Banning Rickaws the people's transport
Under pressure from the World Bank, the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) announced its plans to ban rickshaws from several major roads. This plan was put into operation on 17 December with Mirpur Road
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Traders looting timber trees worth crores of Taka
Bakshiganj hill (Bangladesh) is being threatened of denudation due to indiscriminate felling of timber trees. Timber trees worth crores of Taka are beign looted from the forest it is alleged. The
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US experts identify virus of mysterious disease in Tangail
Medical experts of CDC in Atlanta, the USA, have identified the virus of the
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Rivers dry up, irrigation in boro fields at Katiadi hampered
Irrigation to thousand of acres of Irri-boro lands beside the river bank in Katiadi upazila (Bangladesh) has been facing a set-back following drying up of the rivers. The old Brahmaputra Arialkha,
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Kamal seeks int'l support to deal natural disaster
Bangladesh Food and Disaster Management Minister Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf called upon the international community to extend their support towards the efforts of developing countries like Bangladesh
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Arsenic accumulation in foodgrains not alarming
Scientists in recent studies overruled the possibility of health hazards in taking foodgrains grown in arsenic contaminated soil ending general fears that the toxic element could get into food chain.
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80,000 children die from pneumonia each year
At least 80,000 children die each year in Bangladesh from pneumonia. These deaths are believed to be due to bacterial pneumonia and pneumococcus is the most common cause of bacterial pneumonia in
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Govt agri-rehab programme likely to flop in Jhenidah
Taka 2.25 crore Agriculture Rehabilitation Programme of the government is going to flop in Jhenidah district (Bangladesh) due to mal practices of the officials concerned of the district Agriculture
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Poverty stricken people reaping benefit of Community Forestry
Poverty stricken people including Adivasis have started reaping benefit of community forestry programme of Forest Department the NGOs have participated in the implementation along with government,
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Environment ministry asks Niko to compensate damage at Tangratila
Environment and Forest Ministry demanded damage compensation from Canadian explorer Niko for the devastating fire at the Tangratila gas field upsetting the environmental systems around the ravaged