Bangladesh population

Good evening. Here is some historical dramas you can watch tonight. If you’re more of the current type, we recommend our Star Crime Files’ Last episode on victims of enforced disappearances. And here’s more news of what’s going on around, to catch up on before bedtime. 1. World population To date, there are 8 billion […]

According to the latest United Nations (UN) population report, the world population is expected to reach 8 billion by November 15. The report adds that by 2030, India will overtake China as the most populous country in the world. This report was actually published in the month of July, but it will now turn into […]

The population of South Asia (defined here as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) was larger than thought in the Middle Ages. A new study estimates that around the year 640, the population of this region was around 58 million and by the year 1600, it had increased to 145 million people. The research appears in the […]

Although many other factors do matter, the growth and decline of populations and changes in the relative balance between different groups within a population play a crucial role in the rise and fall of nations and civilizations. This is why active and alert societies, especially in modern times, keep a close eye on changing demographic […]

The death toll from a capsized boat in Panchagarh, Bangladesh’s northern district, is reported to have been 61, confirmed two days after the September 25 tragedy. hoping to find survivors. But the outlook was bleak for the ten missing out of more than 80 on board. Alas, this harrowing accident, shocking to many of us, […]

Environment, Forestry and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin in a discussion yesterday said the number of dolphins in the Sundarbans had increased dramatically due to the government’s tireless and sincere efforts to save them, according to a press release. In the three Sundarbans sanctuaries – Dhangmari, Dudhmukhi and Chandpai – the growth rate is […]

Criticizing the new Detailed Area Plan (DAP), a group of experts and stakeholders claimed that the middle class will become poorer and the rich will become richer if the DAP is implemented. They said that in the new DAP, authorities have assigned areas such as Mohammadpur, Kalyanpur, Pirerbagh, Agargaon and Badda low land area ratio […]

Bangladesh’s progress towards achieving population policy goals is commendable. However, there are still areas for improvement. Achieving the ICPD “Three Zeros Agenda” could play a pivotal role in achieving Bangladesh’s population and development goals Shabbir Ahmed and Hossain Zillur Rahman October 21, 2022, 10:30 a.m. Last modification: October 21, 2022, 10:32 a.m. Graphics: TBS “> […]

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: Oct 19, 2022 6:17:43 p.m. A third of the population in the high-density city of Dhaka cannot rely on running water, according to a new global report released on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Dhaka ranked 17e among the 20 most unsustainable megacities in the world with poor living conditions, says the report […]

Rush hour at CSMT station in Mumbai. By the end of the century, India’s current population of 1.4 billion could shrink to just 1 billion. (Credit(Bhushan Koyande/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Humanity is not an exclusive club. No secret handshake required. November 15e, the UN predicts that we will add our eight billionth (living) member. […]

The country’s workforce is changing rapidly as Australians study more, some jobs become superfluous and an aging population demands more care. Key points: Most Australian adults now have a post-school qualification, according to the census One in seven workers work in the health or social services sector Australia is increasingly relying on migrants to fill […]

There is no need for population control as the country has already reached a replacement rate, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi said on Wednesday, reacting to RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat’s comment on population policy. In a tweet, Owaisi said: “If Hindus and Muslims have the ‘same DNA’ then where is the imbalance?” There is no need […]

An experiment conducted in the 1960s showed how population density affects behavior patterns. The result was violence. It may be time to ask ourselves how the adverse effects of population density will affect our children October 01, 2022, 11:10 a.m. Last modification: 01 October 2022, 14:22 Md Morshedul Alam Mohabat. Sketch: TBS “> Md Morshedul […]

There are currently 1.53 million people aged 65 or over in the country, according to the preliminary report of the 2022 Population and Housing Census. Their number is growing faster than the rate of population growth. The number of elderly people was 1.02 crore in 2011. The recently released report by the Bangladesh Bureau of […]

Former Kishanganj MP and Bihar Minister Shahnawaz Hussain was among the BJP leaders who addressed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally in Purnia on Friday. It was the first major BJP event in the state after the fall of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. Hussain talks to The Indian Express on The Shah’s two-day […]

This would place Vietnam among the top 10 consumer markets in the world by 2030, according to the findings of HSBC’s latest report titled “Asia Shoppers in 2030”. In the Southeast Asian region, Vietnam would then overtake Thailand, the latter of which has about 38 million people with a daily income of more than $20. […]

