With a healthy Hindu minority and close historical ties with India, Bangladesh is no stranger to Hindu shrines. Many of these are listed as the national heritage and hold a place of pride in the hearts of the entire Bangladeshi populace. Many of these temples dating way back in time, are now popular tourist attractions and [...]

Bangladesh has geared up its environment conservation steps to save the world’s poorest countries from the adverse effects of global warming. Now it is turning towards green economy policies to save the degrading ecosystem. What is green economy? It can be explained as the economic development based on sustainable development which generates growth and improvement [...]

Trainers and managers in the field of nature tourism in several Asian countries, has recently completed a 10-day workshop at the International School of Sustainable Tourism (ISST) in this free port of Subic Be one of the main promoters of the so-called “tourism of tomorrow”. training course for trainers and managers of eco-tourism held in [...]

The Ministry of Tourism Oman has awarded Green Award 2011 in recognition of its role and its contribution to environmental awareness and sustainable tourism development in the Sultanate. Sheikh Abdullah bin Abdulmalik Al Khalili, Minister of Tourism, said winning this award recognizes the department’s efforts to develop policies, mechanisms and standards for sustainable tourism development [...]

This definition includes two key concepts: The concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of the world’s poor should be given priority, and the idea of limitations imposed by technology and society’s ability to meet environmental present and future. United Nations Permanent Forum has adopted this view and actually identified four “interrelated and mutually [...]

Energy starved Bangladesh has signed a landmark 35-year power transmission deal with India paving ways for import of 250 megawatt electricity from the neighbouring country starting from 2012 end, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) inked the bulk power transmission treaty with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd [...]

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in parliament yesterday said the government has a plan to set up more international and domestic airports in the next fiscal year. Replying to a question she said the government has adopted a plan to set up Bangabandhu International Airport as per the election manifesto. The proposed international airport will act [...]

“We have decided to build the pipeline at a cost of $150 million as Chevron says production at the Moulavi Bazar, Jalalabad and Bibiyana gas fields will be more than doubled to 1,840 million cubic feet (mmcft) a day,” said Mohammad Hussain Monsur, chairman of the state-run Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation, or Petrobangla. [...]

The government would stop all sorts of environmental degradation following hill cutting, forest plundering or poor management of industrial waste, said Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Amin. He said this while speaking at the inaugural programme of sapling distribution of British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) at Mercantile Marine House Field yesterday. He stressed the [...]

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) will hold its first meeting today for fiscal 2010-11 to consider eight development projects, including one to develop and reclaim Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara Lake in the city. Ecnec Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will preside over the meeting. The Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara project [...]