Forest fires rekindle "haze-from-blaze"
A new outbreak of 181 forest fires is rekindling the "haze-from-blaze" jitters here as well as in a wide arc of cities:from Jakarta to Brunei, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and southern Philippines.
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Tobacco use still prevalent in top movies
Smoking in American movies failed to decline over the past decade even after tobacco companies agreed to stop paying filmmakers to feature their brands, according to a new
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Diarrhoea breaks out in Naogaon
Diarrhoea broke out in two thanas of the district claiming two lives and affecting 2,000 people during last 15
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Landless people rising in Faridpur due to erosion
Although the government of Bangladesh occasionally annouces plans for protecting riverside villages, the number of landless people is rising in five rivers. Official sources in Bangladesh said somee
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Post-flood rehabilitation programme being implemented
The Bangladesh Government has been implementing a massive post-flood Rehabilitation Programme in five flood-affected upazilas and one pourasabha of the district of
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Novartis contributes to eliminate leprosy
Novartis pledged to donate approximately USD 30 million in medication to cure all the leprosy patients in the world detected over the next six years. This is the company's key contribution to the
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Rampant setting up of brickfields to be stopped
The government has decided to stop the indiscriminate setting up of brick fields that have been causing environmental hazards across the
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Eco-park to be set up in Chittagong
A botanical garden-cum-eco park will be set up at Baroiadahla range under Sitakund in Chittagong, a region that is uniquely surronded by hills, rivers and sea. The eco-park will be the first of its
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Special UN session to fight AIDS globally
Alarmed by the devastation caused by AIDS, the 189-member UN General Assembly is holding a special session in June to devise a global plan of action to fight, the disease which killed three million
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No tangible result due to lack of coordination
The arsenic mitigation programmes taken in the country over the last four years could not achieve required progress simply due to lack of coordination between the implementing agencies and their