Forest area increased by 1000 sq. km in last decade: WB
The forest area in the country has increased by 1,000 square kilometres in the last one decade, ending 2000, according to the annual World Bank Data Book of 2002 released in Dhaka on
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Preparation for quakes
Bangladesh has experienced as many as 23 mild tremors in the last six months. The apprehension is that only seismic station an obsolete one set up way back in the fifties at Chittagong may have
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Erosion threatens Sirajganj town
Erosion alarmingly hit Shailabari Groin and Shimla (Bangladesh) solid spur as strong current in the river Jamuna swallowed vital part threatening hartpoint of Sirajganj Town Protection Revetment
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DCC to implement WB funded project soon
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will soon implement an important phase of a World Bank funded project by stopping the movement of non-mechanised transports (NMT) in the road from Azimpur to Gabtali
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The good student of the European Union
Four billion tones is the amount of waste produced by the OECD countries (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) in the 1990s. Rising incomes and economic growth favoring consumption
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The Bio Bazar is growing
The excitement of genetic engineers tinkering with microscopic life-forms at the laboratory level is one thing buy the escape of the newly created bio-matter into the environment is quite another,
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Dealing with the population explosion
Bangladesh is the world's ninth most populous country and its large and growing population is clearly running out of space. Despite the relative success of family planning programmes which have
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33 per cent suffering from Filariasis in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh about 33 per cent people have been suffering from filariasis, of whom about 21 per cent people have become disabled. The disease has been found in almost all the districts of
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No room for denial
The world is on the brink of an AIDS pandemic of a size that is unimaginable yet we in Bangladesh still cling to the notion that AIDS is not only a minor problem for us but a virus like any other
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Meghna erosion threatens Chandpur irrigation project
Erosion by the River Meghna has taken an alarming turn posing a fresh threat to the existence of Taka 100 crore Chandpur Irrigation Project (CIP) at Haimchar Upazilla, eight miles south of the