BAPA Blog

A common forum of citizens and organizations concerned with the environment of Bangladesh and Eco Tourism across the globe

   Nov 14

Rise of Green Economy in Bangladesh

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 [...]

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   Jun 27

Bangladesh To Keep Islam The State Religion

Bangladesh is prone to retaining Islam as state religion in the midst of increasing pressure on religious minorities and groups of civil society to restore the secular character of the 1972-Constitution. However, the Awami League-led coalition, which plans to make major changes to the Constitution should provide equal status with other religions. “You know the [...]

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   May 23

In Bangladesh Militants Using ULFA Weapons

The state of Bangladesh is going through the illegal arms problem of ULFA which is group called as United Liberation Front of Assam.  The majority of the ULFA militant leaders have been deported to India but the matter of fact is that they have left their arms in Bangladesh.  Their arms are actually in a [...]

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   May 16

Bangladesh Setting Up Gold Policy

Bangladesh is all set to frame a national gold policy to smooth the progress and expansion of jewelry business in Bangladesh. Last month the jewelers of Bangladesh had demanded the formation of a national gold policy to make conform for the Bangladesh’s jewelry market, and allow them to buy bullion from the international market. BJA [...]

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   May 09

Dhaka ITD Deal Create Openings In Bangladesh

Well it seems like the ITD deal in Dhaka is going to get new opportunities in the region. Thus, Thai contractors will see greater opportunities to build basic infrastructure and public utilities in Bangladesh after Italian-Thai Development Plc has won this contract and ITD deal for an elevated expressway in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. [...]

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   May 02

Bangladesh Firing After Market Crash

Well there are updates from Dhaka, Bangladesh that Bangladesh will fire the chiefs of the country’s securities regulator after an independent probe blamed them for the recent stock market crash, as per the finance minister’s statement. The benchmark Dhaka Stock Exchange General (DGEN) index touched a high of 8918.51 points on December 5 last year [...]

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   Apr 25

Expatriate Welfare Bank To Help Overseas Bangladeshi Workers

To help overseas Bangladeshi workers, Bangladesh has launched a state-run Expatriate Welfare Bank to fund those workers who are going overseas and to handle their remittances which is a major source of foreign exchange. From Bangladesh, about seven million people are employed abroad, most of them in the Middle East, and they send home about [...]

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   Apr 18

WB Helps Bangladesh & Nepal To Protect Wildlife

World Bank is providing full support to Bangladesh and Nepal to protect their wildlife. Bangladesh and Nepal are getting helped by the WB for the first phase of a program on strengthening Regional Cooperation for Wildlife Protection in Asia. The Washington-based bank has approved an amount of 36-million U.S. dollars for Bangladesh and a 3-million [...]

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   Apr 11

Women’s Sari Squad To Protect Wildlife Sanctuary In Bangladesh

For environmental protection Women’s Sari Squad, a small group of local women in southern Bangladesh has come forward as the guardians of the Chunati Wildlife Reserve. Wives, mothers and villagers go every day in their green saris to patrol the forest with the government rangers to seek out anyone who try to spoil the insubstantial [...]

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   Feb 01

Sustainable Initiatives Enlargement Mining Engineering in The Philippines

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 [...]

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