Vaccination against smallpox is a dreadful signal
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is reported to be considering extra germ warfare protection for American soldiers, in addition to the shots they have already received, supposedly against
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Secure access to food and water
Food security for all can hardly be guaranteed by the proverbial 'Gola Bhora Machh' at the state level. If it were that simple, the grain mountains and milk fountains of Europe and the United States
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Ban on brickfields on both banks of Buriganga proposed
Intensifying its campaign, Buriganaga Protection Taskforce (Bangladesh) has recommended for imposition of a full ban on brickfields within 250 meters of the both banks of the Buriganaga. The
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21 killed as cold wave continues in N-dists
As the frosty weather prevailed in Bangladesh's northern region, cold and cold-related diseases claimed at least 21 persons particularly children and colder men and women in different northern
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Arsenic-free water to be supplied to rural areas
LGRD and Corporatives Minister (Bangladesh) Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan underscored pipeline suply of arsenic free drinking water from the available safe sources in rural areas.
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Call to free Sundarbans from structures
All structural developments shall be restricted within the periphery of the Sunderbans and the structures which were built in Karamjal area (Bangladesh) will be modified. These observations were made
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Arsenic contamination detected in water of 80 p.c. tubewell at Paba
The arsenic contamination was detected in the water of 80 per cent tubewells of Paba thana of the district (Bangladesh). A total of 148 persons were affected by arsenicosis in the
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Wild elephants go on rampage: 7 injured, 30 houses damaged at Lama
A herd of wild elephants went on a rampage and injured seven people and demolised 30 hours in a remote village of Kumari area under Lama upazila (Bangladesh) of the district. Lama police said a herd
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Polluted river plagues business in Vietnam
"Thousands of square metres of ponds were polluted, killing tonnes of fish and shrimps ready for harvest," reported Nguyen Trng Lap, vice president of the People's Committee of Ward 28 in Binh Thanh
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PM's directive to keep city clean, mosquito-free
Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on Wednesday issued directives to the concerned authorities to enhance the beauty of capital city Dhaka by keeping it always clean and eradicating mosquito