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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Int’l Farakka Committee decries India’s withdrawal of river water
The International Farakka Committee in New York has protested at India’s withdrawal of water from the cross-border rivers in the upstream and demanded that Bangladesh government should take the issue to
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Farmers fooled into ‘field cultivation’ of Bt Brinjal
THE agricultural minister on January 22 distributed Bt Brinjal saplings along with booklets among 20 farmers selected from four districts at a ceremony, organised by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research
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South Asia needs $2.5 trillion infrastructure investment: WB
South Asia needs up to $2.5 trillion of investment in infrastructure by 2020 if the region is to make further gains in battling poverty and provide for its growing population, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
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Bt brinjal to be sold with indigenous varieties
Genetically modified Bt brinjal will be on sale along with indigenous varieties in the market as the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute refuses to follow the condition for its marketing set by
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National River Protection Commission still on paper
Unabated encroachment, pollution threaten rivers around the capital The rivers around the capital are threatened by unabated encroachments and pollution as the government is dragging its feet in creating
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India to provide 100MW power
Terming Bangladesh the closest and time-tested friendly neighbour, Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday assured his Bangladesh counterpart of providing additional 100MW electricity to Bangladesh’s
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BARI proceeds to release GM potato
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute is now developing genetically modified potato varieties after introducing first genetically modified vegetable Bt Brinjal amid strong protests from green activists.
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Water factory sealed off, 2 others fined
A mobile court on Tuesday sealed off a water factory and penalised two others in Chittagong for producing substandard drinking water which is harmful to public health. The mobile court of Bangladesh Standards
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29pc of tube wells contaminated with arsenic
The LGRD and cooperatives minister, Syed Ashraful Islam, told the parliament on Tuesday athat Tk 23.50 crore had been allocated for mosquito control for Dhaka city corporations this year. Of the total
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BB asks banks for info on GM soya bean oil import
Bangladesh Bank has asked scheduled banks to submit information about import of ‘controversial’ genetically modified soya bean oil as the importers are now importing the products violating the existing