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30-12-2001

• BTTB's submarine cable project delayed by 6 months
  The much-coveted submarine cable project of the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) has been delayed by at least six months, mainly due to the authorities' lack of vision and selection ofan
• BARI, Syngenta sign MOU for seed research
  Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) an Syngenta Bangladesh Limited signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday for development of seeds and improved farm technologies including mechanisation...
• Workshop on GIS activities begins
  A two-day workshop on GIS activities and its impact on agricultural research and development began at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BRAC) auditorium, Dhaka yesterday....
• IT village will be set up in Khulna
  An Information Technology (IT) village will be set up in Khulna city aiming at creating opportunity for the citizens of the southern region to have easy access to the latest technology....
• Lone observatory centre not capable of monitoring quake
  The lone seismic observatory centre of the country located in Chittagong city is not adequately capable of monitoring earthquake, experts said yesterday....

29-12-2001

• Steps being taken to include IT in school curricula: PM
  Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia has said her government is taking steps to include information technology (IT) in curricula for primary and secondary level students for rapid expansion of IT education...
• Thousands of motor vehicles in city ply without valid permit
  Nearly 400 buses, 2,000 tempos and 50,000 auto-rickshaws are plying the city roads without any road permit whatsoever, sources in the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) said....
• Dotcom death toll doubles in 2001
  The dotcom death toll more than doubled this year, with at least 537 Internet companies worldwide either going out of business or seeking refuge in bankruptcy court, according to statistics released Thursday....
• 'Food wrapped in polythene causes cencer'
  An estimated 342 crore polythene shopping bags are being dumped in Dhaka city alone per year, posing serious health hazards including blockage of sewerage system of the capital, a report of Environment...
• Workshop on professional multimedia training
  Pathshala IT is going to start a series of two-day workshops titled "Professional Multimedia Training" on January 4, says a press release....

27-12-2001

• Proposed fuel and utility price raises
  Only in September last year, when the then AL government announced an upward revision of fuel prices across the board, BNP called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in protest....
• Save Ashulia now
  Finally the conscious citizens of Dhaka have protested the systematic takeover of Ashulia, the stretch of land and water at the fag-end of the city which provides it with some breathing space....
• Prioritise work to alleviate poverty
  Information Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan urged researchers to put in their best efforts to alleviate poverty....
• Int'l confce on computer, IT-2001 begins tomorrow
  A two-day International Conference on Computer and Information Technology-2001 begins tomorrow at the Department of Computer Science of Dhaka University (DU), a DU press release said yesterday....
• Incidents of acid attack up in Mymensingh
  Incidents of acid attack have increased in Mymensingh. Four persons, including three women received acid burn injuries in separate incidents within 14 days....
• Govt losing revenue from procured forest resources from sundarbans
  A new measurement method introduced in 1999 to realise tax against procured forest resources from the Sundarbans could not yet yield positive results in raising the revenue due to reluctance of taxpayers...
• SAARC summit will be held on schedule
  Foreign Secretary Shamsher Mabin Chowdhury yesterday said preparations are afoot to hold the forthcoming SAARC Summit on schedule....
• Prospect of IT in Bangladesh
  At present Information Technology (IT) is a subject of widespread interest in Bangladesh....

26-12-2001

• Meeting soon to set guidelines to write off bad loans
  The finance ministry will sit with the Bangladesh Bank (BB), nationalised commercial banks (NCBs) and development financing institutions (DFIs) Saturday to set a guideline to write off bad loans of the
• Christmas celebrated
  The Christians in the country and around the world yesterday celebrated the Merry Christmas amid fun and religious fervour....
• Decision to prohibit polybags welcome
  AT long last, the ban on polybags seems firmly on course. The cabinet has okayed the environment ministry's proposal to prohibit use and marketing of thin polythene bags in Dhaka city from January 1,2002....
• WB for another agency to oversee use of proceeds from gas export
  The World Bank has recently suggested formation of yet another agency to oversee whether proceeds from gas export are used in public interest....
• Save Ashulia lake, halt encroachment
  Different socio-cultural organisations and NGOs under the banner of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BPA) held a rally and formed a human chain on the Dhaka-Tangail highway at Ashulia yesterday protesting
• Follow building code to avert quake risks

23-12-2001

• Karzai sworn in as PM of Afghan interim govt
  Hamid Karzai was sworn in as prime minister of Afghanistan's new interim government yesterday amid hopes he can help heal a nation torn apart by decades of war....
• Bangladesh, W Bengal businesses to form joint body to foster trade
  Bangladeshi and West Bengal business leaders yesterday agreed to form a joint body to improve trade and co-operation between them and to set modus operandi for putting pressure on their respective governments...
• 4 more CNG filling stations needed to check air pollution
  The capital city needs at least four more Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling stations to save the city-dwellers from air pollution that has turned Dhaka into near "gas chamber....
• 35000 water birds of 54 species found in coastal areas
  A group of foreign and local bird observers counted 35,000 water birds of 54 species along the coastal belt of Bangladesh....

