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2014
The Solar Energy Revolution Everyone’s Ignoring… Is In Bangladesh, October 25 [1]
Bangladesh going solar in a big way, May 12 [2]
Climate disasters threaten Bangladesh’s social gains, January 22 [3]
2010
Bangladesh sets new world record – five million high quality Compact fluorescent lamp Ws distributed to Bangladeshi homes, [4] July 26
Island's disappearance attributed to global warming, [5] March 25
"It is predicted that 18 percent of our coastal area will be submerged and 20 million people will be displaced. Are our political parties aware of these issues?" [6] March 25
Bangladesh, India: The Relationship Between Water Crisis And Migration, [7] by Rezwan, February 19. Sowmya Suryanarayanan at Strategic Foresight opines that the lack of freshwater resources in Bangladesh “is a massive threat and will remain a primary reason for cross border migration in the future.”
2009
An ordinary citizen highlights the crusade of some local media to save the rivers of Dhaka from pollution, [8] September 21
2009 SEED Award Winners, [9] May 12
"Solar conversion of traditional kerosene hurricane lamps". A national NGO in partnership with a local NGO and a cooperative have developed an innovative device called "SuryaHurricane", a low-cost solar lantern made from recycled parts of the conventional and much used kerosene lantern.
"Generating local economy through regenerating local resources". A cooperation between a national NGO, a research institution and a small-sized business aims to avoid bio-diversity losses and degradation of the agricultural lands, by recycling waste from rice-growing for the production of cement that will be used in the production of low cost housing materials.
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