Mosquito menace makes Comilla town life miserable
The Mosquito menace has increased in Comilla town (Bangladesh) and the dwellers are exposed to great suffering. It seems that there is no authority to deal with the menacing situation. The
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Fish diseases in Madaripur
Fish diseases have brokout in an epidemic form in all upazilas of Madaripur and Shariatpur district (Bangladesh). The demand for fish has decreased in the local markets in the wake of diseases which
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Timber poacher killed in Habiganj clash
A fierce clash between forest guards and timber poachers at Kalenga reserve forest in Chunarughat upazila of the district left a poacher killed and 12 others, including forest guards, injured,
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Vehicles black smokes threaten public health in Meherpur
The public health in the district has been experiencing threat due to emission of thick, black smoke by different motor engines caused from using of diluated fuel. Public health is being threatened
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Soil erosion, deforestation threatens ecology
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region an extensive care for its' environment to avoid disasters and needs government and non-government efforts to protect it. It was stressed at a two-day-long held
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Measles Campaign 33.5 m children to be vaccinated this year
Nearly 33.5 million children, aged between 9 months and under 10 years, will be vaccinated under a Measles vaccination campaign in Bangladesh. "This is going to be the world's biggest Measles
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Environs being polluted by dumping ponds, canals
Resentment among the city dwellers has inten
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BD News, UNICEF hold workshop on measles
BDNEWS and UNICEF jointly organised a workshop in Bangladesh intended to make the anti-measles immunisation campaign a success. Both BDNEWS and UNICEF vowed to work together to fight the disease.
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Drinking water crisis acute at Pakundia UZ
The people of Pakundia upazila (Bangladesh) are facing paucity of pure drinking water for lack of requisite number of serviceable tubewells. Out of the total of 2656 tubewells of Public Health
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WHO experts meet in Colombo on pneumococcal disease
The need for an urgent and sustained effort to document the burden of pneumococcal disease formed the core of discussions amongst leading scientists in a WHO meeting, reports. With pneumococcal