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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Three-day tree fair starts in Dhaka
The Dhaka Club on Thursday kicked off a three-day tree fair on its premises at Shahbagh to make the members' children familiar with fruits and trees of different kinds. The organisers said that their children living in the city apartments were totally unfamiliar with various local species of fruit and tree plants. The club president, Sadat Hossain Selim, in presence of former presidents Shamsur Rahman, MG Murtaza, AK Feroz Ahmed, Abdus Sattar and Anwar Kabir inaugurated the fair.
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One more kiled in Cox's Bazar landslide
A two-month old baby was killed in rain-triggered landslide in Cox's Bazar on Tuesday morning following Monday's landslide that claimed lives two persons. The deceased is Noor Kayeas. The Cox's Bazar municipality chairman, Sarwar Kamal, said the landslide occurred at Pahartali in the town at about 10:00am when a heavy chunk of mud fell on the house of Mohammad Yunus. Later, local people rescued Yunus's wife Rong Bahar injured and recovered the dead body of Kayeas. Rong Bahar was admitted to the Cox's Bazar General Hospital,' he said.
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Two-thirds of Nagarbari ferry ghat eroded by Jamuna
The Nagarbari ferry ghat is going to disappear as its two-third portion has been eroded by the river Jamuna over the past few days. The lone concrete road to the ghat is also facing the threat of erosion as the river is swelling rapidly. Local people dumped sand, bamboo and timber to protect the area from erosion. But all their attempts went in vain because of current of the river. Upazila nirbahi officer of Bera Md Lal Hossain said,
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Fakhruddin seeks Nobel committee's role to combat global warming
The chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, has said poverty alleviation is a must for lasting peace and sustainable development, but global warming and climate change is a major factor in Bangladesh that casts adverse impacts on poverty. The head of the interim government made the remark when visiting chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Ole Danbolt Mjos made a courtesy call on him at the Chief Adviser's Office Wednesday afternoon.
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SAARC must protect migrant workers: ILO
The welfare and protection of migrant workers should be part of SAARC agenda as South Asia provides 15 lakh workers to labour-receiving countries every year, government and ILO officials said on Monday. As 43 per cent of the South Asian migrant workers serve in other South Asian countries, the incorporation is necessary, they said. The welfare of South Asian migrant workers has become a matter of concern since the recruitment of workers in the South Asian countries is plagued with corrupt practices, said the International Labour Organisation.
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Breakthrough' in malaria fight
Australian scientists have identified a potential treatment to combat malaria by pinpointing the process that helps the disease hijack red blood cells. They have found the key to an adhesive that stops the parasite being flushed out of the body by the immune system. The removal of just one of these compounds is enough to bring the process to a halt. Researchers in Melbourne believe their discovery could be a major breakthrough in the fight against the disease. They have identified eight proteins that allow this glue-like substance onto the surface of a hijacked cell.
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Two killed in Cox's Bazar landslide
Two persons were killed in an incident of landslide in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar Sunday morning with rainfall and onrush of hill water playing havoc in the district for the second time. Earlier, thirteen people were killed in rain-triggered landslides at Teknaf, one in the Cox's Bazar town, one at Moheskhali and one at Ukhiya.
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Climate change comes second after growth for India
For most of India Inc, tackling the adverse impact of climate change is second preference as they aim for growth and expansion, claims a study, which also warns that such an approach will cost the firms dearly in future.
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Erosion turns serious in Lalmonirhat
Erosion by the River Teesta has turned grave at village Kalmati under Lalmonirhat sadar upazila with over 120 houses devoured in the last few days. Standing crops on about 20 acres of land, fruit gardens and homesteads have gone into the gorge of the river at the village, 12 kilometers off the Lalmonirhat town, local sources said. At least 100 families have become homeless as their houses have been devoured by the river in the last three days, they added.
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Australia eyes 1,000 polluters for carbon trading
About 1,000 of Australia's biggest polluting companies will need to buy permits under an emissions trading scheme expected to be introduced in 2010 to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the minister for climate change, Penny Wong said on Sunday. Australia, highly dependent on coal for making electricity and generating hundreds of billions of dollars in annual export revenue, is scheduled to release a paper on Wednesday spelling out guidelines for how it intends to implement emissions trading.