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Marine pollution: An alarming threat for South Asian littoral states
Marine pollution on land and in oceans is currently a pressing environmental issue around the globe. The accumulation of waste causes severe, irreversible impacts and consequences on marine life, ecosystems, and the environment due to the lack of good waste collection, treatment, and management systems.
ISPR requests not to get misled by rumours over security of St. Martin’s
Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) has urged all not to be misguided by rumours spreading through social media over the security of St. Martin’s island centering Myanmar's ongoing internal conflict near the island.
Is Dhaka being counted as an abandoned city
As per the 2022 census summary, it is known that Dhaka is home to over 1 crore 2 lakh people, while the population of Dhaka Division exceeds 4 crore 42 lakh, which is roughly one-eleventh of the country's total population. The United Nations Habitat report in 2017 mentioned Dhaka as the most densely populated city in the world. On March 2, 2024, the International Air Quality Technology institution, IQAir, ranked the capital city Dhaka at the top of the list of the most polluted cities globally.
Despite disproving the Malthusian population theory, why is Bangladesh still considered a food-insecure country?
Renowned sociologist and demographer, Robert Malthus, stated in his famous population theory that "the population of a country increases geometrically," meaning it multiplies by factors like 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and so on. Conversely, food production increases arithmetically, following a progression like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Industrial production also increases at a geometric rate similar to population growth. Therefore, for effective and sustainable economic development in any country, emphasis must be placed on industrial production first. If a country achieves self-sufficiency in industrial production, the demand for food by the population can be met through imports.
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