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Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)

• No 2-stroke vehicles on city streets after Dec 31

  There will be no two-stroke vehicles on the city streets of Bangladesh after December 31 this year. 'To check environment pollution, we have already taken a number of steps, including the banning of

  • 15/11/2002

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• People of Arsenic-hit areas opt for rainwater

  At the height of omnipresent arsenic contamination in ground water, the people of arsenic-affected areas of Bangladesh have now opted for rainwater as an easy and alternative source of safe drinking

  • 14/11/2002

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• NGO forum's WATSAN system becoming popular

  The Drinking Water System (DWSS) and sanitation programme (WATSAN) (Bangladesh) of NGO Forum is getting popularity among the rural people of Tangail.

  • 20/10/2002

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• Existence of Teesta barrage threatened

  India has constructed five spars 1 km upstream of the Teesta river threatening the existence of Teesta Barrage, the largest irrigation project of Bangladesh.Officials said the Bangladesh-India joint

  • 16/10/2002

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• 200 double-decker buses to be procured from China

  Bangladesh Communications Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda said steps were taken to procure 200 environment-friendly and technologically developed double decker buses from China by December 31 this

  • 13/10/2002

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• Main objectives being jeopardised

  The cultivable and irrigable lands of Cnandpur Irrigation Project (CIP) and Meghna-Dhonagda Irrigation Project (MDIP), country's two biggest irrigation projects are gradually shrinking owing to

  • 12/10/2002

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• 4-stroke CNG driven vehicles launched

  A private transport company in Dhaka (Bangladesh) has pioneered the import of 4-stroke compressed natural gas (CNG) driven vehicles aimed at keeping the Dhaka city free from pollution. The

  • 26/07/2002

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• GNC Galileo to set up CNG plant in Bangladesh

  Jugan Ojangirem, Marketing Manager , GMC Galileo S. A. Argentina said they will take initiative to set up CNG plant through its local agent in Bangladesh.

  • 23/07/2002

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• Toxic waste and human health

  That toxic wastes pose a threat to human health and the environment is well known, but that we are nowhere near to resolving the problem is not so well known with the result incidents of toxin

  • 22/07/2002

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)

• A draft pesticide strategy for Europe

  The European Commission plans to reduce the number of pesticides used in EU countries by half within another year. It has called for reduction and transparency in the use of pesticides and for safer

  • 15/07/2002

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)