According to the news published in various newspapers, Bangladesh will start buying electricity commercially from the first week of March this year from the 1,600 MW coal-based power plant of the Adani Group built at Godda in Jharkhand, India. This power is being purchased in unfavorable conditions for Bangladesh. The financial benefits that are being … Read more…
Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) jointly organized the country’s first environmental rally (পরিবেশ সমাবেশ) to protest the overall degradation of the environment of Bangladesh. The rally was held at Central Shaheed Minar on Friday, January 13, 2023 (from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM). The main objective of organizing this rally was … Read more…
Following their tradition, BAPA and BEN jointly held a special conference on “Bangladesh Haors, Rivers and Beels” on January 14, 2023 at the Department of Geography and Environment at the Kazi Motahar Hossain (Science Annex) Building of Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. A large number of delegates from different parts of the country and abroad attended … Read more…
The Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) bi-monthly webinar has been a success held in January. BEN recently organized a virtual webinar on Saturday, January 28, 2023, titled “Sustainable Transportation: Potential for e-Mobility in Bangladesh.” The webinar was organized with the aim of bringing together experts from various fields to discuss the current state of sustainable transportation … Read more…
Canada chapter of Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) organized an official in-person launching event on January 28, 2023. The event was held at the Massey Square Auditorium of the Bangladeshi-frequented Danforth area in Toronto, Canada. The program went on from 5 PM to 9 PM. Dr. Mohammad Asaduzzaman presided over a panel discussion. The discussants in … Read more…
Southern USA (SUS) chapter of Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) organized a panel discussion on the role of non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in the conservation and preservation of the environment of Bangladesh. The seminar was held on Feb 4, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Keswick Park Community Center. Engineer Zubayer Ahmed presented a concept paper on … Read more…
BAPA is organizing a mass rally on environmental and climate issues affecting Bangladesh. The first of its kind for BAPA, this grand event will be held at the Central Shaheed Minar premises of Dhaka from 10 AM till 4 PM on January 13, Saturday. The objective of this rally is to foster solidarity between the … Read more…
Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) will hold a special conference on “Haors, Rivers and Beels of Bangladesh.” The daylong conference will be held in Dhaka at the Science Annex Building of Dhaka University on February 14, 2023. Papers by authors residing outside Bangladesh are requested to send the abstract and full … Read more…
Bangladesh Environment Network has started a bi-monthly webinar series in June 2022. The two-hour webinars are held on the last Saturday of the month, every other month, at a time convenient for as many time zones of the world as possible, currently 10 AM US Eastern/NY Time. BEN experts from all over the world contribute … Read more…
২০২২ সালের ১২ জুন রোববার সন্ধ্যেটা কাটল বাংলাদেশের পরিবেশ আন্দোলনের কর্মীদের সঙ্গে। পরিবেশ শব্দটির সঙ্গে আমার পরিচয় আর দশজন সাধারণ মানুষের মতোই ছোটবেলা থেকে। কিন্তু স্বাভাবিক ভাবেই এর তাৎপর্য কতটা গভীর তা অনুভব করতে পারিনি। ছোটবেলা থেকে দীর্ঘকাল ধরে পরিবেশ ভালো রাখা বলতে নিজেদের বাড়িঘর গুছিয়ে রাখা, বনজঙ্গল সাফসুতরো করা টাইপের ভাবনাসীমায় আবদ্ধ ছিল। সত্যি … Read more…