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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ICDDR,B team in Somalia, combats cholera outbreak
A team of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, an international health research institution in Dhaka, has provided its assistance to famine-hit Somalia people to fight
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Govt orders further review of draft coal policy
The Energy Division has formed a 15-member expert committee to review the proposed national coal policy and submit a report in four months, said an official. ‘We have sent the gazette for printing and
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ADB study projects SAARC energy need will double by 2020
The Asian Development Bank in a latest study projected that the energy demand of the SAARC’s eight nations would double within next 10 years and suggested developing a regional power market to cope with
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Substantial drop in child mortality: UN
The number of young children who die each day has plunged over the past two decades, new United Nations figures show, but the world is still lagging far behind in efforts to achieve its target for reducing
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Draft SAARC agreement for energy cooperation approved
Senior officials of the energy sector from SAARC countries have agreed in principle, with some reservations, with the draft SAARC Inter-Governmental Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation which was
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Dhaka for direct access to global climate fund
Bangladesh demanded a direct access to Global Climate Fund which ensures decentralised decision making at the national level for effective and efficient resource management. The demand made by Bangladesh
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More action needed to achieve MDG on newborn mortality, study says
Newborn mortality rate declined from 57 to 30 per 1000 births in Bangladesh during 1990 to 2009, said a study. The report of the study conducted by World Health Organisation, Save the Children and London
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Manmohan looks for a viable formula to resolve Teesta issue
Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said Bangladesh and India will find a viable formula to resolve the Teesta water-sharing issue with equity and fairness. ‘Water is a very sensitive
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Govt to hand over Tk 191cr compensation
The government, from September 22 this year, will start acquisition of 627 acres of land around the Barapukuria coalmine, and hand over the compensation package of Tk 191 crore to 406 people who own them,
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Tripura ready to provide electricity to B’desh: CM
Bangladesh might get 100 megawatt of electricity from Tripura if it can negotiate properly with the central government of India with support from that of Tripura, its chief minister Manik Sarkar said.