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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HC guidelines for river protection
The High Court of the country responding to the jointly voiced call of the print and electronic media to save the rivers in order to save Dhaka issued a few days back the directives to the government to immediately remove illegal structures and encroachments from the either bank of the rivers surrounding Dhaka.
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Human chain for conservation of water bodies in Barisal
Speakers at a human chain programme on Tuesday demanded immediate measures for conservation of all the water bodies in and around the Barisal city.
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Dhaka, Delhi should settle Tipai row thru talks: Moriarty
The US ambassador in Dhaka, James F Moriarty, on Thursday urged Dhaka and New Delhi to sit across the table to settle their dispute over India
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A milestone in the fight against environment degradation (Ed.)
THE verdict that the High Court delivered on Tuesday in respect of a public interest litigation writ petition filed by the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers
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IDB to give $18m for renewable solar energy
Bangladesh on Monday struck a deal with the Islamic Development Bank on providing $18 million for implementation of a renewable solar energy project and the donor agency agreed to provide $1.3 billion for construction of the Padma bridge.
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Swine flu in Bangladesh
According to a health ministry press statement, Bangladesh on June 19 detected the first case of deadly swine flu in a body of a non-resident Bangladeshi who just returned from the USA. Patients with specific flu-like symptoms- a fever above 40 degrees C, cough or other respiratory symptoms- are presumed to have the new virus.
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First human swine flu case detected in Dhaka
The authorities on Friday confirmed the first case of swine flu in Bangladesh a week after a United Nations agency had declared a swine flu pandemic. The case was detected on Thursday when a passenger travelling by air from the United States tested positive for the virus, the health and family welfare ministry said in a statement.
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Medical wastes pollute environment in Khulna
Dumping of clinical and pathological wastes by most of the private clinics and diagnostic centres is causing environmental pollution in Khulna. According to sources in the civil surgeon
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Bureaucrats, donors to hold sway over climate fund
Dhaka may not have sovereign authority over the proposed multi-donor trust fund for addressing climate change challenges in view of the involvement of aid agencies in the operation of the compensation package, said highly placed sources in the government.
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Rivers will be revived at any cost: PM
The severely degraded river systems will be reverted to their past grandeur whatever the cost, the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, declared on Friday. She pledged assistance of her administration to multidimensional researches into modes of combating environmental disasters.