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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Joint experts’ group on Tipaimukh dam to sit in Aug 27-28
Experts, selected by the Bangladesh and Indian governments, will sit for the first time on August 27-28 to jointly study the possible impacts of the construction of the controversial Tipaimukh Dam on the
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Six new air-quality monitoring stations yet to start operation
Clean Air and Sustainable Environment project’s six new air-quality monitoring stations are yet to start functioning to provide and keep the records of the pollution levels, officials. The project officials
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EU gives €5.40 lakh as flood relief
The European Union is giving €540 thousand to the international agencies running relief operations in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts, helping the flood victims. European Commission’s Directorate
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Rising sea level to displace 20m
As many as 20 million people of the country would be displaced if sea level rises to 1.5 metres owing to climate change. This was revealed on Monday in a report titled ‘Into unknown territory: the limits
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Govt fears flash floods in Dhaka
After flash floods in Chittagong, Sylhet, Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar, the government now fears similar floods in the capital as well. The government has taken precautionary measures to face the probable
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40 missing after China mudslide
Torrential rains in mountainous southwest China triggered a mudslide that left about 40 workers building a hydroelectric dam missing on Thursday, state media reported. The mudslide occurred overnight
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Flooding, rain kill 98
The death toll from flooding and downpour that caused landslide, wall collapse, lightning strike and drowning till Wednesday evening reached 98. ‘So far 36 deaths were reported from Bandarban, 37 from
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Rain, flash flood kill 3, maroon thousands
Two people were killed in landslide and another by drowning in two places and thousands got marooned across the country on Monday because of heavy rainfall and onrush of water from the hilly regions.
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Malnutrition costs Bangladesh Tk 7,000cr yearly: Study
Bangladesh suffers a staggering loss in economic productivity each year due to malnutrition, according to a recent study. The study shows that malnutrition causes deaths of thousands of mothers and children
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87 projects approved to fight greenhouse impacts: Hasan
The government has approved 87 projects involving over Tk 1025 crore to combat climate change impacts. The under-implementation projects include building cyclone-tolerant houses, setting up of deep tube-wells