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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Number of child labourers goes up in Tangail
The number of child labourers has increased in Tangail as poverty forces their parents to send them to work for earning livelihood. According to a recent study of Society for Social Service, a local
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8 establishments fined for sound pollution in Ctg
The Directorate of Environment on Monday fined eight establishments Tk 2.5 lakh for the first time in Chittagong for sound pollution. Director (enforcement) of DoE Mohammad Munir Chowdhury led the
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Bangladesh one of top 10 climate risk nations: Germanwatch
Germanwatch, a German-based non-profit, research organisation published its Global Climate Risk Index-2011 in Cancun Saturday identifying Bangladesh as one of the top nations mostly vulnerable to climate
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UN climate talks seek to bridge rich-poor divide
A new round of UN climate talks opens on Monday with almost 200 nations meeting in Mexico in hopes of clinching an agreement on a narrow range of crunch issues dividing rich and emerging economies. The two-week conference at the beach resort of Cancun aims to agree on funds and approaches to preserve rain forests and prepare for a hotter world.
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JS body endorses open-pit coal mining
The parliamentary standing committee on the power, energy and mineral resources ministry on Monday placed a report on the open-pit mining system, saying that it should be used in Baropukuria, Phulbari and other coalmines, but after fulfilling the necessary preconditions. A delegation of the committee members, after a recent visit to some coalmines in Germany, submitted its report to the commit
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Damages termed peanuts
The people to be dislodged by Barapukuria Colliery described the compensation package announced by the government on November 8 as nothing but
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Pneumonia claims 50,000
Around 50,000 under-five babies die from pneumonia every year in the country while the global figure is 15 lakh. Professor Iqbal Bari, head of pediatrics department of Rajshahi Medical College and
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Project to combat pollution in Dhaka city lakes undertaken
The government has undertaken a project to control pollution at Gulshan-Baridhara Lake in Dhaka with a view to ensuring environment-friendly life for the city dwellers. The Executive Committee of the
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Tk 25,000cr health sector programme
All is set to continue the health, population and nutrition sector programme for the third consecutive time involving estimated Tk 25,000 crore as the second programme ends next June, health ministry officials
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Dhaka, Delhi ‘will need’ a millennium to sign agreements on 54 rivers: Dipu Moni
waters of 54 common rivers, said foreign affairs minister Dipu Moni Saturday. ‘In 40 years we have done (signed agreement) for one (Ganges), (and) are on the verge of doing another one (agreement on