FAO move to improve food safety, quality
A series of initiative aimed at improving food safety and quality, following recent food safety incidents which have caused serious turmoil in the world food markets, and raised concern among
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225 clinics built at Tk 5.62 cr
The community clinc programme of the Bangladesh government has significantly improved medical services in the rural areas of Kurigram district. A total of 225 such clinics have been built at a cost
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HK to check claims of nuclear tests on babies
Hong Kong said on Wednesday it will investigate British newspaper reports that dead babies were sent to the United States and Britain for nuclear experiments between the 1950s and 1970s. "We will
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No end to AIDS in sight on grim anniversary
As North America marked the 20th anniversary Tuesday of the first diagnosis of what has come to be known as AIDS, activists warned that future generations will demand an accounting for why the
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The gener within that causes cholesterol
Myriad Genectics Inc. said on Tuesday that it has discovered a human gene responsible for high total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein (HDL)--also known as "good cholesterol"--in individuals
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Access to medication
The United Nations commission on Human rights sent out a message of powerful political support of the international community for affordable access to medicines in the context of pandemics like
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India slow to wake up to reality of Aids
The attitude to HIV/Aids in India lacks cash, conviction and a firm grasp on reality. India has largely ignored the problem of HIV/Aids since the first case was reported in 1986. By 1993, it had
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Food-for work scheme extended to Sept 30
The group of ministers (GoM) on drought management has decided that the food-for-work programme planned initially up to June 30 should be extended up to September 30 in areas where the need is
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Peddar Road residents demand detailed study of flyover project
The Peddar Road Residents Association (PRRA) has asked Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to make a detailed study of the proposed Haji Ali-Wilson College flyover via Pedder Road.
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Drive fails to make much impact
The attraction of the 'Clean Jamuna Drive' has remained confined to government agencies. The volunteers who participated in the drive had been active on the river-front in the past as well. The
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Pollution level shows sign of decline in Capital
As an other World Environment Day is celebrated in the corridors of government bodies, there is something to smile, for a change. Delhi's environment is showing a gradual rejuvenation--with the
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Chances for a clean Yamuna still remote after campaign
The chances of revival of the Yamuna is almost nil even after the five day Shram Dan campaign of the Delhi Government. While the world celebrated Environment Day on Tuesday, city based
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14 new green areas for the Capital
The Delhi government today said that it had identified 14 areas in the city where it planned to develop green areas which will be the lungs of the city. The banks of eight drains flowing through
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Sealed units now have nowhere to go
Industrialists are caught in a bind as their factories lie sealed and the new ones are nowhere on the horizon. Simply because the Delhi government and the corporation have failed to coordinate in
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Children more prone to noise pollution: Doctors
On the World Environment Day on Tuesday, doctors spoke of need to formulate ways and means of curbing noise pollution, which can permanently damage hearing power. In less severe conditions, it
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New code to provide quake-resistant buildings
After the massive destruction caused by the Latur and Bhuj earthquakes, structural engineers are changing their perception of the susceptibility of southern States, especially major cities like
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Coal industry fights black lung changes
The Bush administration went to court today to defend Clinton-era regulations intended to make it easier for coal miners and their survivors to get black lung benefits. The National Mining
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Implementation fo flood control scheme in S-W region hampered
The implementation of ambitious flood control schemes undertaken for draining out the accumulated rain water in the south western part of Bangladesh by dredging river beds is facing deadlock due to
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Drought in China threatens crops
China is suffering another year of drought in its northeast and southwest that threatens crops and drinking water supplies, a state-run newspaper
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Jumbos to protect forests
Orissa's world famous Similipal tiger reserve is to get a change of guards with the state government deploying trained elephants to protect its wildlife and forests from poachers and the timber