Foreign plants threaten bio-diversity
experts : Unplanned, widespread plantation of foreign trees across Bangladesh is presenting serious threat to the bio-diversity, depriving birds and other animals of feed and spreading toxic
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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DCH project for safe water in Pabna
Home based teen Kalshi (Three pitchers) filters is becoming popular among the rural people of Bera thana in Pabna, Bangladesh where more than fifty per cent of the population are yet to get their
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Dam built on mountain spring in Bandarban
Construction of an irrigation dam on a high mountain spring at Kyamolong in the Sadar Upazila of Bandarban district of Bangladesh was completed recently at a cost of Taka 40
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Diluted fuel used in automobiles causes air pollution in n-region
Although unabated marketing of diluted fuel by a section of dealers has posed a serious threat to public health in northern region of Bangladesh like other parts of the country, authorities have
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Water crisis and remedy
Unlike other countries, Bangladesh has lots of surface water flowing down rivers and rivulets that criss cross the landmass. It has also a dependable reserve of sub-soil water in a way as would
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Water supply in Ctg city inadequate
The residents in Bangladesh's second biggest city, Chittagong is now being hard hit for want of supply of required quantity of water by the Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA). The
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Chalan Beel Project turns into a real bane for farmers
The gigantic Chalan Beel Project, supposed to be a boon to the farmers, has turned into a real bane for them. The project was launched in 1977 with financial assistance from World Food Programme and
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Ganges barrage project may be shelved due to fund constraints
Agricultural production in the Ganges Kobadakh Project, the biggest and premier irrigation project of Bangladesh might suffer a setback following acute of fund constraints, retrenchment of field
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2100 feet of Teesta dam washed away
Parts of a flood protection embarkment on the bank of River Teesta in Jaldhaka and Hatibandha upazilas in Bangladesh were washed away by
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25m people can be saved from salinity
The construction of Ganges Barrage down to the river Gorai can save more than 25 million people living in greater Khulna, Jessore and Kushia and areas from the attack of increasing salinity and