Task force to protect environment
The deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka district has decided to form a task force of concerned government authorities to protect against environmental pollution, especially water pollution, air pollution
New Age (Bangladesh)
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Compensation for poultry farmers affected by bird flu increased
The government has so far distributed nearly Tk 4.70 crore to the poultry farmers all over the country, who have sustained losses due to avian influenza, as part of the compensation for exterminating the contaminated poultry and destroying eggs to prevent the spread of the disease in the country, said ministry sources. Sources in the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock confirmed that out of the total amount, about Tk 95 lakh was distributed last year while the rest was distributed in the last two months. The government has raised the amount of compensation for culling poultry and destroying eggs under the
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Poultry products now safe for consumption: chief vet
The intensity of bird flu has lessened all over the country with no major outbreak reported during the last one week, officials and poultry industry people claimed.
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Seminar on bird flu held in Sylhet
Participants in a seminar in Sylhet on Tuesday stressed the need for growing awareness of bird flu among the countrymen. The World Conservation Union, a voluntary organisation, with the help of UNICEF organised the seminar, styled
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200 acres of land lying uncultivated for water-logging
ABOUT 200 acres of land in the Boro Beel area at village Ratugram under Durgapur upazila in Rajshahi remained uncultivated for the last several years due to water-logging. Local people said the water stagnancy created in the bil due to closure of the water drainage channels, depriving local farmers from cultivating crops. The huge land of the water body remains under water every year because of floods and heavy downpour in the rainy season in the absence of sewage outlet, local farmers said. Earlier, two canals were dug in the southern and northern sides to drain out water from the bil. But several influential local people filled up the canals with earth in 1997 and started cultivation of onion, IRRI paddy on the land, creating water stagnancy in the bil area. Many farmers of Ratugram, Kayamajampur, Badail and Ujalkalsi villages have their land in the bil and are being deprived of cultivating crops. The farmers said the authorities concerned should take initiatives for re-excavating the closed canals. 'If the authorities take immediate step, we could cultivate boro paddy on our land during the current season,' said a farmer.
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Food security to figure high in SAARC summit
Creation of the SAARC food bank may take centre stage in the next summit of South Asian leaders as sky-high grain prices put the regional food security at stake, officials said. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation leaders in their 14th summit in New Delhi signed a deal on establishment of a regional food bank with an initial stock of 2.5 lakh tonnes of grains to respond to exigencies in the member countries, home to two-thirds of world poor.
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PDB, Sinohydro sign agreement for 150MW power plant at Shikalbaha
The Power Development Board and a Chinese company signed an agreement on Wednesday for installation of a 150 MW power plant at Shikalbaha in Chittagong. The dual-fuel plant will come into operation by September 2009 as per the Tk 574.87 crore turnkey contract signed with the Sinohydro Corporation. The representatives of PDB and Sinohydro signed the contract at the WAPDA Building. The PDB's chairman Shawkat Ali, Sinohydro's vice-president Yang Gang and other high officials of the PDB were present on the occasion.
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Dhaka hosts SAARC ministerial meet on climate change in Apr
Dhaka hosts SAARC minis-terial-level meeting on climate change end April, an official source here said on Wednes-day. The source said the issue was very much important for Bangladesh which was among the vulnerable countries to be affected by adverse impact of climate changes. Bangladesh drew attention of the world community particularly after deadly cyclone Sidr battered the country's southern belt on November 15 last year. The source said the next SAARC summit scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka on August 2-3 will also focus on the issue.
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International confce on lung diseases begins today
A two-day international conference on lung diseases begins at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Dhaka today. Bangladesh Lung Foundation organises the conference with the aim to introduce latest treatment facilities to the physicians and initiate an interaction between renowned pulmologists with young ones. Pulmologists from USA, Europe, Australia and Asia will present their research papers in the conference, said the organisers at a news conference at a city hotel on Tuesday.
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ADB opens rail project in Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank Monday launched a multi-million dollars project to restore Cambodia's devastated railways in a key step towards the creation of a regional rail system. Approximately 600 kilometres of track destroyed during Cambodia's protracted civil war will be rebuilt at a cost of 42 million dollars, the ADB said.