The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) released today shows 45.3 million foreign-born residents, up 1.8 million from 2020. However, significant data collection issues in 2020 due to Covid-19 make it difficult to interpret the increase of 1.8 million between 2020 and 2021.1 Equally important, the 2021 ACS survey only reflects population through July 2021 […]

Shaista Fatima/ New Delhi S. Y. Quraishi, former Chief Electoral Commissioner of India who authored the book “The demographic myth on India’s demographic changes says that Muslims in India are rapidly catching up in family planning and have debunked the theory and propaganda that “Muslims are taking over India in terms of population […]

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Global Advanced Ophthalmology Technology Market (2022-2027) by Type, End User, Geography, Competitive Analysis and Impact of Covid-19 with Ansoff Analysis” report has been added to from ResearchAndMarkets.com offer. The global Advanced Ophthalmology Technologies Market is estimated to be worth USD 8.56 Billion in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 13.6 Billion by […]

Those seeking to reach the United States come from more than 100 countries, including more than 41% from outside Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America. As hundreds of migrants line up along an Arizona border wall around 4 a.m., officers attempt to separate them into groups by nationality. “Someone from Russia or Bangladesh?” […]

Sanjay Jaiswal had made these remarks to Araria yesterday The JD(U) slammed Bihar BJP leader Sanjay Jaiswal for providing ‘misleading’ data on population growth rate in two districts of the state, alleging he was trying to incite communal hatred among people. Sanjay Jaiswal had claimed on Wednesday that the population growth rate in Kishanganj and […]

The JD(U) slammed Bihar BJP leader Sanjay Jaiswal for providing ‘misleading’ data on population growth rate in two districts of the state, alleging he was trying to incite communal hatred among people. Jaiswal had claimed on Wednesday that the population growth rate in Kishanganj and Araria districts was the “highest in the world”, partly due […]

Hasnat M Alamgir | Published: September 09, 2022 20:37:29 As life expectancy increases in Bangladesh, there are also concerns about how to organize and provide personal and health services to them. Rapid urbanization, living in high-rise buildings, greater participation of both spouses in the formal sector workforce, the disintegration of joint families, and loneliness (as […]

Imran Khan’s speech on the Pakistani population: A video of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is going viral on social media. People are laughing after seeing this viral video. In the video, Imran Khan is seen talking about the people of Pakistan. In the video, Imran Khan talks about the population of Pakistan at […]

Planning Minister MA Mannan today told parliament that the government would be able to collect real-time population information in future through the National Population Register (NPR). “I hope we will no longer need to carry out a population census every 10 years. Instead, we have already started the work of the National Population Register (NPR) […]

Challenge The Rohingya Displaced Population (DRP) began entering Bangladesh in August 2017 in what has been one of the world’s fastest growing forced displacement crises. The Rohingya now live in makeshift shelters and overcrowded encampments in an area that already had limited access to basic infrastructure and services and is prone to cyclones and flooding. […]

United Nations General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid speaks with Manish Kumar Jha of The Financial Express about accountability and actions in the context of expanding global conflict. He emphasized the responsibility to protect (R2P) and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Many States felt that translating early warning into […]

Summary: The population explosion is a national concern and requires an appropriate and sincere attempt to curb it. At the same time, the “demographic imbalance” should not occur. It should be noted that we need a healthy, educated, skilled and nationalistic population for the development of the nation. Taxpayer concerns about the population explosion also […]

The country’s population is still predominantly young, but a sharp rise in the proportion of those over 60 could make it ill-prepared to provide care for them. The number of people in the age group at the last census was over 1.53 crore, or about 9.28% of the total population of 16.51 crore. In the […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah stressed the need to monitor the demographic changes taking place in the state border areas along the international border. Addressing the National Security Strategy (NSS) conference, 2022, the Home Secretary issued the alert on Thursday. He said it is the responsibility of the Directors General of Police (DGPs) […]

Attachments Call delay December 2018: An emergency appeal in the amount of 3,311,347 million francs was published for twelve months to provide assistance and support to up to 7,600 migrants while supporting and strengthening the efforts of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Red Cross. In early September 2019, the RCSBiH formally requested the IFRC to extend […]

