Poverty alleviation plans reviewed
One of the Government of Bangladesh's policy objectives is to provide for greater and more equitable resource allocation to the poor, with the government committed to improving equity under the
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Pneumonia among children brakes out in Thakurgaon
Pneumonia among children broke out in an epidemic form in Child pneumonia has broken out in epidemic form in different places of Thakurgaon district (Bangladesh). Hundreds of children have been
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50 pc of adolescent mothers malnourished in Bangladesh
Health Secretary AFM Sarwar Kamal has said approximately 50 per cent of the adolescent mothers are acutely malnourished in Bangladesh. He has added that maternal mortality and
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Jamuna, Brahmaputra erosion changes Islampur map
At least 5000 families of 20 villages under eight unions of Islampur upazila in Jamalpur district(Bangladesh) are threatened to be devoured by the rivers Jamuna and Brahmaputra. About 20 villages
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5 factories sued for manufacturing polythene in city
Five factories were sued for polythene manufacturing in Dhaka city defying a government ban on production and marketing of polythene shopping bags. The factories sued are: Blue Mountain Printing and
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Major progress in population sector by 2006 expected
The four-party alliance Government wants a major progress in Bangladesh's population sector with the rise of contraceptive use to 62 percent from the existing 58.1 and fertility rate coming down to
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Expansion of cultivation of medicinal trees urged for
Des-pite there is bright prospect of cultivation of herbal (medicinal) trees and plants in fallow lands, in tea-gardens of Bangladesh , there is indeed no progress in materialising to implement the
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Over-population hampers development, says Mosharraf
Bangladesh minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said the people are not enjoying fruits of the government initiated development programmes due to over
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Tk 65 cr Khulna City dam now to collapse into Bhairab
Khulna City Protection Embankment (Bangladesh) constructed at a cost of Tk 65 crore is now in a dilapidated condition. The project was implemented amid limitless corruption and thick it collapsed. In
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Tk 894 cr master plan for solid waste management announced
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) announced a master plan with Taka 894 crore for solid waste management in the next 10 years. The aim of the plan is to implement 66 short, mid and long- term