An Act to give effect to Bangladesh water policy for integrated management, development, utilization a protection of the water resources.

The deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is 2015--only 4 years ahead. Although much progress has been made, much more has yet to be made. The same is true also for Bangladesh. The report summarizes the current global status of the health-related MDGs.

The Ship Breaking and Ship Recycling Rules-2011 herein after referred to as `Rule' has been formulated in pursurance of the Hon'ble High Court Division of Supreme Court, in writ petition No. 7260 of 2008 dated May 24, 2011 taking into consideration the directions contained in the order. `Rule' means The Ship Breaking and Ship Recycling Rules-2011 for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in Bangladesh.

Impacts of climate change are visible in Bangladesh in the form of temperature extremes, erratic rainfall, and increased number of floods, cyclones, droughts, and increasing prevalence of rough weather in the Bay. These phenomena is adversely affecting the country‘s food security through:- reduction of crop productivity (quantity/quality); changes of water use (irrigation); land use; migration; increased frequency/intensity of flooding, water logging, soil erosion and salinity and arsenic contamination; and uncertainties in the path of development.