Air pollution causes 5000 deaths in city annually
Air pollution mainly caused by uncontrolled emissions from motor vehicles is responsible for over 5000 deaths annually in Dhaka, said a World Bank report.
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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A handicapped project
After several hiccups the under-construction Syedabad Water Treatment Plant is Bangladesh is reportedly going to be operational in July next. This apparently good that the project is now forced to
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Auto-rickshaw owners, drivers go on strike
Hundreds of auto-rickshaw drivers and owners staged demonstration at different parts of Dhaka (Bangladesh) city and damaged over 50 rickshaws and a few motor vehicles protesting the government move
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Plea for documentation of indigenous knowledge of water management
A global conference on water adopted the Dhaka (Bangladesh) Declaration seeking to document indigenous knowledge and practices of water management and other related issues indifferent regions of the
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2 more units to be set up at Karnafuli hydro power plant
The Bangladesh government is actively considering to set up two more units at Karnafuli Hydro Power Plant to generate about 100MW additional electricity with optimum use of water of the Kaptai Lake.
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Rules for vehicles conversion to CNG
To encourage the private sector entrepreneurs for setting up of more Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion workshops and filling stations, the Bangladesh government will relax the relevant rules on
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Illegal trading threatening the montreal protocol
Everyone agrees the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer signed in 1987 by 46 countries in 1987 and since ratifies by 175 Parties to the Protocol, galvanized the international
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Tribal man produces electricity to solve the power crisis in Bandarban
When power crisis has been a paramount concern for the Bangladesh Government, an illiterate tribal man shows the path how to overcome the problem. Along Thoi Khoy Marma of Mongjaipara village in
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Action against vehicles emitting black smoke from Feb
The Bangladesh government is poised to take stern action against the vehicles emitting black smoke from February as part of its on-going programme to protect the environment from
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Protection of bio-diversity emphasized
Minister for Environment and Forest of Bangladesh Shahjahan Siraj said the present government had given special emphases upon preservation and management of bio-diversity to protect environmental