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Sima Akter Final Year BSS (Hon.) Economics Hamdard University of Bangladesh Email: suhanasima16@gmail.com Phone: 01611696660 Introduction: Human survival critically depends on the environment- almost all material consumptions and life-saving services. Unfortunately, the man-environment relationship has become fragile, particularly since the middle of the 20th century, mainly because of the over-exploitation of natural resources...

Founder of Krishan Foundation Dr. Abed CHAUDHURY

Biochar – Unfolding New Chapters of Sustainable Energy Written by: Tuba Yasmin, Md. Mahadi Hasan Biochar, a modern approach to carbon sequestration to enable negative carbon emissions also produce oil and gas by-products that can be used as fuel. However, the co-production of biochar and bioenergy can help to mitigate...

    Visit of the High Commissioner of Australia HE Jeremy Bruer and his colleague Kate Sangster to the Kanihati rice farm of Abed CHAUDHURY

A report by Krishan Foundation Pty Ltd Taspia Islam Title of the topic Page number Location History 01 Independence Capital City Agriculture 02 Relief and Drainage 03 Soil Climate 04 Plant and Animal life 05 Ethnic and Linguistic groups Religion Settlement patterns 07   LOCATION Ghana, a country in western Africa, is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. Situated on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in...

A Synopsis of Malik et al.’s “An untold story in biology: the historical continuity of evolutionary ideas of Muslim scholars from the 8th century to Darwin’s time” by SYEDA BHUMIKA MAHMUD In their article “An untold story in biology: the historical continuity of evolutionary ideas of Muslim scholars from the 8th century...

Bangladesh is looking forward to renewable energies to contribute to reducing global warming. For that, Renewable energy is a great option to switch to. Reliance on renewable energy is increasing in Bangladesh as in other countries of the world. At the same time, the country is trying...

AA RAHMAN, Ph.D. (MIT)   The People Sil’oti–  the “Sylhettans” - have been a sea-faring (now, air-plying),  pioneering people. From times immemorial in antiquity. Right into our times. Unlike their land-bound neighbours, the Assamese, Tibetan, and the Indians. In this daring, pioneering, adventurous spirit and activity - they were like the...

Krishan Foundation started its journey in 2003 by initiating farmer-centered experiments in Kanihati Bangladesh.  The goal was to develop rice varieties suitable for the impending climate changes that threatened agriculture.  The work was the brainchild of Abdul M (Abed) Chaudhury who grew up in a farming family...

Ph.D. Student, Department of Economics, University of Chittagong Figure 1:Environmental Kuznets Curve   In 1955, Kuznets was the first to assert that as the economy develops, income inequality initially rises, contacts a peak, and then starts to fall after a specific level of income has been achieved. Subsequently, the...

Rhododendron from Kanihati Writer Tuba Yasmin In October 2021, I visited a village which is a picturesque place named Kanihati situated in Hajipur, Sylhet, Bangladesh. (Latitude- 24.4166° north, Longitude- 91.9402° east, Elevation-21 meters/69 feet ) Kanihati is a biodiverse place enriched in different types of known, unknown, and wild...

Abdul MannanChaudhury was a brilliant man much ahead of his times. In the early days, he showed a restlessness of spirit and did not advance much in formal education. It is not clear if he finished his high school education. Family legend says that he and his...