The government’s initiative to stop the use of illegal polythene bags is not achieving significant success due to the lack of available and affordable alternative shopping bags. No visible impact of the government’s drives against polythene bags is seen in different kitchen markets, grocery shops and vendors, despite one month having
Author: Muhammad Syfullah, UNB
Gazipur faces alarming ecological damage
Gazipur has become a striking example of ecological degradation in Bangladesh in recent years, with 60 percent of forest land and 50 percent of water bodies converted for other purposes over the past two decades due to unregulated urbanisation and industrialisation, according to a recent study. Forest-covered land in Gazipur has
250 untreated sewage connections polluting Buriganga
Around 250 pipelines are discharging raw sewage directly into the Buriganga River within a span of only six kilometres, contributing to 30-40 percent of the pollution in one of Bangladesh's most contaminated rivers. A recent study has revealed that untreated sewage is being released through 251 pipelines, from Sheikh Russel School
Metro rail operates upon electrical & mechanical system installed by L&T
The commercial operation of newly opened metro rail continues on Uttara-Agargaon part of the Dhaka Metro Line-6 based on the latest electrical & mechanical (E&M) system commissioned successfully by the Railway Business, Transportation Infrastructure Business of L&T Construction. In the metro domain, the Integrated E&M Systems works including Overall System
Rivers played key role in victory over Pakistan in 1971
Protect consumption, promote employment in next budget: Debapriya
Consumption protection and employment promotion should be the dual priorities of the upcoming national budget during the Covid-19 pandemic, said renowned economist and public policy analyst Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya. To this end, the government has to give direct and substantive fiscal support to the traditionally disadvantaged communities as well as to
