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Saber Hossain Chowdhury, special envoy to the prime minister for climate change, has said if positive GDP growth is to be maintained, Bangladesh must address the issue of climate change, which is causing the country to lose 2% of its gross domestic product. 

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Centre for Sustainable Development, ULAB in collaboration with Sajida Foundation conducted an inception workshop for the ENGAGE project in the capital recently.

The project, titled ‘Social Resilience in the Sunderbans Delta: Eliciting Needs-based Grassroots Action throug... Read More

US Agency for International Development (USAID) organised the awards distribution ceremony on Sunday following a campaign to mobilise action on climate change and protect the environment. 

Fifteen youth organisations from universities and community environmental conservation groups... Read More

Mismanagement and unrealistic decisions by politicians and bureaucrats over the years led to the misuse of funds meant to address the country’s climate vulnerability, causing significant gaps in expected outcomes.

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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change today recommended taking legal steps for the eviction of all illegal structures on St Martin's Island to maintain its ecological balance.

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Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP, former President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Bangladesh Cricket Board, has recently been appointed as the 'Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina For Climate Change'. 

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Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Environment and Climate Change Saber Hossain Chowdhury on Thursday said they need to make the shift from linear to circular economy to keep resources in use for as long as possible, and extract and harvest the maximum value from the products whilst in use. Read More

Awami League lawmaker Saber Hossain Chowdhury, also the former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board was recently appointed as the special envoy to the prime minister on climate change, and he is also the chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Environment, Forest, an... Read More

Circularity will be the key for the next growth transition of Bangladesh’s economy, speakers said in the 1st Bangladesh Circular Economy Summit at a city hotel in Dhaka on Thursday. 

The Bangladesh Circular Economy Summit was organised by Bangladesh Apparel Exchange in collab... Read More

Circularity will be the key for the next growth transition of Bangladesh's economy, speakers said in the 1st Bangladesh Circular Economy Summit at a city hotel in Dhaka on Thursday.

The Bangladesh Circular Economy Summit was organised by Bangladesh Apparel Exchange in collabora... Read More