The most populous continent in the world needs active population control to avert disaster Indian passengers struggle to enter a crowded train compartment in Mumbai on July 5, 2019. (Photo: AFP) Posted: Aug 15, 2022 10:32 GMT Updated: August 15, 2022 10:33 GMT The latest United Nations world population projection projects that there will be […]

A year ago, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing the nation, warned that if Pakistan’s population continued to grow at the current rate, the country could face hunger and starvation. poverty in the near future. This broad warning explained the relationship between population growth and resource consumption. An increase or decrease in population […]

Countries with the highest youth population: There is no widely accepted international definition for the phrase “youth age group. However, regardless of the additional categories proposed by member states, the United Nations has defined “youthfor statistical purposes like anyone between the ages of 15 and 24. Many countries also limit youth to the age at […]

Indigenous leaders and researchers questioned the accuracy of the ethnic population data presented in the latest census report and said the true figure would be much higher. The 2022 population census found only 16,50,159 members of the ethnic community – 824,751 men and 825,408 women – living in Bangladesh. However, indigenous rights activists say the […]

Australia, with a population of almost 26 million, won a gold medal for 384,164 people and a medal for 144,601 people. Of course, these numbers are just a rough estimate – based on the latest population forecasts – but they do give some insight into how some teams are performing based on their small squads […]

Since the beginning of the 19th century, the world population has exploded. According to a summary of US Census Bureau estimates, the world population was about 970 million in 1800 (midpoint of high and low estimate). The Census Bureau site indicates that the population has generally increased in previous centuries, although it peaked in 1800. […]

Hasnat M Alamgir | Published: August 05, 2022 20:32:04 Bangladesh needs to find and develop appropriate models to provide care for its growing aging population. Old houses were built here, but the complete residential isolation of elderly parents and living with strangers was not much appreciated by their family members due to the social, cultural […]

India’s population growth is a worrying issue. The current population growth rate being 1%, implies that India will add more than 13 million people in the current year. Life expectancy is 69.42 years and the mortality rate is 7.3 per thousand. Although the fertility rate has been declining in India, yet the birth rate is […]

Attachments To date, this emergency appeal, which requests CHF 79,000,000, is funded at 14%. Additional financial contributions are required to enable the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), with the support of the IFRC, to continue to help meet the humanitarian needs of the displaced people in Rakhine, as well as the local community. affected by […]

Of 958 AIDS patients in Cox’s Bazar, 771 are Rohingya TBS Report July 29, 2022, 3:25 p.m. Last modification: July 29, 2022, 3:53 p.m. An estimated 40,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to India from neighboring Myanmar. Photo: Bloomberg. “> An estimated 40,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to India from neighboring Myanmar. Photo: Bloomberg. The number […]

(This is the continuation of this piece of reflection) The worried trollAbsolute jerk that I am, when I was 12 or 14, I was obsessed with the 1995 book of the year that came with our edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, covering 1994. It was the year of the first Chechen war, the Rwandan genocide, […]

The government will announce the country’s total population on Wednesday following the release of data collection under the “Population and Housing Census-2021” project. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics will release the preliminary result of data collection which started nationwide from May 15, Bangla Tribune reports. On this occasion, a program was organized on Wednesday at […]

According to the United Nations World Population Prospects 2022 report, India will overtake China to become the most populous country in 2023. On July 1 next year, China’s population will reach 1.46 billion and India’s population will increase to 1.48 billion. just 0.02 billion more. This slight increase will make India the most populous country […]

FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture of Faisalabad (UAF) organized a seminar in connection with World Population Day. The seminar chaired by UAF Vice-Chancellor Prof. Iqrar Ahmad Khan was organized by UAF’s Department of Rural Sociology and Department of People’s Welfare, New Senator Hall, UAF. Additional Assistant Commissioner General Qaiser Abbas Rind, former Dean of Social […]

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen said that the more civilized one is, the fewer children one has. “My grandma had 11 kids, my mom had 4, my sister has 1 kid, I have none,” the author tweeted. Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen recently said that it is not true that the Muslim community has produced many children. […]

LAHORE: Rapid population growth is affecting everything, swallowing up space and agricultural land. It is time to take the issue of population seriously and in this regard there is a great need to reach people and educate them properly. Former Punjab People’s Welfare Minister, Zakia Shahnawaz expressed these views at an event organized by the […]

