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Identify causes of air pollution in capital

Against the backdrop of Dhaka being ranked the worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI), the High Court (HC) yesterday expressed grave concerns and issued a set of directives to identify the causes of air pollution and formulate a guideline to reduce it in and around the capital. In its directive, the HC bench ordered the government to set up a high-powered committee, headed by the environment secretary ,to assess the reasons for air pollution in the capital. The committee will include the chief executive officers of Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation, the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (DWASA), and representatives from Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and Dhaka Electric Supply…

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Prosecution wants maximum punishment for accused

The prosecution in the case lodged over horrific militant attack at the capital’s Holey Artisan…

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Invest in Bangladesh

Highlighting Bangladesh’s infrastructure development and the rising positive economic growth, Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Advisor Salman F Rahman yesterday sought direct investment from Asia-Pacific countries here. He made the call while addressing the inaugural session…

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Metro

Lives of 80 lakh people depend on the mode of transport

Experts have said that valid rickshaws should not be banned from the Dhaka streets, but illegal rickshaws should be evicted. Citing the research of Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS), they said there are 10 lakh rickshaws in Dhaka city. These are run by 20 lakh people in two shifts. More…

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Editorial

Future with a power bonanza

The ruling party promised electricity to everyone by 2021 and to keep that pledge, a project: ‘Strengthening the gridline of electricity of Dhaka and western areas’ will be presented at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). The Power Grid Company…

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Op-ed

Social service programmes for street children

Today, there are more than 2.2 billion children on earth. Nearly two billions of these children live in developing countries. Depending on the country in which they reside, a child is not enjoying the same rights or conditions of life as their western counterparts. There are 51.3 million children (ages…

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Business

Tk 6,000cr new electricity project approved

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved six projects worth Tk 7,312 crore including a new electricity project of Tk 5949.95 crore. The approval came from the weekly ECNEC meeting held at NEC conference room with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh…

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Worldwide

Thousands of farmers in mass tractor protest in Berlin

Thousands of farmers drove their tractors to Berlin’s famed Brandenburg Gate yesterday in a mass protest against new environmental regulations they say threaten their livelihoods. Long convoys brought traffic to a standstill in the heart of the city’s government district, in the biggest…

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Dhakalive

Munier Chowdhury to be recalled on 94th birth anniv today

Today is the 94th birth anniversary of martyred intellectual, educationist and playwright Munier Chowdhury. Marking the day, Theatre, a prominent theatre troupe, will arrange a commemorative program at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital today. Besides, Munier…

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Sports

ManU likely to play a friendly at BNS in July next year

Manchester United, the highest times winners of the English Premier League football title, will play an exhibition match in Dhaka in July when a four-member delegate of the team met the state minister for youth and sports, president of the Bangladesh Football Federation yesterday. The visiting…

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Nationwide

Shrimp farming in Bagerhat braces for huge losses

Shrimp farmers in the district are counting losses in the wake of a cruel double blow that severely depleted their stocks of the fish known as ‘white gold’. Barely one and a half months ago, shrimp worth Tk 25 crore died in different parts of the district due to oxygen failure following…

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Dengue cases to hit 100,000 mark

The number of recorded dengue patients admitted to different hospitals across the country this year is likely to cross the 100,000 mark. Yesterday, the number of recorded dengue patients hit 99,755. Of the total, 52,636 were hospitalised in August alone. In the last 24 hours, a total of 98 dengue patients…

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