Chittagong city dwellers are under threat of catching different airborne and waterborne diseases as Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is struggling to properly manage the huge amount of rubbish the dwellers
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday directed the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) authorities to stop cutting hills in its project areas under Anwara and Patia upazilas in Chittagong. Acting
Environment and Forest Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said effective policy and planning should be adopted immediately to check unplanned urbanisation of the country particularly for Dhaka city to
Bangladesh and China will set up a 1320-MW coal-fired power plant in joint venture in Chittagong, official sources said. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed during a Bangladesh
GUWAHATI, Sept 4 – Transit through Bangladesh will be on top of the agenda for talks during the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s two-day visit to Dhaka from September 6. The Government of India will
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> A Chittagong mobile court fined 13 different modes of vehicles on charge of polluting environment through emitting black smoke at WASA crossing in the city on Wednesday.</p>
The Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, through a ceremony at the Arefin Nagar Hill in the city at 11:00am on Wednesday, launched the third phase of Karnaphuli Water Supply Project. The goal of the project financed by a loan from the Japan International Coopera-tion Agency to the Govern-ment of Bangladesh is to strategically improve the management capacity of CWASA. CWASA manag
The Environment Depart-ment on Wednesday fined the Uttara Automobile Manufacturers Limited at Nasirabad in the Chittagong city Tk 30 lakh on charge of causing environmental pollution. A team of the
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a steel mill in Chittagong Tk 10 lakh and suspended its environment clearance certificate for emitting toxic gas. A team led by Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, director of DoE (monitoring and enforcement, asked the authorities of Ehsan Steel Mills in Charpatharghata to install pollutant gas extraction equipment within 25 days. In default of compl
Indian National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is expected to finalise shortly its proposed 2,640-MW power projects in Bangladesh to be implemented in a joint venture with the Bangladesh Power Development
