Myanmmar won't use water of Tumburu canal
The Nasaka authorities of Myanmmar have agreed not to use the water of Tumburu canal entering into Bangladesh territory. The members of Myanmmar border force had been using the water of the canal
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Programme to protect bio-diversity in Teknaf, Hakaluki haor
The Bangladesh government is going to launch an extensive programme to protect endangered coastal and wetland bio-diversity in the country's two most ecologically critical areas - Teknaf Peninsula
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Autorickshaws using CNG
The Bangladesh's government plan for "CNG conversion" of Dhaka's 50,000 or so two-stroke autorickshaws is most welcome. So far as the move is concerned, nothing better could be thought of under the
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GK project facing serious fund constraints
The 50-million dollar Ganges Kobadak (GK) project, the biggest irrigation project in Bangladesh with headquarters in Kushtia has been facing serious fund constraints and might be abandoned or leased
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CNG technology for autorickshaws from June
The Bangladesh government has decided to introduce Compress Natural Gas (CNG) technology for the two stroke engine run autorickshaws as part of its initiatives to reverse the increasing pollution in
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ADB warns of int'l conflicts over water
International conflicts may break out over water as looming scarcity threatens food supplies, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned in an annual report. Dwindling water supplies would inflict a
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Underground water level falls, irrigation being hampered, drinking water scarcity
The under ground water level in ten northern districts of Bangladesh is falling gradually threatening Irro-Boro cropfields. About 15 per cent tubewells in the region went out of operation for want of
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World Bank funds workshop for baby taxi mechanics
When clean environment has become the concern of the people worldwide some vested quarters in Bangladesh showing thumb to the crusade against the air pollution have gone on retaining the two-stroke
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Power from waste gases
DaimlerChrysler Corporation is tapping waste gases from the decomposition of landfill trash to provide power for its St. Louis, Missouri, Assembly Plant. Two of the plant's four boilers are modified.
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Water movement in Bangladesh highlighted
"The Bangladesh Water Vision 2025" and the Frame Work for Action were represented by the Bangladesh Water Partnership in the Second World Water Forum and Ministerial Conference held in the Hague from