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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Amin Bazar landfill project likely to be launched in Sept
The work of Amin Bazar sanitary landfill project is likely to begin in September subject to approval of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council. Officials of the Dhaka City Corporation said they had already acquired 50 acres of land in Amin Bazar area of Savar in Dhaka for the implementation of the proposed two-year project, undertaken by Waste Management Division involving about Tk 65 crore.
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Face challenges of global warming: president
The president, Iajuddin Ahmed, on Monday called upon the world community to work unitedly to face the challenges of global warming and make the planet a place of better living. He termed the scientists the most important representatives of the mankind and asked them to give suggestions to the world community and make the common masses aware around the globe to protect this planet from the devastation of climate change.
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Asia Energy behind coal mine advocates
UK-based Asia Energy has been behind the organised campaign of a group of civil society fronts in favour of swift coal extraction in northern Bangladesh, reveals a New Age investigation. These fronts, platforms and associations, were initiated and supported by the subsidiary of Global Coal Management Resources to demonstrate public support for its proposal for an open pit coal mine stretching 65 square kilometres at Phulbari of Dinajpur, countering strong national and local opposition.
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Landslides, deaths and more exercises in futility (editorial)
AS IN the case of every human tragedy in Bangladesh, the death of 11 people, including six of a family, in a torrential rain-triggered landslide at Lalkhan Bazar in Chittagong city entailed quite an intense debate. Relentless hill-cutting was once again identified as the primary reason for the landslide and the relevant agencies of the government were once again blamed for their failure to effectively fight rampant hill cutting.
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Erosion threatens eastern Jamuna embankment
The people in five upazilas of Tangail are living in fear as a portion of the embankment at the eastern side of the River Jamuna has been eroded recently. Around 50-metre of the embankment at its Sakharia point in Nolin Bazar was eroded on August 20, causing worries among the people. The people under Ghatail, Bhuapur, Gopalpur, Kalihati and Modhupur upazilas fear collapse of the embankment unless the eroded portion is immediately repaired.
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3,000 age-old buses ply in capital despite ban
At least 3,000 outmoded and unfit small buses ply in the capital disregarding a ban under the very nose of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. The communications ministry in collaboration with the traffic department of DMP in 2002 had imposed the ban on the plying of buses of more than 20 years of old in the capital to check environmental pollution, sources in BRTA said. The authorities also conducted a drive against such buses after imposing the ban and seized a good number of outmoded vehicles.
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100-day employment scheme for
The interim government has finalised a draft policy for an employment scheme for jobless people, mainly in the chronically poverty-stricken areas, which is scheduled to begin in mid-September, said officials. The council of advisers headed by the chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, is expected to give its final approval to the draft and begin implementation of the scheme in two phases during the seasons of joblessness.
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Show on climate change begins
A three-day photo show featuring works of nine photographers on climate change began at Dhanmondi Drik Gallery in Dhaka on Saturday. The organisers said they arranged the show to raise awareness of climate issues among the young people. Noted litterateur Selina Hossain inaugurated the show, organised by the Youth in Action on Climate, a network of young people active in and outside Bangladesh on causes and consequences of climate change.
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Haripur power plant inefficient' despite Tk 100cr renovation work
Haripur power plant of Power Development Board, which was renovated last year at a cost of Tk 112 crore, has been put on the list of
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Package plan to salvage crumbling traffic in city
The caretaker government took a crash course to salvage the crumbling traffic in the capital by evicting illegal possessions on footpaths and roads, constructing safe bus-stops and introducing staggered school timing under a package of measures. Before confronting the problem head-on, the action plans were explained at a high-level meeting on Traffic Congestion in Dhaka City and its Solution at the Chief Adviser's Office on Thursday.