70 pc buildings vulnerable to earth quake
Experts at a workshop on earthquake and disaster management predicted that about 70 percent buildings in Bangladesh are vulnerable to the earthquake. They also opined that 20 per cent of these
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Zinc therapy can help reduce child deaths
Zinc therapy can help reduce about half of Bangladesh's child deaths caused by diarrhoea, pneumonia and malnutrition. Accordingly, a new kind of zinc tablet is coming up in the market in April next
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ADB ready to provide assistance for agri-uplift
Asian Development bank (ADB) is ready to provide assistance for advanced research and agro-business expansion in
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Bangladesh bans plastic bags, Australia may opt for taxes
Governments around the world are dealing with the plastic bag menace in different ways. Kenya may consider a ban on the common plastic bag that one gets at the chekcout counters of grocery stroes,
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Guest birds start arriving in Netrakona
Migratory birds, our majestic avian guests in winter, have started flying into the lowlands of Khaliajury, Madan and Mahanganj, upazilas (Bangladesh) of Netrakopna district. The flocks of birds,
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PM urges officials to be more active in protecting forest resources
Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia urged the officials of the forest department to be more cautious and active in protecting the country's forest resources. She regretted that depletion of
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7 cr projects for boosting fish output to 3m tons
The Bangladesh government has taken steps to implement seven major projects for boosting overall fish production to 3 million metric tonnes, which will leave a substantial exportable surplus after
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Success achieved in social, participatory forestation programme
Rangpur Zone of the Department of Forestry (DF) has achieved significant success in the field of social participatory forestation programme for alleviating poverty and achieving self reliance by the
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TK 9.27 cr BMDA project advancing to protect environ at Barind areas
Work on the eco-system management programme is progressing fast to protecg the ecological balance of the dried Barind areas in the region. The main objectives of the programme are to combat aridity
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Illegal structures on rivers to be demolished
Bangladesh Water Resources Minister Hafiz Uddin Ahmed said all illegal structures that interrupt free flow of the rivers would be demolished. He was speaking at a report presentation function on