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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Boro land submerged in flash flood
Boro land submerged in flash flood United News of Bangladesh . Jamalpur Flash flood in river Jamuna has submerged standing boro paddy fields of several hundred acres in char and low lying areas along the river. Farmers were seen on Saturday cutting the half ripen boro paddy in the affected areas of Islampur, Dewanganj and Sarishabari upazila.
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Govt takes up 3-year monga mitigation plan
Govt takes up 3-year monga mitigation plan Model to employ 67pc farm workers in lean period Obaidul Ghani The government has taken a three-year action plan from this year to increase crop productions in the northern districts, where about 37.50 lakh people are exposed to extreme poverty due to seasonal joblessness, known as monga.
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Tetanus, diphtheria still prevalent among children
Tetanus, diphtheria still prevalent among children Alpha Arzu Most of six fatal childhood diseases have noticeable prevalence despite much-hyped national vaccination campaigns for more than two decades with government leaders claiming near-total coverage. The lone state-run Infectious Diseases Hospital in Dhaka still receives a large number of children with tetanus, diphtheria, measles and some other deadly infectious diseases brought under Expanded Programme of Immunisation.
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No respite from water logging in Dhaka soon: WASA officials
No respite from water logging in Dhaka soon: WASA officials Abdul Kader Dhaka, like the previous years, is likely experience water logging this monsoon despite reclamation of a number of canals during the past few years, some officials of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority said. Although more 1,000 unauthorised structures were demolished since the beginning of the canal reclamation drive in 2005, the Dhaka WASA has no capacity to drain out water of heavy rainfall for several hours, they said referring to the poor drainage system of the water agency.
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Govt takes up 3-year monga mitigation plan
Govt takes up 3-year monga mitigation plan Model to employ 67pc farm workers in lean period Obaidul Ghani The government has taken a three-year action plan from this year to increase crop productions in the northern districts, where about 37.50 lakh people are exposed to extreme poverty due to seasonal joblessness, known as monga.
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Dahagram-Angarpota enclave taken under solar power plant
Dahagram-Angarpota enclave taken under solar power plant Our Correspondent . Lalmonirhat The inhabitants of Dahgram-Angarpota enclave have taken under solar power plant and they got electricity on Thursday in fulfillment of their long cherished demand. The chief engineer of Power Development Board of Rangpur region, Latifur Rahaman, switched on the solar power plant. Initially 100 families will get power supply from the solar project. Rangpur Power Development Board is implementing the project with the assistant of Dhaka Solar Power Project.
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Watermelon farming in garlic fields brings success in Natore
Watermelon farming in garlic fields brings success in Natore Md Ashraful Alam . Natore THE farmers are cultivating watermelon side by side garlic on a large scale in the Chalan Bil area under Gurudaspur upazila in Natore this season inspired by last year's success. The farmers are now getting interested in farming of watermelon as intercrop with garlic without tilling before transplanted aman cultivation.
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India's violation of water sharing deal hampers irrigation
India's violation of water sharing deal hampers irrigation Raheed Ejaz New Delhi deprives Dhaka of its agreed share of the Ganges water as stipulated by the Gangers Water Sharing Treaty 1996 causing the tributaries to dry up and hampering seriously irrigation in the south-west. India has also not heeded the complaints Bangladesh earlier registered with the Indian authorities.
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Dhaka to rank 4th among largest cities by 2025
Dhaka to rank 4th among largest cities by 2025 New Age Desk Dhaka, now ranking 15th with 11.9 million people, will be the fourth largest city in the world by 2025 when the population would reach 22 million, predicted Forbes.com. The number of urban dwellers is expected to hit 5 billion globally by 2025
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Honey collection in Sundarban begins
Honey collection in Sundarban begins Tapos Kanti Das . Khulna Honey collection in Sundarban began on April 1 and the Sundarban forest division has started distribution permits for honey collection. The department, however, imposed a ban on honey collection from the east division of the forest. Honey collection in Sundarban usually begins on every April 1 and ends on June 15, forest officials said.