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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People suffer for lack of public toilets in Barisal
The Barisal City Corporation has only seven public toilets for about five lakh dwellers of the city of 45 square kilometres. The inadequate public toilet facilities cause immense sufferings to the city dwellers as well as people visiting the city for various purposes, people at different areas in the city said, adding that women are the worst suffers. Jahangir Alam and Matiur Rahman, officials of sanitation and health department of BCC, said on average there is one public toiled in the city in every 6.5 square kilometres of area and for over 71,000 people.
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3 lakh homeless in flood in India
Soldiers evacuated thousands of stranded people from submerged villages Wednesday, as floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept across the country's east and northeast. More than 3,00,000 people have lost their homes so far, and are scattered between camps, highways and makeshift shelters on higher ground, officials said. Rising river waters have broken through mud embankments and flooded vast areas.
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US should take leading role in climate change battle: envoy
The United States must take on a leading role in combatting global warming, the head of the country's delegation to climate change talks said in an interview published Wednesday.
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Dustbin in front of Sylhet school hampers academic activities
A dustbin in front of Sylhet Police Lines High School at Shaheed Chanchal Sarani has been posing health hazards to the teachers, students and employees of the school and causing nuisance to the pedestrians. The dustbin has not been shifted elsewhere despite repeated requests to the Sylhet City Corporation authorities by the school authorities, the school authorities said.
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Poverty keeps char children off school in Lalmonirhat
Children in Lalmonirhat char areas are being deprived of education as their parents have sent them to income generating works for earning their livelihood. Utter poverty has forced most of the parents in the char areas to send their children to work for earning livelihood, local people said. Besides, many parents in char areas do no want their children to go to schools as they have no knowledge about the importance of education. According to River Map, a local non-government organisation, about 10,000 children,
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Conflicts fuelled by climate change causing new refugee crisis, warns UN
Climate change is fuelling conflicts around the world and helping to drive the number of people forced out of their homes to new highs, the head of the UN's refugee agency said on Monday, reports The Guardian After a few years of improvement, thanks mainly to large-scale resettlement in Afghanistan, the numbers of civilians uprooted by conflict is again rising. During 2007 the total jumped to 37.4 million, an increase of more than 3 million, according to statistics published Tuesday.
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BRTA files cases against 12 CNG-run bus cos for charging extra
A mobile court of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority on Tuesday filed 12 cases and realised Tk 11,500 from 12 CNG-run bus companies in Dhaka for taking excess fare. The court, led by BRTA executive magistrate (deputy secretary) Abdur Rashid, filed the cases during the drive conducted at the National Press Club, Motijheel, Kamalapur and Khilgaon. The court checked tickets at different counters of the bus operators and found that they were charging Tk 3 to Tk 10 more than the government-fixed rate announced recently after the CNG price hike.
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50 unauthorised structures pulled down at Hatirjheel
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha on Tuesday demolished at least 50 unauthorised structures at Hatirjheel in the Hatirjheel-Begunbari Integrated Development Project area. The pulled down structures include tin and bamboo made shanties beside the Moghbazar level crossing and some concrete structures opposite the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation.
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6m hectares get degraded for natural, manmade hazards a year'
Land degradation due to climatic variations and human activities is likely to pose a severe threat to sustainable agriculture, said experts at a seminar in Dhaka on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on Tuesday.
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Use of firewood rampant in Comilla brick kilns
Despite strict restrictions, rampant use of firewood in brick kilns continues in Comilla, threatening environment and posing threat to public health. Most of the brick kiln owners in the district are engaged in this illegal practice in violation of the ban on the use of firewood, local people said. Besides, almost all brick kilns have been set up in the areas close to human settlements, creating health worries among the people.