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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Artificially ripened bananas expose Rajshahi people to health hazards
Some traders in Rajshahi allegedly use chemicals or employ kerosene stove method for quick ripening of green bananas, posing threats to public health.
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Food security inexorably linked to farmers security
The future of small and marginal farmers and small-scale food production, and thereby food security to a large extent, revolves around access.
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Diarrhoea breaks out in Netrakona
Diarrhoea has broken out in all the six upazilas of Netrakona with the recession of flood water. At least 650 people, mainly old men and children, have been attacked with the waterborne disease in the last one week, according to sources at the district civil surgeon
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Extensive damage to standing crops caused by floodwater
Various crops including transplanted aman on nearly 1.34 lakh hectares and some 6.90 lakh small and marginal farmers in twenty-four districts have been badly affected due to flood throughout the country. A detailed report prepared by the Department of Agricultural Extension on Monday showed that the standing crops of 1,33,864 hectares out of the total inundated farmland of 1,93,337 hectares have already been damaged. About 6,89,898 small and marginal farmers in these districts have also been affected because their crops have been damaged by the onslaught of flood.
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CCDF calls for 20-year action
A citizen
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River erosion hits village in Manikganj
Erosion by the River Jamuna has taken a serious turn at village Zafarganj in Manikganj leaving several hundred people homeless in the last few days. More than 50 houses in the village under Shibalaya upazila of the district have been devoured by the river during the period. Besides, a vast track of crop land and many business establishments have gone into the river, local people said. A major portion of Ghoariea Government Primary School and Zafarganj Bazar has been eroded and the remaining part may go into the river any time, locals said.
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Coloured iftar items pose serious health hazards
Most of the coloured iftar items including the reddish jilapi, the saffron beguni, peaju, potato chop, sweets, biryani and white muri (puffed rice) pose serious health hazards to the consumers as textile dyes, carbide, ethopene and urea are being used to make them look more attractive to the customers, said sources in the Institute of Public Health.
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20 dists inundated
Twenty districts in the north, northwest and central parts of the country have been inundated so far and fresh areas are likely to be submerged in the next 48 hours, flood forecasters said on Friday. Monsoon became active again over the north and north-east and south and south-east parts of Bangladesh and adjoining Indian states, they said adding that the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and the Meghna river systems continued rising.
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Traffic congestion in Ctg city turns worse
City dwellers have been facing severe traffic congestion on most of the city streets particularly before the iftar hours since the beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan. Residents of different parts in the city said traffic congestion has become a common phenomenon in the afternoon in most of the roads, including Kadamtoli, Tinpul, New Market, Muradpur, Bahadderhat and Alangker crossing, Sheikh Mujib Road, Port Connecting Road, Station Road, Pathantuli Road and CDA Avenue.