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BEN ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, Year 20, No. 02 (February 2023)

BAPA, BEN and BEN chapters have organized a host of events in the past couple of months. BAPA-BEN organized a daylong environmental rally in Dhaka, the first of its kind in our history. A one-day conference on haors, rivers and beels followed the following day. BEN held their fourth bimonthly webinar in January. Canada and Souther US chapters of BEN held successful chapter events. This issue of the newsletter brings to you all these news. The newsletter starts with a strong statement of condemnations of the Adani power import delas in a joint statement from BAPA and BEN.

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BEN Desk

BAPA and BEN Demand the Cancellation of the Power Import Deal with India’s Adani Group

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…

BEN Desk

BAPA-BEN Organize Country’s First Ever Environment Rally

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…

Md Khalequzzaman

BAPA-BEN Special Conference on Haors, Rivers and Beels

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…

Hossain Azam

BEN Holds Webinar on Sustainable Transportation

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…

BEN Desk

Inauguration of the Canada Chapter of BEN

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…

Utpal Dutta

Southern USA BEN Organized Panel on the Role of Bangladeshi Diaspora in Environmental Conservation of Bangladesh

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…