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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Demo held in Sylhet against Tipaimukh dam construction
A good number of people held demonstrations in the Sylhet city on Wednesday, protesting at the Indian government’s initiatives to construct Tipaimukh Dam on River Barak in Manipur province in India. The
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ICDDR,B to help fight cholera in Somalia
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, an international health research institution in Dhaka, will provide its help to famine-hit people to fight cholera in Somalia. A
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Lanka, India ink deal to set up coal power plant
Sri Lanka’s state-run electricity board and India’s biggest power producer, NTPC, on Tuesday signed an agreement to set up a coal-fired power plant joint venture worth up to $700 million in the island
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Rising salinity threatens Sundarban
Decreasing flow of water through the rivers from upstream is destroying the ecosystem of Sundarban. Experts from home and abroad observed that alarming decrease in water flow down the rivers caused
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Change of power plant site sought to protect Sundarban
Rights actyivists on Monday urged the government to change the site of the proposed coal-based power plant from Rampal upazila in Bagerhat district to elsewhere to save the biodiversity of Sundarban.
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ConocoPhillips ordered to halt output at Bohai Bay oilfield
China’s State Oceanic Administration (SOA) has ordered a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips to halt all operations at the Penglai 19-3 oilfield in northern China’s Bohai Bay, saying the company has failed to
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Greenpeace’s ship joins healthcare in Bangladesh
Iconic protest ship Rainbow Warrior II of the Greenpeace, the international environment watchdog, which has been donated to a charity here after its retirement, reached Chittagong on Monday to provide
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UN says bird flu may return big time in Bangladesh
The United Nations has warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus is spreading in Asia and elsewhere. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation on Monday
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India considering ‘forest clearance’ for disputed scheme
Authorities in north-eastern Indian state of Manipur have forwarded a proposal to the environment ministry of the central government, seeking a ‘forest clearance’ for the controversial 1,500MW Tipaimukh
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Dhaka-Colombo for concerted efforts to alleviate poverty
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and visiting former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga have emphasised on concerted efforts among the South Asian nations to alleviate poverty and eradicate terrorism