floods have forced farmers to move to fisheries to compensate for losses, the climate change-related water level rising might affect the most vulnerable groups.
The Ohio State University associate professor Joyce Chen revealed all of this in her study regarding the farming challenges of Bangladesh pertaining to climate change. She revealed in her study that climate change will affect those who have the fewest resources to begin with. The poor marginalized farmers of the coastal regions who cannot rely on other income would have to move inland to save their lives, let alone occupation. Coastal farmland is under threat because of how much soil salinity is rising. Bangladesh will be hit hard by the change.
It is expected that 10-18 millimeters of coastal land will disappear every year as climate change takes a toll. With 40% of Bangladesh’s agricultural land already under threat, there will be a shift of livelihood of close to 1.3 billion. Agriculture will change course to aquaculture as fisheries will become a source of income for the affected populace.
Joyce Chen and her co-author Vallerie Mueller have voiced their concerns regarding the incoming danger of people of Bangladesh. She has said that the most vulnerable of farmers will be hit pretty hard by the changing sea levels. Their lives and livelihood will be a bone of contention in the coming era. Although migration to other countries will see a decrease to compensate for the expected change of profession, it is worrying that not every farmer can resort to change. The authors have urged similar countries to learn from Bangladesh’s case. They also called for policies for transition and transformation.
(The writer is a marketing graduate, content writer, and data science enthusiast from Dhaka, reach him at [email protected])
August 12, 2020
BAPA Seminar on Impact of Petroleum Policy on Budget and Environment
Tahjeeb Hossain Chowdhury: Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA) organized a seminar on Bangladesh Petroleum policy and how it affects the budget and environment. On 26th July 2020, the seminar took place and it was presided over by the Executive Vice President of the organization Dr. Abdul Matin while BAPA Vice President Dr. Nazrul Islam delivered the keynote speech.
Many distinguished speakers came and had great insights to offer including former Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman, Dr Mustafizur Rahman from Center for Policy dialogue, Professor Anu Mohammad from Jahangirnagar University to name a few distinguished attendees.
Dr. Nazrul Islam as the keynote speaker spoke at length about many issues regarding the fuel laws of Bangladesh. The success of Bangladeshi Fuel Laws with electricity production, distribution, the prosperity of industry due to the fuel use, humanitarian values, effects on the budget, and the climate as well as how fuel usage and laws have been affecting the environment.
He lauded the production of electricity and also it’s sustainability in the last decade while also highlighting the long effects it has on the budget and environment. He lamented the lack of foresight regarding the adverse effects of fuel usage on the environment. He called for a fuel law that keeps these aspects in mind and pledged BAPA’s involvement.
Other speakers also lent their voices to the issue as Dr. Abdul Matin criticized how the powerful and corrupt people are getting away with illegal activities and cited the Boral River takeover as a glowing example of corruption. Dr. Atiur Rahman opined that our lack of preparation regarding climate change is an alarming sign. He also added that fossil fuel subsidies that we pay every year would be more than enough to cause a solar energy revolution if used properly.
All of the speakers opined how the lack of preparation, changes in the fuel laws and regulations have affected the overall budget and environment. They highlighted how our resources are dwindling and the forthcoming climate change and ongoing pollution is rendering our socio-environmental infrastructure in a compromised position.
Professor Anu Mohammad criticized how policymakers have been overlooking the needs of the general public. How extravagant projects such as the Rampal project have been taken up in spite of predicted damages to the environment and economy as going overcapacity is meaning that the Government is paying subsidies while there is no work in progress.
Issues regarding the fuel regulations have been a topic of great debate and discussion. This seminar highlights that quite well as the high intellectuals of our country has so much input and criticism on the topic. Our education about these matters along with lively discussion like this is needed for environmental sustainability.
(The writer is a marketing graduate, content writer, and data science enthusiast from Dhaka, reach him at [email protected])
July 26, 2020