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
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Fish sanctuaries at Hakaluki
A total of 13 fish sanctuaries have been established at the Hakaluki Haor to protect threatened fish and fish resources in the country.
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HIV cases may jump in Asia by 2020: UN
The number of people in Asia infected with HIV could jump by more than 150 per cent, or 8 million, by 2020 unless more is done to combat the spread of the virus that causes AIDS, a report presented to
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Lack of irrigation hampers cultivation
Crop cultivation on 8,000 acres of land are hampering due to lack of irrigation as power lines of 130 deep tube wells remained disconnected at different parts in Baghmara upazila.
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Mosquito menace up in Faridpur town
The residents of Faridpur town have been facing mosquito menace for a couple of weeks as the municipality failed to take up any steps in this regard.
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WASA to complete 7km sewers in Uttara by June
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority will complete seven kilometres of drainage lines in Uttara residential area by June this year to protect the area from water logging during monsoons.
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Tornado lashes 15 villages
injured and 600 houses damaged as a tornado lashed 15 villages of three unions of Juri upazila in Moulvibazar Thursday afternoon.