40 PC tubewells arsenic polluted in Rajbari
Forty per cent tubewells of Rajbari Sadar upazila (Bangladesh) are arsenic contaminated according to a source of the upzaila Public Engineering Department. The connected department surveyed 2250
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Death caused by natural disasters fall globally
Deaths caused by natural disasters have fallen from two million to eight lakh globally during the last decades. But the number of people affected during this time has tripled to two billion.
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35 vessels fined for polluting water in Karnafuli
A mobile court of the Chittagong Prot Authority (CPA), Bangladesh fined 35 Prot Authority (CPA) fined 35 vessels including two foreign shops penalising them Taka 2.70 lakh for polluting the water and
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70000 people affected by flood in Rangpur
Seventy thousand people of 60 unions, out of 81 unions in eight upazils have been affected by flood due to continuous rain waters coming from upper region. According to Rangpur Met office(Bangladesh)
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Massive Bata plantation programme
Bata Bangladesh has taken up a massive plantation programme in their two factories premises to help protect environment. It may be mentioned that Bata has an exclusive environment committee headed by
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Incessant rain causes flood in several dists
Incessant rain across Bangladesh on rush of hilly water caused further rise in major rivers inundating vast areas in several districts. The rain damaged seed-beds, standing crops and kutcha houses in
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Kit to detect arsenic in tubewell water
General Pharmaceuticals Ltd a medicine company in Bangladesh invented field test kit to detect the volume of arsenic in the tubewell
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A new oral vaccine for diarrhoea in the offing
The rotavirus causes about one-third of all cases of diarrhoea treated in the country's hospitals. In the US an estimated annual cost of one billion-dollar is incurred due to Rotavirus infections.
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Personal hygiene and sanitary latrines
People have little knowledge of the need for maintaining a high level of personal hygiene but when, according to a recent study by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC),
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Smokes of brick field kilns damage mango orchards
A huge quantity of mangoes are being damaged in different parts of Narail district (Bangladesh) due to adverse effect of smokes emitted from the kilns of brick fields.