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The ongoing heat wave and drought across the country is believed to be the adverse effect of global climate change, experts and meteorologists have said.

Temperature rose to 43.2 degree Celsius this year breaking all previous records and aggravating commoners' misery. For the last two months the temperature on an average remains over 36 degree Celsius across the country. The last year's highest temperature was 41 degree Celsius.

Due to the heat waves and drought many people… Continue

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When the government is shouting for compensation or negotiating with international community over impact of climate change in Bangladesh, it has no specific data how much the country had already been affected by the menace especially due to the sea level rise.

The SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC) last time conducted a study on sea level rise in 2000, which could not identify the real picture. The study concluded trends of sea level rise at three representative sta… Continue

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Least developed countries (LDCs), the worst victims of global warming, are far from raising effective voice thus failing to reap expected success from the ongoing negotiations of climate change due to fragile diplomacy, experts opined.

The UN climate conference in Copenhagen in December, to be attended by heads of the nations, is still unclear how much benefit it will bring for poor and vulnerable countries and how much are the industrialised nations willing to reduce their… Continue