Task force to protect environment
The deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka district has decided to form a task force of concerned government authorities to protect against environmental pollution, especially water pollution, air pollution
New Age (Bangladesh)
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Agri Policy Support Unit launched
Agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury and food minister MA Razzaque are seen at the inaugural ceremony of the Agricultural Policy Support Unit funded by USAID at Sech Bhaban of the Bangladesh Agricultural
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Two industries fined Tk 31 lakh for polluting river
The Department of Environment in a drive on Sunday fined two industries Tk 31 lakh for polluting the River Shitalaksha. The two industries were — Udayan Board and Paper Mill Limited of Araihazar and Barnali
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Expert committee favours open-pit mining
The committee of experts has suggested the controversial open-pit method for coal extraction from the northern part of the Barapukuria deposit by a foreign company and it has prepared a 5-point action
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Flash flood hits 10 Nilphamari unions
Ten unions of Dimla and Jhaldhaka upazilas in the Teesta basin of Nilphamari were submerged by a flash flood Sunday. Water Development Board sources said water level of the swollen Teesta at Dimla Teesta
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North Korea says typhoon killed 48 people
A strong typhoon which hit North Korea last week killed 48 people and left more than 50 injured or missing, the country’s state news agency said on Monday. Typhoon Bolaven pounded the Korean peninsula
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Death toll from S Korea typhoon rises to 17
South Korean rescuers Wednesday recovered two more bodies near two wrecked Chinese fishing boats, bringing the confirmed death toll from a powerful typhoon to 17. Typhoon Bolaven — the strongest to hit
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Dyeing plant fined Tk 1.8m for polluting river
The Deprtment of Environment on Monday fined S Suhi Industrial Park Limited Tk 18.72 lakh for polluting the River Turag. DoE officials said the industry, located at Jamgara of Zirabo in Savar area, discharge
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CCC to use solar energy in street lights
The Chittagong City Corporation has undertaken a project involving more than Tk 52 crore to bring street lights on 180-kilometer stretch of city roads under solar energy system with an aim to ease the
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Philippine floods persist, toll rises to 23
Rescuers deployed rubber boats while doctors fanned across cramped evacuation centres in the Philippines as the death toll from five days of flooding reached 23 on Thursday, officials said. Large farming
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Quake hits Indonesia’s Sumatra
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Wednesday, sending terrified residents fleeing from homes and buildings. One man collapsed and died of shock while