Feathers tell century-plus tale of mercury pollution
April 19, 2011
Albatross feathers from museum specimens have allowed scientists to construct a record of mercury pollution dating back more than 100 years.
Home gardening
February 20, 2011
My grandfather was a ‘plant lover’. From the cactus on the table at his office, to the age-old trees that line the road in front of Sir Salimullah Hall- his abode as a student of DU- his passion for plants was wide and varied. Everyday after returning from the office, he would put on his gardening gear- lungi and a tee shirt, armed with his gardening gadgets and head to his garden. It was his respite; even in his dying days he never gave up visiting the green sanctuary that he had himself built with his own hands.
Climate change conferences From RIO to Cancun
January 9, 2011
In December, 2010, the last UN Climate change conference was held in Cancun, Mexico. It dealt with the problem of the greenhouse effect. Before we discuss whether it was a success or a failure, some background information will be useful. Read more
DU for alternative route
January 9, 2011
Dhaka University (DU) authorities yesterday proposed an alternative route for the city’s proposed elevated (partially) railway that goes over the campus from Shahbagh to Chankharpool. Read more
Tiger kills wood collector
January 2, 2011
A wood and honey collector has been killed by a Royal Bengal Tiger in the Sundarbans at Koira Upazila in Khulna, forest department officials said.
The victim was identified as Mohammad Asadul, 32, of Bagali village under the Upazila. Read more
Shariatpur tomato growers fear loss
December 29, 2010
SHARIATPUR, DEC 28: The growers of tomato in Shariatpur district fear huge loss due to absence of storage facilities. It is learnt there is no cold storage in the district for the preservation of tomatoes. According to Agriculture Extension Department (DAE), Shariatpur tomato worth Tk five core may be damaged this year. It is worth-mentioning that the district witnessed surplus production on account of favourable climatic condition. Read more
R yoU WaNt A Big NicE vOiCe ChAt RooM ?
December 24, 2010
Untold woes in the scenic tea gardens
May 19, 2009
A lush tea garden with towering shade trees is always a respite for the eyes and senses. The foliage obviously induces a sense of peace and tranquillity. But underneath the veneer of this beauty and serenity, remain stories of untold agony and muffled cries. The ongoing solo photography exhibition by Philip Gain tries to uncover stories from the communities of tea-pickers working at the gardens in different parts of the country. The exhibition titled, “The Story of Tea Workers,” is on at Drik Gallery, Dhanmondi.
Cox’s Bazar and Sundarbans
May 8, 2009
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Photo: Azizur Rahim Peu / Driknews
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We also found some websites or facebook applications where more than one vote could be cast. Further, it was also noticed that confirmation of the vote by opening return mail from N7W to the voter’s e-mail account was not required. It is truly confusing and does not match with the prescribed guideline of the N7W authorities, but many people used those sites/pages without knowing what could be the consequences.
Possible measures on the part of N7WA could be to discard those votes or block those sites and applications. Instead of doing that, N7WA dropped the number one and two contending natural sites from the contest and we do not know if this is a permanent measure. N7WA must have designed some system to cancel fake votes, which clearly failed and they took unjust punitive measures against competing natural sites.
If, for example, the same people who opened sites having anomalies as mentioned above open similar websites to cast fake votes in favour of another competing site, say Mount Everest; will N7WA drop Mt. Everest from the list too and if they do that will that be proper?
We expect immediate return of Cox’s Bazar and the Sundarbans to the contest in order to ensure a fair process of selection, so that N7W’s endeavour gets global acceptance as a selection based on fair practice.
Cox’s Bazar: Wonders Of Nature
April 26, 2009
Miles of golden sands, towering cliffs, surfing waves, rare conch shells, colorful pagodas, Buddhist temples and tribes, delightful sea-food–this is Cox’s Bazar, the tourist capital of Bangladesh. Having the world’s longest (120 kilometers.) beach sloping gently down to the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal, Cox’s Bazar is one of the most attractive tourist sport in the country. There are also a few very old wooden Buddhist temples at Ramu, a few kilometers from Cox’s Bazar, well worth visiting.