No end to wanton destruction of Sundarbans
There is no end in sight to the wanton destruction of the world largest mangrove forest in the Sundarbans despite stringent preventive laws. Experts apprehend that unabated plunder of trees and top
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'Steps underway to save Sandwip'
Bangladesh Water Resources Minister Abdur Razzak told the Jatiya Sangsad recently that every possible measures have been taken by the government to protect Sandwip from erosion. The Minister said
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Commons Committee backs action plan for organic farming
The Commons Agriculture Committee has published its report into organic farming, backing a UK organic action plan and making several practical and financial recommendations to develop the
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National Vitamin-A Week '99 from June 28
In a bid to rid Bangladesh of Vitamin-A deficiency by the year 2000, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will observe National Vitamin Week 1999 across Bangladesh from June 28 to July
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DK fishermen under threat of sea erosion
Fishermen on the west coast have decided to launch a peaceful agitation if the Government fails to take immediate measures to prevent recurring menace of sea
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World governments rush to build BSE defences
Germany once said it was free of mad cow disease, Spain first said it had one isolated case, while Britain for years stuck to a mistaken campaign of reassurance over the risks of brain-wasting
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Health of people improves as nutrition's level rises
The health of the people of the Bangladesh has improved as their level of nutrition rose and access to improved drinking water widened over the last couple of years. UNICEF in its recent world report
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Latest from the US
It was 7.7 and it's unfair to blame the Indians: The seismological community in the US has sized the Bhuj earthquake at 7.7 on the Richter scale, the biggest in recent times and more powerful than
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Ministry forced to rewrite draft disaster management Bill
Even before the earthquake struck Gujarat, the Union Agriculture Ministry had circulated the draft of a National Calamity Management Bill for "effective management" of natural and man-made
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New male fertility test discovered
A new male infertility test could spare women the heartache of unnecessary treatments, American and Japanese scientists said on
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Marine exports cross Rs 5000-cr mark in nine months
Marine exports from the country have crossed Rs 5,000 crore during the first time months of the current financial year. This is the second year in succession that marine exports have crossed the Rs
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Sydney needs spiders to take sting out of poisonous bites
The Australian Reptile Park, the only place that milks the deadly venom from the Sydney funnel-web spider needed to produce anti-venom, has launched an urgent appeal for the public to catch and send
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Closure
Singing an old tune, govt wants more time: The Central and Delhi Governments today failed to meet the Supreme Court's deadline on filing a time-bound pland for industrial closure and
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Delhi's new Master Plan to be ready by August
Delhi's new Master Plan will be ready by August this year. The new plan will replace the earlier one which expires in August, said Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Vijai Kapoor, while speaking at a
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Seafood exporters' move against 'green' lobby
The Seafood Exportes Association of India (SEAI) is preparing the groundwork to organise a string of aquaculture farmers' meetings in the coastal States to counter the "dust that is being raised by
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Degrading forest resources and biological diversity of CHT
The forest resources of Chittagong (Bangladesh) degraded at the rate of 3.3 per cent since the past two
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Respiratory diseases 12 times more in City
Incidence of respiratory disease in the City is 12 times more than the national average and 30 per cent of Delhi's population, especially children, suffer from respiratory disorders, according to a
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SmithKline Pharma offers Hepatitis A vaccine
As part of its new business focus to launch vaccines for various common diseases in the country, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (SBP) has launched Havrix -- a vaccine for hepatitis A virus which
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India accounts for one-fourth of global TB cases
India accounts for one-fourth of the total global tuberculosis cases and an estimated 5,00,000 people die from the diease every year in the country, the Minister of State for Health and Family
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River too polluted to swim or fish
As a heatwave continues to stifle northern Mexico and Texas, authorities on both sides warned against swimming in the Rio Grande, saying the river was dangerously polluted."There are high levels of