A webinar titled “Building on the outcomes of COP26: Priority Climate Actions Ahead of COP27” will be held on Friday highlighting the ground reality on the climate front and required efforts to mitigate the situation keeping in mind the climate vulnerability of Bangladesh. The webinar, to be hosted by United News of Bangladesh (UNB) in partnership with the British High Commission in Dhaka, will also discuss ways to strengthen the climate partnership between Bangladesh and the United Kingdom. The UK now holds the Presidency until COP27 later this year. Read: Women's participation in climate action: 'Gender equality prerequisite for sustainable tomorrow' Additional Secretary (Climate Change Wing) at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Md Mizanul Haque Chowdhury, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Director Prof Dr Saleemul Huq, its Deputy Director Prof Dr Mizan R. Khan and Independent Consultant, Environment, Climate Change and Research Systems Dr Haseeb Md. Irfanullah will join as discussants at the webinar. United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Director Nahar Khan will  moderate the webinar which will be premiered on UNB Facebook page and its YouTube channel at 7:30pm on Friday. The UK hosted the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 13 November 2021. The COP26 summit brought parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Read: Climate change to uproot millions, especially in Asia: UN As the Presidency of the COP, the UK says there is "crucial work" to be done as they spend the coming months working with governments and organisations to make sure they deliver on the Glasgow Climate Pact, turning momentum into action. The UK Presidency will do so by aiming for four goals - ensuring promises on emissions reductions are kept to keep 1.5 degrees alive; delivering for climate vulnerable countries by ensuring commitments on adaptation and loss and damage are honoured; getting finance flowing and working together and continuing to be an inclusive Presidency. The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in November this year. 

No one can be too healthy to beat the ruthless Delta variant of Covid-19 as it is killing the adults of all ages.  The latest victim in Bangladesh is 39-year-old Ariful Islam Dalim, a dashing journalist of Chuadanga district. Dalim, Chuadanga district correspondent of United News of Bangladesh (UNB), died of Covid-19 at Savar Enam Medical College and Hospital on Thursday. Read: Chuadanga cattle trader 'commits suicide' over Covid stigma Dalim, also the district correspondent of Jamuna Television and general secretary of Chuadanga Press Club, breathed his last around 2:40 pm at the hospital, said a source close to his family. The journalist tested positive for Covid-19 on July 13 and was admitted to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital on July 23. He was being brought to Dhaka from Chuadanga on Thursday morning for better treatment. As his condition deteriorated near Aminbazar in Savar, he was taken to Enam Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead, the source added. A Facebook post from Dalim’s account yesterday said, “The condition of Dalim is critical. Arrangements are being made to take him to Dhaka. You all please pray for him…!”        Read: Sacrificial animals: Chuadanga goes online again Dalim left behind wife and two sons and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his premature death. The current Delta outbreak in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world shows that young people are making up a greater proportion of patients being hospitalized compared to the previous waves of the deadly virus. The young people should not take the highly contagious Delta variant so lightly as there is no margin of errors. 

Bus, train, launch and air services remained suspended across the country as part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country. Flight operation on all international routes except China has also been halted.