Bangladesh is at the threshold of a big scale earthquake that might happen anytime, a seismic expert has apprehended.
Dr Syed Humayun Akhter, Professor of Geology Department of Dhaka University, said the recent small scale tremors signal big earthquake ahead and it is imperative to take immediate preparedness to face such a calamity.
In an interview with UNB senior staff correspondent Rashed Ahm

Rain-fed Jamuna, Teesta, Brahmaputra and Dharala rivers rose further in the last 24 hours ending 9am on Wednesday worsening flood situations in five northern districts.

Child mortality rate in Bangladesh fell by an average 5.3 percent annually from 1993 to 2007 by providing excess care to the health of poor mothers.
During the period the country also achieved success in reducing gap between boys and girls prospects of survival, a report of the Save the Children said.
The report was released on Tuesday two-week before world leaders meeting in New York to discuss

Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide its newly innovated solar- and wind-run combined power plants to Bangladesh for the country's power generation.

The government, with the assistance of the World Bank, has undertaken an initiative for effective management of river information nationwide, and restoration of selected rivers.

The United Nations (UN) System (WFP, UNDP and UNICEF) has extended its support to 14,000 cyclone Aila affected families still living on embankments in Bangladesh.
Drawing assistance from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), the UN agencies will work to distribute food, assist with shelter and implement basic Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and nutrition interventions, sa

Ministry of power, energy and mineral resources on Thursday sought World Bank's support to install a 450 megawatt combined cycle dual-fuel peaking plant instead of 300 MW simple cycle plant.In a meeting with the WB officials, Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad, the secretary of power division on Thursday made the proposal and sought bank's support to implement the government plan.

Bangladesh will face severe water challenge within next couple of decades due to random contamination of surface and underground water, absence of comprehensive water sharing with neighboring countries and mismanagement in preserving rain water.
According to water experts, although the whole world is seriously thinking of conserving their water resources for ensuring water security, Bangladesh is

A high-level technical consultative meeting that will begin in Nepal today (Wednesday) is likely to adopt a 10-year roadmap for adaptation to climate change in the eastern Himalayas sub-region for ensuring food, water and energy security.
The 3-day consultative meeting on Sacred Himalayas for Water, Livelihood, and Bio-cultural Heritage will be held in Kathmandu.