NEW DELHI: India is poised to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation, but it is third from bottom on most development indicators among the 10 most populous countries, with only the Pakistan and Nigeria consistently below. In fact, when it comes to sex ratio at birth, India is second from bottom, with only […]

Bangladesh’s population growth will fall to 0.37% in 2045 from 1.11% currently due to the continued low fertility rate, pushing the number of people to just over 20 crores that year, according to a new report by the UN. The population will peak at around 20.69 crores in 2061 before dropping to 17.64 crores by […]

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY In November of this year, the world’s population will reach 8 billion. From the world’s most populous countries – China and India – to the world’s smallest populations in the Pacific island nations, the Asia-Pacific region is home to a diverse group of approximately 4.3 billion people from different walks of life, […]

Global hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine and climate change threatening starvation and mass migration to a “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN agencies. Up to 828 million people, nearly 10% of the world’s population, were hit by hunger last year, 46 […]

MIRPUR: The State Department of Religious Affairs of the AJK hosted a roundtable of religious scholars supported by UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) in the state’s metropolis, which stressed the need to successfully meet the challenges caused by the increase in population in the country including Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at the oral argument […]

Published on: 06/30/2022 – 02:45 Nearly a quarter of the world’s population is at significant risk from flooding, according to a new study released on Tuesday, which warns that people in poorer countries are more vulnerable. Flooding from heavy rains and storm surges affects millions of people every year and causes billions of dollars in […]

No more news Jul 05, 2022 | 5:23 p.m. Colombo, July 5 (UNI) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday that the government’s talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to secure economic support for the island nation had been successful. see more.. Jul 05, 2022 | 5:18 p.m. Ankara, July 5 (UNI/Sputnik) […]

ISLAMABAD: Speakers called for curbing the population explosion for sustainable development. They were speaking at a meeting on the economic and human development successes of Asian countries and the role of increased funding in improving family planning and population programs in the country. Population Council Project Director Samia Ali Shah said Pakistan can achieve economic […]

Shihab Sarkar | Published: Jun 20, 2022 10:23:46 p.m. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country’s 6th population and housing census on June 15. The week-long national census is due to end on June 21. Held every 10 years, the population census plays a vital role in shaping socio- economic policies, plans to deal with […]

The largest nation in the world is about to shrink. However, after four extraordinary decades in which the Chinese population increased from 660 million to 1.4 billion, its population is in the process of falling this year, for the first time since the great famine from 1959-1961. According to the latest figures from China National […]

New Delhi: A new PIL has been filed with the Supreme Court asking the Center to develop effective rules, regulations and guidelines to control the population explosion. The plea filed by Devkinandan Thakur, a resident of Mathura, called on the central government to determine the feasibility of enacting a strict population control law to guarantee […]

Days after Bihar BJP Chairman Dr Sanjay Jaiswal called on Nitish Kumar’s government to start giving incentives to encourage population control, the Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday offered a point-in-time rebuttal of the claims of the ally and added that education and awareness, not incentives, will help. curb the population. JD(U)MLC and party spokesman Neeraj […]

Authorities will collect information on 365,697 devices over seven days and request 35 pieces of information from every citizen in the country. Director of the 2022 Population and Housing Census Project, Dilder Hossain, said on Tuesday that the floating people survey will be conducted in 20,000 locations and end at 6 a.m. Wednesday. The main […]

In 2021, UNFPA continued to respond to the needs of women and girls with speed and resourcefulness, despite the continuing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite severe disruptions to family planning supply chains and services, overstretched health systems, and a rising tide of gender-based violence, the organization recorded its best performance in achieving the key […]

The largest nation in the world is about to shrink. China represents more than a sixth of the world’s population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in which China’s population swelled from 660 million to 1.4 billion, its population is on course to decline this year, for the first time since the great famine from 1959-1961. […]

TBS Report 06 June 2022, 16:00 Last modification: 06 June 2022, 16:06 Photo: courtesy “> Photo: courtesy The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the Government of Bangladesh’s Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) have signed an agreement to continue their support for the Rohingya population of Cox’s Bazar. With funding from the […]

