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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Tiger killed after death of 3 villagers
Thousands of villagers armed with sticks and machetes beat to death a Royal Bengal tiger Saturday after it had killed three people at Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira, the police said. The critically endangered animal, one of about 600 in Sundarban, the world's largest mangrove forest, was lassoed after entering a village and killing three people Friday night, police official Abdur Razzak said.
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Low-lying areas in Sherpur flooded as 3 cross-dams partially damaged
Low-lying areas in five upazilas of Sherpur went under water on Friday as eight rivers burst their banks due to incessant rain and onrush of water from hills. Official and local sources said water levels in the old Brahmaputra, Bhogai, Chellakhali, Maharashi, Someaswari, Kalagusha, Jhinai and Dashani rivers marked sharp rise, flooding low-lying areas in sadar, Jhinaigati, Sribardi, Nakla and Nalitabari upazilas.
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Experts call for protecting endangered Madhupur, Lawacherra forests
A roundtable discussion on Saturday stressed the need for protection of the endangered forests of Madhupur and Lawacherra immediately. The workshop, styled
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Teesta flowing above danger level
While all other rivers were flowing below their danger level, only the Teesta in the north was flowing 37cm above red mark Saturday morning. But the river swelled by onrush of water from upstream may calm down from Saturday afternoon, said an official of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre. The Teesta fed by rushing water from the upstream after the barrage at Gazaldoba, opened across the border, has flooded some low-lying areas, since Friday night. The situation was likely to get normal from Saturday afternoon, he pointed out.
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Wildlife in Lawachera reserve forest at stake for feed crisis
The existence of wildlife in the Lawachera reserve forest in Moulvibazar is threatened due to acute crisis of animal feed, according to forest officials. In the last two months, a good many animals came out of the forest and entered the human habitation in search of feed, the forest officials said. Some 12 animals and birds have been caught by the local people at different places in Kamalganj and Srimongal upazilas of the district during the period, they added.
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Rice, lentil, oil prices increase
The prices of coarse rice, lentils, edible oil and some spices increased and sugar price declined in the city in a week. Market sources said poor supply from mills and the closure of the BDR-un OMS outlets instigated the fresh round of increase in rice prices. Lentil prices increased after a price increase at import sources and edible oil prices registered a rise as
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Major rivers mark rise in the north
All major rivers and their tributaries marked further rises following continuous moderate to heavy rainfalls and onrush of hilly waters from upper catchments in the greater Rangpur area, officials said on Friday. There is no flood situation so far in Kurigram, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and Gaibandha where the rivers marked rises but were flowing one metre to two metres below their respective danger marks at all points, Water Development Board officials said.
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Faridpur town at risk of river erosion
The Faridpur town is under threat of erosion by the River Padma as the authorities concerned could not complete construction of the river protection dam before the current monsoon. The river is advancing fast, and it is now only 250 metres away from the district town, creating panic among the residences in the town and adjacent areas. In the last few days, several points of the newly built five-kilometre embankment in Vajondanga area under Alibad union of sadar upazila has been eroded by the river, sources at the Water Development Board, Faridpur said.
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HC rules on Ganges water treaty
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to explain in four weeks why it would not be directed to review the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty and take steps to ensure due share of waters. The bench of Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana and Justice M Rezaul Haque gave the ruling after hearing a public interest litigation writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyers MK Muraduzzaman and Faruk Hossain on June 8.
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Prices of food, fuels govt's main challenge: ADB
The Asian Development Bank said on Thursday that tackling the price-hike of fuels, food and fertilizers would be the interim government's main challenge.