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Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)

• Tuberculosis still a dreaded disease

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) slogan

  • 24/03/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Health

• Preservation of bio-diversity underscored

  A far-reaching programme titled

  • 23/03/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)

• India's water link plan protested

  The World Water Day was observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world against the backdrop of India's planned mega river inter-linking project. Policymakers, academicians, hydrologists and

  • 23/03/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• All vehicles to be converted to CNG by Dec'

  Bangladesh minister for Energy and Mineral Resources AKM Mosharraf Hossain said that all the petrol run vehicles of the government and semi-government organisations will be converted to Compressed

  • 19/03/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• Underground water level falls, tubewells out of operation

  With the onset of dry season and increased demand for water, the dwellers of Moulvibazar and Srimongal (Bangladesh) municipalities and different parts of Kulaure upazila and tea- belt areas in the

  • 19/03/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• Govt may increase price of CNG

  The Bangladesh government may go for an over 14 percent increase of CNG (compressed natural gas) price at the customers level, officials said. A proposal in this regard to refix per cubic metre CNG

  • 17/03/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• Fisheries resources decline due to water pollution, over fishing

  Destructive fishing practices, over-fishing and pollution of water by industrial residues have caused a decline in the production of about 40 percent of the Bangaldesh's fisheries resources worth

  • 17/03/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Fisheries

• Bangladesh vulnerable to HIV/AIDS

  Bangladesh is vulnerable to HIV/AIDS because its close door neighbour Indian has an estimated 39 lakh 70 thousand people living with this disease at the end of 2001.

  • 11/03/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Health

• Due steps to save city environs demanded

  At least 1750 kg. Clinical garbage is produced in Barisal city (Bangladesh) by different hospital and private Clinics that create great threat to the health of city people. Clinical wastes produced

  • 10/03/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Environment

• Random use of pesticides causing health hazards in various dists

  Indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides to combat pest attacks in vegetable fields is causing health hazards in six Upazilas of the Narsingdi District (Bangladesh). This is one of the highest

  • 28/02/2004

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)