PATNA: A day after the Bihar cabinet approved the economic and caste-based population census, the BJP state on Friday raised its pet demand for a population control policy and accompanying law to the state. A few BJP state leaders also advised the government to make the exercise foolproof and error-free. A BJP quota minister in […]

Nigeria’s non-oil export products must be boosted, to make them globally competitive, the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has pledged.NEPC Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Ezra Yakusak, who revealed this over the weekend during the commissioning of the Lelook Bags Academy in Abuja, said Nigeria has a large population of young, energetic, resourceful, skilful and ready […]

Xiujian Peng is a senior researcher at Victoria University EXPLANATION : The largest nation in the world is about to shrink. China represents more than a sixth of the world’s population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in which China’s population swelled from 660 million to 1.4 billion, its population is set to decline this year, […]

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) will conduct the Sixth Population and Housing Census from June 15-21 this year. The first-ever digital census, which is typically conducted once a decade, provides comprehensive data on the overall population, its composition, labor force, density, housing and other socio-economic indicators critical to the formulation of economic and other […]

HYDERABAD: As Cyclone Asani threatens the east coast, a study by the University of Bristol shows that future cyclones hitting the Bay of Bengal will expose 200% more people to cyclone damage and flooding. They will also be more devastating in nature. Andhra Pradesh, with a coastline stretching about 1,000 km, is the most exposed […]

ST. LOUIS – Inamullah Niazai sits on the front porch of his red brick home in St. Louis and smiles at the bustle of activity around him – his mother and father chatting in the front yard, his two young daughters munching on chocolate ice cream bars. “Anything is possible here,” said 23-year-old Niazai. “We […]

Map Explained: Key Facts About Ukraine The modern state of Ukraine was formed nearly 30 years ago after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, the country has often made headlines due to political instability and the imminent threat of a Russian invasion. In the graphic map above, we look at Ukraine […]

ABSTRACT Applying both quantitative and qualitative tools and approaches, the final assessment was conducted in February 2022. It covers 415 respondent households from Camps 15 and 16 – data collection done with tablets in KoBo. The samples were drawn systematically. First, the sample size was determined according to the most common statistical formula.The objectives of […]

Hindustan time April 28, 2022, 09:40 Last modification: April 28, 2022, 09:53 A Covid-19 patient is taken to hospital in Europe. Photo: UNB “> A Covid-19 patient is taken to hospital in Europe. Photo: UNB It is estimated that nearly 80% of the European Union’s population has been infected with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the […]

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has selected leading digital service provider Robi as the digital connectivity provider to conduct the country’s first-ever digital census. BBS will conduct the Sixth Population and Housing Census digitally from June 15-21. The Project Manager for the 2022 National Population and Housing Census, Md Dilder Hossain, and Robi Commercial […]

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has chosen Robi as the digital connectivity provider to conduct the country’s first-ever digital population census. The BBS will conduct the sixth population and housing census digitally from June 15 to June 21, 2022, a press release said. To this end, Md Dilder Hossain, Project Manager for the 2022 […]

The theme of 55th session of the Commission on Population and Development is “Population and Sustainable Development, in particular Sustained and Inclusive Economic Growth”, which will provide an opportunity to explore human capital development, women’s economic empowerment, inequalities and investment in health and social protection systems – all important issues at UNFPA. The Commission is […]

Population increase is attributed to an influx of foreigners Published: Thu 21 April 2022, 18:15 Dubai’s population passed the 3.5 million mark in April, according to the latest data from the Dubai Statistics Centre. Data showed the emirate’s population has grown by more than 100,000 since 2020, despite the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The […]

This article was originally published here Too Med Infect Dis. 2022 Mar 25;7(4):53. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7040053. ABSTRACT Community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in densely populated countries has been a concern since the start of the pandemic. Evidence for community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 based on population density gradient and socioeconomic status (SES) is limited. In June-September 2020, we […]

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is set to conduct its sixth population and housing census digitally for the first time from June 15-21. The BBS made the announcement during a press briefing at the National Economic Council yesterday. For all the latest news, follow the Daily Star’s Google News channel. “Around 3.7 lakh surveyors […]

The world is experiencing a boom in megacities. According to the United Nations, there are currently around 30 urban areas in the world with populations greater than 10 million, mainly in Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The UN expects the number of these so-called megacities to increase over the next decade, especially in […]

