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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Govt's climate change strategy lacks long-term vision, say experts
Experts, academics and development activists have called upon the government to revise its climate change strategy, which will be presented at the UK-Bangladesh conference on climate change, after consulting experts and stakeholders. The strategy is not comprehensive and lacks a long-term vision, they pointed out at a two-day seminar in Dhaka on
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DCC to get 100 garbage trucks from Japan soon
The Dhaka City Corporation will receive around 100 CNG-run environmentally-friendly garbage trucks and 25 compactors, used in waste reduction, from the Japan government within a couple of months, corporation officials said. A Japanese team is now working in Bangladesh for this purpose and a memorandum of understanding, to this effect, is likely to be signed between the External Relations Division and the Japan government on August 22, said a top DCC engineer.
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The Great Hunger 2008
Food, fuel and feed are now tied together, more than ever, by a single string
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Dumping of clinical wastes in Barisal
Dumping of clinical wastes in Barisal city without proper management has posed environmental and health hazards. Two public hospitals and more than 50 private hospitals, clinics, laboratories, healthcare and diagnostic centres dump about 800 kilograms of clinical waste every day, sources in BCC and directorate of environment said. The clinical wastes include used bandages, syringes and needles, amputated parts of human bodies, stools, blood, coughs, saline, plastic, bottles and disposable and non-disposable items.
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Phulbari people vow to resist any attempts at coal mining
People living in Phulbari of Dinajpur district have reiterated that they will resist any attempts at coal mining in northern localities by a method that, they say will affect their lives and livelihoods and threaten environment. Some of the residents are against coal mining by any methods in the area as they fear extraction of coal by foreign companies will force them from their homes and land.
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South Asian leaders to issue separate statement on food security
The leaders of the South Asian countries are set to issue a separate statement on food security, apart from the SAARC declaration, focussing on activating the regional food bank with an initial outlay of 2.5 lakh tonnes and enhancing cooperation in agriculture for boosting production.
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Lemon farming changes lot of Lalmonirhat farmers
Lemon cultivation has changed the lot of many poor farmers in different villages of the poverty-stricken district of Lalmonirhat. A large number of poor farmers living in the border areas of the district have improved their livelihood by cultivating lemon, local sources said. According to sources at the Agricultural Extension Department, Lalmonirhat, lemon produced in the district meets around 12 per cent of the country's total demand for the citrus fruit.
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Malaysian auto sales to fall due to higher fuel prices
Malaysia's vehicle sales are expected to dip 16.5 per cent in the second half of the year due to higher fuel costs and rising inflation, the Malaysian Automotive Association said Wednesday. The industry body said the bulk of the drop in auto sales will come from a 28 per cent reduction in the volume of commercial vehicles sold, while sales of passenger vehicles are expected to slide by 0.5 per cent.
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WTO talks collapse over food tariffs
Ministers from about 35 countries have failed to make a breakthrough in the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Doha round to open up global trade. Talkd to broker a new global trade pact have collapsed because key powers are unable to bridge their differences on food tariffs, the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) says. "There is no use beating around the bush, this meeting has collapsed, members have simply not been able to bridge their differences," WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said.
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Water crisis deepens at Mohammadpur
Residents living on Tajmahal Road at Mohammadpur in Dhaka have been suffering for the past four days due to lack of supply of drinking water by Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, sufferers said. Fifty families of 50 apartments between the holding 10/1 and 10/15 in the area were the worst sufferers as many of the families could not even take their baths for the past four days due to lack of water supply. Zakeria Shirazi, an elderly inhabitant at 10/7 Tajmahal Road said,