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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Flood damages aman seedbeds in Lalmonirhat
The recent flood has damaged seedbeds of aman paddy on 20 bighas (one bigha is 0.1338 hectare) of land in Lalmonirhat. Different areas of the district including Kalmati, Khuniyagachh, Rajpur, Tajpur, Milon Bazar under sadar upazila, Gobordhan, Mohishkhocha, Bala Para under Aditmari upazila, Char Kakina, Jamir Bari, Votmari, under Kaliganj upazila and Goddimari, Daliya, Dowani, Paruliya, Sindurna under Hatibandha upazila of the district have been inundated by the recent flood.
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KCC drive against canal encroachers begins June 29
The Khulna City Corporation along with the district administration launches a drive on June 29 to pull down unauthorised structures along a river and 21 canals in and around the city. The corporation and the district administration issued notices on June 18 and 19 asking the encroachers to shift their structures by June 28, corporation sources said adding that many of the structures were built hindering the flows of the river and canals
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Supply of safe drinking water in tea gardens stressed
Speakers at a consultation on Monday stressed the need for ensuring the supply of safe drinking water and proper sanitation in the tea gardens. They also highlighted the need for running the development programmes in a holistic way to rid the people in the tea gardens of the present inhuman condition. NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation organised the consultation on
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Integrated transport policy soon: Quader
The government is preparing an integrated multi-modal transport policy by incorporating highway, railway, inland waterway and airway into a unique system to develop a cost-effective and sustainable transport system, communication adviser Ghulam Quader said on Sunday.
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Carbon Finance Unit wants to fund Petrobangla to stop gas leakage
The World Bank's Carbon Finance Unit has expressed interest in providing funds to Petrobangla to
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River erosion leaves 5,000 homeless in Lalmonirhat
More than 5,000 people at six villages in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila has become homeless in the last five days due to erosion by the River Darla. At least 120 dwelling houses, a mosque, a temple and a vast track of crop lands were eroded during the period. The erosion-hit villages are Badaitari, Mogholhat, Kurul, Megharam, Bongram and Itapota. The affected people have taken shelter on different roads, embankments and on the high lands. Many villagers are passing days with grave anxiety as the river is rapidly eroding houses and crop fields, local people said.
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Food inflation, farmland depletion not addressed in draft PRSP
The draft of the second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper has not adequately addressed two critical issues of food security
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Bangladesh could disappear entirely by end of century: NASA
Melting polar ice caps could cause sea levels to rise by up to 25 metres, causing Bangladesh to disappear entirely under water by the turn of the century, according to predictions of climate change by the US government's NASA space agency. One of the UK's prominent newspapers, the Independent, reported on Friday that the globally accepted models predicting gradual climate change could be underestimated according to Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
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229 killed in Philippines typhoon: official
At least 229 people are confirmed dead and at least six missing after Typhoon Fengshen ravaged the central and southern Philippines, Red Cross and civil defence officials said on Sunday. The toll does not include those dead or missing from a ferry that sank in the central Philippines with about 747 people aboard. Four people have been confirmed dead and there are four survivors from that accident. The rest are unaccounted for.
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Power generation dipping every month
The country's electricity generation is diminishing every month, belying the authorities' much-trumpeted assurance that power supply situation would improve from May with the end of irrigation season. Frequency of outages throughout the country has been on the rise as the Power Development Board rather added less electricity to national grid in May than in June, PDB data showed. The interim government time and again said that they would be able to save on electricity when irrigation pumps would be shut from May and so-called rental power plants would come into operation.