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BEN ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, Year 18, No. 12 (December 2021) |
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This is the last of our monthly newsletters for the year 2021. With new variants COVID-19 continues to affect many parts of the world like the previous year despite the prevention and cure pioneered by the scientists. BEN sympathizes with those affected by the ongoing pandemic. On one hand, the pandemic alerted us about the infection-risk impacts of our relationship to other species on the Earth and the planetary ecosystem. On the other hand, it opened our eyes to the direct connection between human activities and environmental pollution. We hope 2022 will bring much better results in fighting the pandemic and other perils that threaten our species. BEN will start the year with the annual BAPA-BEN conference to be held on February 10-11, 2022. This issue of the newsletter covers the preparatory activities for the upcoming conference as well as other BAPA-BEN activities in December. We start with a new year note from BEN founder Dr. S. Nazrul Islam. Wish all our readers a great 2022, which also happens to be the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development! |
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Nazrul Islam |
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New Year Greetings from BEN |
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Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) greets all on the occasion of the approaching new year of 2022. It wishes all good health, success, and happiness in the new year. The year of 2021 continued to be a difficult one due to the persistence of COVID-19, in particular the emergence of its… |
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BEN Desk |
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Press Conference on the 2022 BAPA-BEN Conference |
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Conference organizing committee (COC) of the Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon-Bangladesh Environment Network (BAPA-BEN) 2022 annual conference held a press conference at the Sagar-Runi Auditorium of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity at Dhaka on Friday December 17, 2021. Sultana Kamal, the President of BAPA and the Chairperson of the COC, announced the theme and… |
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Mohamed Khalequzzaman |
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Webinar on Flyover in the Haor Area |
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The Haor Oncholbasee–a civic society organization working for the people living in the Haor region in Bangladesh organized a webinar on Causeways or Viaduct in the haor region. Architect Khondker Neaz Rahman, the Deputy Team Leader of the DAP, presented the keynote paper. Discussions from Engineer Malik Fida A. Khan,… |
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BAPA Sources |
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BAPA Distributes BEN Disaster Fund in the Teesta River Area |
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Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) distributed 900 blankets among the people affected by the October 2021 Teesta flood. Purchased with a fund of Taka 200,000 collected by Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) the blankets were distributed in the following areas: – four villages of Ulipur and Rajarhat upazila in the district of… |
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BEN Desk |
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Preparatory Activities for the 2022 BAPA-BEN Annual Conference |
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Experts and activists of Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) continue to work towards the 2022 BAPA-BEN annual conference. Dr. Ahmed Badruzzaman, a faculty at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, is leading the BEN efforts. as the Co-Chair of the technical committee of the conference. BEN… |
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