Shrimp cultivation threat to Sundarbans
Despite being a major source of the foreign currency earnings, the existing method of shrimp cultivation in the south-western region appears to be a threat to the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Upstream withdrawal causing decertification: Khaleda
Reiterating the urgency of regional and international collaboration in sharing water resources, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia blamed unilateral withdrawal of waters in the upper
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5500 two-stroke three-wheelers to ply after September 1
Most of the two-stroke three-wheelers will go off the roads in Dhaka (Bangladesh) after September 1, but 5500 would be allowed to run for another four months on humanitarian ground under an agreement
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Commuters in woe as rickshaws go off
The Dhaka city (Bangladesh) witnessed a serious crisis of transports in absence of rickshaws at a time when the number of auto-rickshaws too fell significantly after the partial ban on two-stroke
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City feeder transport system in doldrums
Dhaka city's (Bangladesh) feeder transport system has been in the doldrums due to short supply of alternative vehicles to fill up the gap of a large number of three-wheelers withdrawn from the city
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CFC from refrigerators causing ozone depletion
About seventy per cent of the 2.8 million commercial and domestic refrigerators used in Bangladesh contain chloro fluoro carbons (CFC) which are responsible for contributing to ozone depleting
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Bangladesh to receive $ 5.8m UNDP grant for bio-diversity protection
The Bangladesh government will receive about 5.8 million US dollars from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under two separate agreements signed in Dhaka to protect ecologically critical
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CIP incurs huge loss every year
Chandpur Irrigation project (CIP) is the second biggest irrigation project of Bangladesh. This irrigation project was commissioned in 1977 at a cost of Taka 80 crore. Since then this irrigation
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Affected owners, drivers to be rehabilitated
The Bangladesh government is resolute to go ahead with its decision to ban Dhaka city from September 1, launching a scheme to rehabilitate the affected owners and drivers of the vehicles. For relief
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Transport fiasco
So far as the merit of the partial ban imposed on two -stroke three-wheelers is concerned, there is hardly anything to complain about. Hazardous fume-spewing these vehicles should definitely go.