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Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)

• Shrimp farming causes environmental crisis

  The explosive growth of shrimp farming in developing nations, many in Asia, has caused a

  • 20/05/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Fisheries

• Saifur urges NGOs to help boosting agri-sector

  Agricultural subsidy plan couldn't yet find a proper delivery mechanism to seal le akage of the funds meant for helping the farmers, but the government is going to give the subsidy knowing full well

  • 20/05/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Agriculture

• Shrimp farming causes environmental crisis

  The explosive growth of shrimp farming in developing nations, many in Asia, has caused a

  • 20/05/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Fisheries

• Saifur urges NGOs to help boosting agri-sector

  Agricultural subsidy plan couldn't yet find a proper delivery mechanism to seal leakage of the funds meant for helping the farmers, but Bangladesh government is going to give the subsidy knowing

  • 20/05/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Agriculture

• Heatwave, loadshedding bring environs disaster in Bogra

  Daily activities of Bogra (Bangladesh)people have become slow due to scorching heat and heat wave. Temperature is rising day after day. And for this reason people are suffering from various diseases.

  • 20/05/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Environment

• Recycling of garbage suggested

  Speakers at a workshop on

  • 18/05/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Environment

• Faridganj people of Chandpur suffering form arsnicosis

  The people of Faridganj Upazila (Bangladesh) are suffering badly owing to the absence of adequate number of arsenic free tubewells. Due to drought- like situation now prevailing in the upazila an

  • 15/05/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Health

• 70000 die of TB in Bangladesh every year

  Nearly 70000 people die of tuberculosis while 3 lakh are affected with the disease in Bangladesh every year despite the facilities being provided for free treatment. Health and family Welfare

  • 11/05/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Health

• Irrigation hit hard for water crisis in Madaripur

  Irrigation on 90000 hectares of land is being hampered in three upazilas of the Madaripur (Bangladesh) as the river Kumar has dried up at several points. Five lockgates of the canals remained

  • 06/05/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• Toxic chemical in Foodstuff

  Environmental and health groups have demanded the immediate intervention from the authorities to end the use of toxic elements in food. As the state minister for agriculture has said :

  • 21/04/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)