Plantation is Essential to Combat Climate Change
Environmental pollution and depleting of natural resource occur in our country due to poverty, over-population and lack of awareness. It is manifested by deforestation, destruction of wetlands, depletion of soil nutrients, etc. Natural calamities like floods, cyclones and tidal bores further inflict severe socio-economic and environmental damage.
Recently, many climate experts discourse that we are two decades too late in undertaking remedies to counter the adverse effects of global climate change although remedies were at hand over the last 20 years. It hardly needs reemphasizing that the security will be greatly impaired by the degradation of the state of our environment and of our economy because of the effect of climate brought about by global warming. Like it or not, climate change is a reality. But its harmful impact can and must be attenuated. However, the most unfortunate aspect of it is that it is not countries that are responsible for causing global warming that will bear the brunt of consequences of its aftermath. It is the poorer countries that are at the receiving end of the deleterious effects that will accrete over time. And it is the poorer in the poorer countries that will have to bear the heavy cost if steps are not initiated immediately.
Md. Atikur Rahman
Dhaka
Padma Bridge: A New Gateway to Economic Potentials
Padma Bridge is now no longer a dream. Grand opening of Padma Bridge on June 25 is going to be a major transition for the nation as the 6.15 km mega infrastructure is going to open new possibilities for the national economy. It is realized that this mega project will change the image of the southern part of Bangladesh.
Padma Bridge will contribute substantially to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through the creation of strong supply chains that will enhance investment, external and internal trade, employment generation and poverty alleviation, and eventually better the socioeconomic status of the people of that region.
We now have a bridge that connects Dhaka with other 21 southern districts bringing in immense economic opportunities that may change the lives of over 30 million people in the region. The Padma Bridge, apart from being national pride, has also made us optimistic of economic future.
Rifat Hossen
Sociology Student
Chittagong University
