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Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)

• Bamboo production is on the wane in Mymensingh

  Bamboo production is decreasing day by day in 12 upazilas of the district due to lack of proper care of bamboo clusters and absence of any planned plantation programme. It may be mentioned here that

  • 24/12/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Forests

• Water sharing problem can be resolved thru' united approach : Razzak

  Former Bangladesh water resources and irrigation minister and Awami League MP Abdur Razzak said

  • 20/12/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• Japan gives Tk 13.38 cr for measles control

  Japan will provide Taka 13 crore 38 lakh (US dollar 2.3 million or 239 million yen ) to Bangladesh to support is measles control and neonatal tetanus elimination programme under an agreement

  • 19/12/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Health

• Dhaka iterates on action to combat global climate change

  Bangladesh minister for Environment and Forest Jafrul Islam Chowdhury has reiterated Bangladesh's stand for taking on the ground actions to combat climate change across the world. "It is high time

  • 19/12/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Environment

• The pollution is killing us

  In Bangladesh people are exposed to air pollution at home, work and in public places. Today air pollution is one of the most insidious dangers we face but exposure has been found to be causally

  • 18/12/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Environment

• Fall in water level, siltation, sholas in rivers hamper navigation

  As many as 20 rivers of the south-western (SW) districts of Bangaldesh have lost navigability due to sharp fall in water level, siltation of the river beds and development of shoals and wthdrawal of

  • 16/12/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• ADB to provide $180m for post-flood rehabilitation

  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will soon provide 180 million US dollars to Bangladesh for the ongoing post-flood rehabilitation activities. This was revealed by outgoing ADB Country Director Toru

  • 16/12/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Environment

• Dutch-Bangla Bank's magnanimous help for 23 HIV patients

  The Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited has earmarked Taka 15 lakh for providing medicines, clinical support, food supplement and other essentials to 23 HIV positive women and children for a period of one

  • 15/12/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Health

• Arsenic pollution in tubewell waters acute in Barisal

  As Bangladesh is facing acute problem of arsenic pollution in tubewell waters, the people of the affected areas are searching for alternatives for safe drinking water. As a means of getting the

  • 15/12/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Health

• Over 5000 of Bagerhat facing arsenic pollution

  Apart from the problem of salinity in drinking water, more than five thousand people of five villages in Bagerhat district (Bangladesh) have been facing the enigma of arsenic pollution in tubewell

  • 14/12/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Health