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Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)

• Delhi won't do anything that affects Dhaka

  Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia Tuesday met Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and brought to his notice some issues of concern, particularly water sharing and India's river-linking scheme,

  • 22/03/2006

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• Underground water level falls by 25 feet in Netrakona

  The underground water level in rural areas of 10 upazilas of Netrakona district (Bangladesh) mainly in haor areas have fallen as an alarming rate causing not only scarcity of drinking water but also

  • 22/03/2006

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• Foreign observers praise measles vaccination drive

  The world's largest measles vaccination campaign has ended in Bangladesh with international observers declaring the campaign a success. Twenty-four international observers from Bhutan, India,

  • 22/03/2006

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Health

• IRRI-Boro plants dying in Feni for want of irrigation water

  Boro Cultivation in five upazilas of Feni district (Bangladesh) is facing a set-back due to lack of irrigation facilities as most of the rivers and canals were dried up. The district Agriculture

  • 21/03/2006

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• Number of child labourers up in Narail upazilas

  The number of child labourers is increasing in all the three upazilas of Narail district, (Pakistan) triggering concern among the people of the district. Extreme poverty, lack of employment, high

  • 21/03/2006

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • People

• India for emergency meet on Ganges water issue

  India has sought an emergency meeting with Bangladesh to discuss the Ganges water-sharing schedule in view of an "unprecedented' low flow in the common river at Farakka barrage in West Bengal,

  • 14/03/2006

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• Fertilizer crisis deepens, farmers' threaten to paralyse govt

  Hundreds of farmers of Baderganj upazila of Rangpur district (Bangladesh) last, put barricade on the Rangpur-Badergonj road near Badergonj bus stand for demanding fertilizer. The Upazila Nirbahi

  • 14/03/2006

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Agriculture

• Strong social commitments needed to fight against HIV/AIDS

  Strong social and political commitments are essential to fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh, speakers in Dhaka. Although, they said, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh is still

  • 14/03/2006

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Health

• DCC plans for clean Dhaka

  Dhaka city Corporation (DCC) has announced its next 15 months' plan for a clean Dhaka in a workshop named "Explanation of Clean Dhaka Action Plan", which was held on March 9 at a city hotel. The

  • 14/03/2006

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Environment

• 60 pc Sundari trees attacked by 'Agamora' in Sundarbans

  Tree disease has brokenout in an epidenic form in the Sunderbans forest and a large number of Sundari trees died of the disease. Agamoras, a kind of tree disease. Experts apprehend, the extinction of

  • 13/03/2006

  • Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
  • • Forests