WFP assists school feeding programme
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) recently launched a School Feeding programme in Panchagarh district covering more than 140,000 primary school students, with assistance from the
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Old-fashioned method wins again
Cholera researchers let it be known recently that one need not go for expensive filters to make drinking water free of the plankton-loving cholera virus. Just a little modification of the wives'
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Arsenic crisis in tubewell water creates panic among Chandpur people
Arsenic contaminated tube well waters have created a panic in all eight upazilas of the Chandpur district (Bangladesh). According to Chandpur Public Health Engineering Department (PHED),about 50
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The mosquito menace and eradication of malaria
Although people are ever ready to discuss the mosquito menace, few people today seem bothered about malaria,mainly because drugs are available.But malaria kills mostly the poor, and as the nature of
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Two new tea clone released by BTRI
Two more new tea clones have been released by the Bangladesh Tea Research Institute Srimangal.They are BT-14 and BT-15.Since 1966 Bangladesh Tea Research Institute have earlier released 13 Clonal Tea
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30 kilns out 56 in Noakhali located in Senbag upazila
At least 30 brick kilns are being run illegally in Senbag upazila of Noakhali posing a threat on environment and public health,reports UNB.According to the up-to-date record, all the 30 out of the 56
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State of World Children Report 2003 launched in Narsingdi
The launching ceremony of the State of World Children Report 2003,jointly organized by Narsingdi District Administration and UNICEF, was held at local Circuit House
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Toxic metals in Bangladesh's drinking water
Toronto-Leading an international team of volunteer scientists, Dr. Bibudhendra Sarkar, a senior scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children (HSC), has identified high concentrations of toxic metals
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1.5 lakh babies die annually in 28 days of birth
Although the country has made significiant progress in reducing infant and child mortality rates over the last decade, about 1.5 lakh babies still die annually in the first 28 days of their
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Polythene bags being used in Narail defying govt ban
Polythene bags have again flooded the market, shops and bazars of all the upazilas in the district defying official ban on its production, marketing use and storage, reports