Comments on: Will Bangladesh drown?

By: Azmi Jahan

Azmi Jahan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:48:13 +0000

Global warming is nothing but a propaganda to control world’s energy. Bangladesh has an untapped real estate potential. Bangladesh can expand it’s land mass by taking the deposited silt from the rivers and depositing in the Bay of Bengal. Constant deposit of silt, layers after layers, and hardening it with modern technology can actualyl create massive land expasion. In doing so it can also lower the level of water levels from the rivers. So when it rains in the monsoon season, the rivers will not over flow.

You see Himalayas constantly deposit silt to Bangladesh and much of it is deposited to the river beds in the rivers which raises the water levels. Bangladesh has cheap labor and the numbers to change the neitre coutnry for good. I belive more scientists should be in the ministry offices to advise on ways to use the billions of punds of silt from the river beds to help Bangladesh positively.

Bangladesh has so much resources. You see constantly that India and Myanmar come to the waters of Bangladesh to tap in her resources. Good thing our military does not hesitate to send out ships to keep them at bay. The oils of Bangladesh must not be discovered. If the oil is discoverd in Bangladesh then Bangladesh will be invaded by world’s elites.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:12:21 +0000

as a people, we must do our own responsibilities in our environment.. no one could help us but our self.. this is the easiest and the basic ways to preserve our nature and for the next generation of humankind..

By: Naadia

Naadia — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:56:44 +0000

The G8 is all-talk. I wouldn’t go that route.

By: Chris Hooymans

Chris Hooymans — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:40:33 +0000

Leiberman, what you are suggesting is unlikely without a lengthy court case, and I would not want to be the poor peasant who is being sacrificed by others (sitting on the high ground) taking this approach, Brinkmanship is dangerous. Better to take affirmative actions and sue those responsible later.

By: Lieberman

Lieberman — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:35 +0000

The global warming theory if comes true should be addressed by those who are responsible for it. Bangladesh should not spend a dime for building dikes or anything else. These expenses should be borne on behalf of all threatened nations on coastal areas by the G8. They now have a free ride on natural resources all over the globe unchallenged. The cost should be a fraction of the booty looted by the G8 from occupied countries.

By: Mohammad Ullah

Mohammad Ullah — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:26:21 +0000

Have you noticed that Bangladesh and Afghanistan are the only countries in South Asia that have undemocratic, unconstitutional governments in power. Bangladesh’s one is well over it’s 90 day period mentioned in the amended constitution. It is basically a army-backed donor-blessed junta that is worse than the just ousted Musharraf and his cronies-assisted pseudodemocracy.

Even and Nepal and Pakistan now have fully democratic governments that have demolished army’s stranglehold on democracy and overthrown West-imported monarchy in their respective countries.

It’s sad to see the unconstitutional government in Bangladesh using terror and intimidating tactics through clandestine state apparatuses to scare politicians and businessmen to delay national parliamentary elections and thereby prolong their greed for power which they had no right to savour a day more than their 90 day period.

I am confident it will be booted out of power soon to bring back looted democracy from the conspirators.

By: Kuakata

Kuakata — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:58:38 +0000

I think it’s a deliberate propaganda (BBC’s ‘Drowning Bangladesh’) against Bangladesh to plunder our natural resources. Bangladesh is one of the richest nations on earth if it’s natural resources are tapped properly. For millions of years all of Himalayas trees and other natural resources have flowed downstream into the Bay of Bengal delta. The delta actually has huge oil and gas reserves. As in Georgia to siphon off Azerbaijan’s oil the MNCs have eyed Bangladesh’s huge reserves for exploitation. As a first step they already have installed an undemocratic unelected illegitimate government to plunder Bangladesh’s resources. They are signing PSCs as dictated by them through draconian ordinances of the current puppet government.

I am sure the next constitutional government will scrap all these anti-Bangladesh agreements. For a well-meaning, constitutional, elected nationalist government it shouldn’t take more than 10 years to transform Bangladesh

By: Chris Hooymans

Chris Hooymans — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:16:58 +0000

The trends are clear – the erosion and eventual loss of habitat is happening. Take charge of your lives, burying your collective heads in the mud until its too late is pathetic and lazy. How many of your people need to die before you wake up – or don’t you care?

By: subhagata choudhury

subhagata choudhury — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:31:50 +0000

agreed. so we need to have an Environmental protection agency with experts and to a draw a practcable and sustainable plan for implementation and for that we need the political will to protect the environment. subhagata

By: arfan hossain

arfan hossain — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:25:30 +0000

I agree that it is just a mere exaggeration but it really is a major concern for the
whole nation as we are already losing chunks of land. If we look carefully people who stays beside the river banks of our country are in a very fragile state. This is due to uncertainity of land as they have seen many others losing precious land. I think it is a concern for the nation and we should take steps to minimize this hazards. Afterall, we don’t want to lose our precious country.

By: Chris Hooymans

Chris Hooymans — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:35:06 +0000

Bangledesh had better make a priority of planning for this probable eventuality – copy the Dutch and start protecting what little you have – or someday you might find it is gone – petition the powers that be (UN, WHO etc.) to start a Mega-Project – you already have all the cheap labour and what more incentive do you need. Stop being victims and start fixing your problems. If you think the world is going to “bail you out” later – you might be surprised that everyone is having problems of their own to deal with.

By: subhagata choudhury

subhagata choudhury — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:17:31 +0000

Bangladesh is drowning is rather a myth than a reality. The situation is exaggerated. We should be practical and truthful to make such comment