Bangladesh
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25 August 2022
Solar home systems have brought electric power to millions, but a lack of land and finance are hampering the development of large-scale plants.
(Main photo: Fishermen use solar panels when they work in the Sundarbans, the largest natural mangrove forest in the world in Khulna, Bangladesh. Image: …
8 July 2022
Main photo: Bangladesh’s side of the no-man’s land separating the country from India, Lalmonirhat district has been sitting idle for years but just over the edge, sprawling tea plantations are seen in the neighbouring nation. Considering the economic benefits of tea farming in these lands, local…
24 June 2022
L’initiative «1 000 villages numériques» de la FAO permet à des agriculteurs d’accéder aux marchés et d’améliorer leurs revenus.
Depuis l’âge de 16 ans environ, Ziaur Rahman travaille dans l’exploitation familiale dans le district de Rangpur, dans le nord du Bangladesh, où il cultive du riz, des…
24 June 2022
Just over a decade ago, Shajahan Bepari made a living by farming paddy and jute on a small scale and selling poultry reared on his 0.15-acre land in Shariatpur's Zajira.
But then, the government came calling as plans for the construction of a hitherto elusive bridge over the Padma gained steam.…
19 May 2022
Several tribal settlements are spread across Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region, each with its own communally managed forest that residents can use.
But the unchecked exploitation of the once-rich forests, a consequence of population growth, has led to local water holes drying up,…
24 April 2022
Bangladesh’s Digital Land (Development) Tax system, under Ministry of Land, has been chosen as one of the five champion projects of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2022 contest.
The digital land tax system was chosen for category seven in the contest, named ‘ICT applications:…
'38-Year-Long Wait Over Today': CM Yogi Gives Land To 63 Hindu Families Displaced From Bangladesh ()
19 April 2022
Each family was given two acres for agriculture purposes, a residential plot measuring 200 sq metres and a house in Kanpur Dehat district.
Main photo: UP CM distributes approval letter for land lease for rehabilitation of 63 Hindu families (Photo: PTI)
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government on…
5 April 2022
Main photo: Workers walk to work at an export processing zone early in the morning after crossing the Mongla river in Mongla, Bangladesh, March 3, 2022. This Bangladeshi town stands alone to offer new life to thousands of climate migrants. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
In Bangladesh, the south…
8 March 2022
Main photo: Aubergines are a staple in Hason Ara's community of Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar. Bangladesh. WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud.
Business skills training from the World Food Programme empowered one woman to become a self-reliant community leader
Four years ago, shortly after hundreds of thousands of…
8 February 2022
Photo: South Sudan's Deputy Minister for Foreign and International Cooperation Deng Dau Deng Malek met Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque in Dhaka on Tuesday. Photo: Collected
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African country South Sudan wants to lease its vast fallow land to Bangladesh for producing crops.…
24 December 2021
Banner photo: Since most of the evicted families were Bengali-speaking Muslims, it was alleged that they are illegal immigrants who had forcibly occupied government land as well as land of indigenous people and also settled on grazing land. (PTI PHOTO.)
On September 23, 2 civilians were killed in…
26 November 2021
Land grabbing is a major cause for concern in Bangladesh. Of course, a huge amount of land is illegally grabbed. According to the Land Ministry, about 1.3 million hectares of government-owned lands are currently grabbed by influential elites. Influential persons illegally grabbed government-owned…