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500 tonnes of DDT poisoning Ctg air

Disposal of 500 metric tons of DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane), which has been polluting Chittagong's air for the last 32 years, is being delayed as the government is yet to get the required amount from the United Nations (UN) Global Environmental Fund (GEF). Due to the hazardous chemical, thousands of city dwellers and bio-diversity within a kilometre of the Department of Health warehouses at Agrabad, where the DDT has been kept since 1984, are at high risk of possible cancer and damage to the reproductive system. Although the authorities are scheduled to send the toxic to Germany for safe disposal by June 2016, there is uncertainty as the GEF is yet to sanction the money. Bangladesh applied to the GEF (as the country is a signatory…

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Tension brewing in city schools

There is unrest among guardians of students of various renowned schools in the capital, as these schools…

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News

Two teams leave to count wetland birds

Two teams of bird watchers set off yesterday to conduct the 31st census of wetland birds in the country, including the winged guests who migrate from far away Siberia and Europe to escape the harsh winter there. The teams would be visiting the coastal areas of Bhola and Noakhali and the haors in northeastern…

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Metro

12 billboards pulled down in Ctg

A mobile court of Chittagong City Corporation and Chittagong district administration in drives pulled down 12 illegal billboards from different parts of the city from Thursday night to early yesterday. The evection drive was led by five executive magistrates --Mohammad Ruhul Amin and Tamim Al…

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Editorial

Keeping Dhaka clean: Bombard city dwellers through media and campaign programmes

Cleanliness is a virtue, yet Dhaka’s two city corporations have conspicuously failed to exercise this virtue. But to keep the city clean, the inhabitants of the city are as much responsible as the city corporations. Everyday city dwellers make the city dirty and unclean often in a most foul manner.…

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Op-ed

Is nuclear power the key to future energy?

The international media brought attention of the global citizens on forbidden kingdom of North Korea at the start of 2016. North Korea has created quite a sensation when the state claimed that they've successfully tested Hydrogen bomb. So what's the real deal? The difference between Hydrogen…

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Business

Policy rate cut to boost investment

President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Abdul Matlub Ahmad welcomed the new monetary policy statement (MPS), announced by Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday, reports BSS. Terming the new MPS practical and realistic, the chief of the country's apex chamber-body,…

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Worldwide

Jakarta bloodshed spotlights rise of IS affiliate in SE Asia

AFP, JAKARTA: The deadly Paris-style attack in Jakarta has thrown a spotlight on a shadowy Southeast Asian faction of the Islamic State group and offers new evidence of the spread of IS franchises. Under growing pressure in Iraq and Syria from the US-led bombing campaign, the extremist group is spreading…

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Dhakalive

Gulshan�s 17th solo exhibition begins at Athena Gallery today

A three-week long solo painting exhibition titled ‘Reflections of Nature and Life’ by Gulshan Hossain will begin today at the Athena Gallery of Fine Arts. Managing Director and CEO of Mutual Trust Bank Limited Anis A Khan will inaugurate the exhibition as chief guest today at 5:30pm at the…

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Sports

Bangladesh live up to expectation

Bangladesh overcame a classy 79 runs knock by Hamilton Masakadza to outwit Zimbabwe by four-wicket in a tense-finish to the first T20 International yesterday at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna. The hosts thereby took the 1-0 lead in four-match series and went per popular expectation to start the…

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Nationwide

Pneumonia claims one in Bhola

Pneumonia and other cold-related diseases have broken out in Bhola claiming one life on Thursday. Sources said Bhola Sadar Hospital said Arian, 6, son of Shobuj of Borhan uddin upazila died from pneumonia at the hospital on Thursday noon. Many of the pneumonia patients were treated and released from…

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2nd phase of Ijtema begins

Thousands of Muslim devotees offered Jum’a prayers on the bank of the Turag River as the second phase of Biswa Ijtema began there yesterday. The Ijtema began with “Aaam Bayan’ (general sermons) after Fazr prayers with religious sermons delivered by Islamic scholars from India and Pakistan.…

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