For the first time in its history, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is going to launch the Population and Household Census 2022 project in a digital system or the Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) method. In addition, the latest Geographic Information System (GIS) method will be used in this census for the very first […]

The government is concerned about the rapid growth of the Rohingya population in the Cox’s Bazar camps with an average of 35,000 new births registered each year in the families of forcibly displaced Burmese nationals and refugees in Bangladesh. The issue was discussed at a meeting of the “National Coordination, Management and Policing Committee for […]

According to statistics from April 8, the Minsap informed that a total of 35,519,808 doses of the local vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala have been administered so far. The first dose was administered to at least 10,642,040 citizens, including those recovering from Covid-19 (a disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2), who received a […]

Kathmandu [Nepal]Apr 08 (ANI): Nepal has launched a new immunization campaign by introducing Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) in the routine immunization program targeting people aged 15 months to 15 years. The typhoid vaccination campaign has started with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations International Children’s Fund […]

According to the country’s population, more than 75% of the population have been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to the minister A B April 08, 2022, 10:50 p.m. Last modification: April 09, 2022, 11:50 a.m. File photo of Health Minister Zahid Maleque. “> File photo of Health Minister Zahid Maleque. 95% of the target population has […]

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics logo. The next population and housing census will take place in the country from June 15 to 21 this year. It is for the first time that the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics has taken the initiative to conduct a digital census in the country with the aim of keeping pace with […]

Operation Update Summary The Population Movement Operation (PMO) completed its five years of operation in December 2021. This operation update is a comprehensive 5-year report for the period March 2017 to December 2021 reflecting the legacy phase of the PMO and serving as a means of transition to the new revised Emergency Appeal for 2022-2024. […]

Almost every person on the planet is exposed to air pollution that exceeds safe limits, the World Health Organization has warned as it launched a new air quality database. Ninety-nine percent of people were breathing air that sometimes or always exceeded harmful levels, the health body said on Monday, highlighting the urgent need to reduce […]

99% of the people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said on Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year. New data from the United Nations health agency has shown that all corners of the globe are dealing with air pollution, although the problem is much […]

New Delhi: Recently, the central government had filed an affidavit telling the Supreme Court that state governments in states where Hindus have small populations can grant them minority status. Since then, the debate on the Minority Policy Amendment has begun. A televised debate on the same issue saw heated arguments between BJP Rajya Sabha member […]

This article was originally published here BMJ open. 2022 Apr 1;12(4):e052247. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052247. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of blindness and its determinants in the Bangladeshi adult population. STUDY DESIGN: A population-based cross-sectional survey conducted at the household level with national representation. Samples were drawn from the 2011 […]

The toll of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a natural decline last year in the population of nearly three-quarters of U.S. counties compared to the previous two years, the census bureau said Thursday. More than 73% of U.S. counties experienced a natural decline, or excess of deaths over births, compared to 55.5% in 2020 and […]

The violent crackdown on the predominantly Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts to genocide, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, a statement intended to both generate international pressure and lay the groundwork for possible action in justice. Authorities made the decision based on confirmed accounts of mass atrocities against civilians by the […]

Cambodia’s urbanized population is expected to reach 36% by 2050, according to the World Bank. According to the bank’s estimates, “Cambodia’s rate of urbanization is lower than what can be expected for its GDP”. January 2021 figures from the data portal showed that Cambodia’s urbanized population stands at 24.5%, compared to a global urbanized population […]

Earlier Thursday, the Biden administration said travelers are still required to wear masks on planes, trains and in transit centers Reuters file By Reuters Published: Fri 11 March 2022, 09:15 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said late Thursday that about 98% of the US population lives in places where levels of […]

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has secured approval to purchase 3,95,000 tablets, or tabs, from Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited for around Tk 447 crore for the 2021 Population and Housing Census, all the country’s first digital census. The Cabinet Committee on Public Procurement approved the procurement proposal at its eighth meeting held on Thursday, […]

In the documentary “8 Billion Angels”, fishermen, farmers and scientists examine the impact of the human population on the ecosystems we all need to survive. The image is dark. Fishing is collapsing and industrial agriculture is devastating soil, water and forests. “We’re eating our way to extinction” is the title of another documentary showing at […]