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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3m displaced in Bihar floods
Authorities struggling to provide aid after devastating floods in Bihar said on Sunday they needed more boats and rescuers to help hundreds of thousands of people still marooned in remote villages. Bad weather and heavy rain over the past few days have hampered rescue and relief operations in the worst-ever floods to hit Bihar state in 50 years, officials said.
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Obeying of religious regulations stressed to combat AIDS
Participants in a seminar stressed the need for obeying religious regulations to check spread of HIV/AIDS. The people must abide by religious regulations and be aware of HIV/AIDS to get free from the attack by the killer disease, the speakers said. They made the observation while addressing the seminar titled
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Long-term action plan stressed to combat climate change challenges
Experts at a media workshop in Cox
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FAO to support Bangladesh towards food security
A visiting high official of the United Nation
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Programmes taken to halve malarial deaths by 2012
The health department along with 21 non-governmental organisations has undertaken a set of programmes to halve the malarial deaths in the country by 2012, a roundtable discussion in Sylhet was told on Thursday. The programmes include free distribution of mosquito nets to reduce the malarial attacks and opening of
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Poor indoor air major child killer'
A major portion of premature deaths, especially of children under five years of age, is attributable to indoor air pollution, after water-borne and sanitation-related disease in Bangladesh, says a joint study by the government and the World Bank. The study claims that poor indoor air quality due to the traditional cooking practices create high risk and directly affect the lactating and young children along with the mother. Such health risk is currently assessed as one of the challenges faced by Bangladesh in attaining health-related targets of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
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Work on 20-year STP begins today
The government is going to implement the 20-year Strategic Transport Plan with the aim to free the capital from nagging tailbacks. The project will be implemented on a stretch of 17,500 square kilometres of area in the Dhaka city and Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Narsingdi, Gazipur and Manikganj districts under a proper transport plan. The chief adviser, Fakhrudin Ahmed, will inaugurate the implementation of the STP today. The communications adviser, Ghulam Quader, and secretary of the Roads and Railways Department will also spoke on the occasion.
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Strong earthquake felt
An earthquake was felt at the Dhaka Seismic Centre at Agargaon at 07 hours 34 minutes and 53.18 seconds Bangladesh Standard Time Wednesday. The intensity of the earthquake was 6.4 on the Richter scale which was strong in magnitude, said a Met Office press release. The location of the earthquake was near Lake Baikal region in Russia and the distance of the epicentre was 3,190km north- northeast from the Dhaka Seismic Centre, the release added.
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Erosion leaves 1,000 homeless in Narail
Erosion by the Madhumati and Nabaganga rivers continue to wreak havoc at different villages under Lohagara and Kalia upazila in Narail, rendering at least 1,000 people homeless in the last two weeks. About 500 dwelling houses at 20 villages under the two upazilas have been devoured during the period leaving around 1,000 people homeless, according to sources at union parishads concerned. Besides, at least 1,500 acres of crop land have gone into the rivers, the sources said.
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Pilot palm tree cultivation project launched in Jessore
A pilot palm tree cultivation project was launched in Jessore on Saturday with a view to encouraging farmers to plant palm trees in a larger way. The commander of the joint force, Lieutenant Colonel M Tanvir Iqbal, inaugurated the project in a ceremony held on the premises of Jhikargachha upazila office. The deputy director of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Khairul Islam, among others, attended the programme.