22-12-2001

• Ministry of Environment and Forest [MOEF] has recently taken following programs concerning the ban on polythene shopping bags in Dhaka metropolis
• 4 SAARC members to form S Asian Business Forum
  Four SAARC members -- Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India -- yesterday agreed to form a new forum styled "South Asian Business Forum" to improve balance of trade among them....
• Dhaka to help reconstruct Afghanistan
  Bangladesh has assured the global community that it would extend all cooperation in reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in Afghanistan....
• Medical experts urge national policy for HIV/AIDS
  Medical experts press for a national policy in line with the Thai model endorsed by World Health Organisation (WHO) to ensure proper care of HIV/AIDS patients in the country's government hospitals....

20-12-2001

• Tremor shakes city:100 hurt in Central Jail during panic exit
  A mild tremor shook capital Dhaka and some other central parts of the country yesterday afternoon, leaving over 100 inmates of Dhaka Central Jail injured and thousands of city dwellers in panic....
• Experts repeat warning
  As the city "escaped a major disaster" yesterday, experts reiterated their warning that there could be a catastrophe here and in other cities and towns if the country is hit with a quake of around 7 magnitude...
• Dhaka prisoners hurt after quake
  At least 100 inmates of Bangladesh's largest jail are injured in a stampede prompted by an earthquake that hit the capital, Dhaka.
• BTTB invites users to assess requirement
  With a view to assessing the present and future need of traffic bandwidth and service requirement, the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) has invited potential users of submarine fiber optic...
• $199m ADB loans for power system dev project
  Asian Development Bank has approved loans totaling US dollar 198.9 million for Bangladesh's West Zone Power System Development Project....
• WB Dhaka office invites applications for SGP- '02
  The World Bank Office, Dhaka is inviting non-governmental organisations to submit their applications for the Small Grants Programme (SGP)-2002, says a press release....
• Colorful Eid procession in city
  A traditional procession paraded the thoroughfares in the city with colourful balloons, banners and posters to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr....
• SAARC Secy Gen due in city today
  The outgoing Secretary General of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Nihal Rodrigo arrives this morning on a two-day visit to Bangladesh....
• Nation pays homage to martyrs
  The nation celebrated the Victory Day on Sunday, December the 16th, paying homage to the valiant sons of the soil who embraced martyrdom for country's independence 30 years ago....

15-12-2001

• Government of Bangladesh has Banned use of Polythene
• Victory Day tomorrow
  The Victory Day is back again with the memory of supreme sacrifices of millions for independence of the motherland....
• Nation pays tribute to martyrs
  The nation observed the Martyred Intellectual Day yesterday recalling the supreme sacrifice of the worthy sons of the soil for the motherland at the fag end of the War of Independence....
• Medicines being sold in black markets
  Poor patients are being deprived of essential medicines at free of cost at the government and non-government (NGO) hospitals as those are sold in black markets....
• Eid tomorrow if moon sighted today
  A day of rejoicing and also of resolve
  No Eid can be successful if it is spent only through fun and frolic, pleasure and gaiety, joy and happiness. There can be no Eid for a Muslim if his neighbours remain unfed and unclothed....

12-12-2001

• Govt to increase ISP licence fees
  The government has decided to increase license fees for Internet service providers (ISPs) as per a recommendation of the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB)....
• Problem is urban governance
  DEFEATING all predictions and prognosis, dengue has not only survived the end of the rainy season but continued to harass and kill citizens well into December....
• EU okays new tariff scheme for developing world
  EU foreign ministers approved Monday a new preferential tariff scheme aimed at encouraging developing countries to improve labour conditions, EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said...
• IMF sees 2001, 2002 global growth slowing to 2.5pc
  Global economic growth is seen slowing to about 2.5 per cent this year and next, nearly half the 4.7 per cent in 2000, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said here Tuesday....
• President to give tele-medicine treatment
  President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury will give medical treatment through telemedicine to serious patients, to be referred by physicians from across the country, after Eid-ul-Fitr....
• $5.8m UNDP grant for bio-diversity protection
  The government will receive about 5....
• UNICEF support to fight arsenic sought
  Dr Iftekhar Chowdhury, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, has called upon UNICEF to support Bangladesh's effort in tackling arsenic poisoning which emerged as...

10-12-2001

• Blood crisis grips city donation centres
  The city's blood donation centres are faced with a serious crisis as the number of regular donors has sharply fallen due to Ramadan
• PM pledges all-out support to businesswomen
  Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia yesterday said her government would extend all possible support to the women entrepreneurs for enabling them to make more contributions to the country's economic development....
• Broadband to make Internet as ubiquitous as electricity: Gurus
  Broadband, the high-speed Internet connection that technology gurus promised would make the Internet as ubiquitous as electricity, is starting to go the way of other high-tech promises: nowhere....
• Garments workers demand duty-free access to US
  Leaders of garment workers yesterday submitted a memorandum to the US ambassador here, urging Washington to allow duty-and quota-free access of Bangladeshi garments to US markets to save the industry....
• Steps to be taken to stop river erosion
  Water Resources Minister L K Siddiqui yesterday said the government would ensure sustainable management of rivers to steps erosion....
• 'Bangladesh at high risk of HIV epidemic'!
  Speakers at a seminar yesterday underscored the need for practice of safe sex determined by the use of condoms and sterilised syringes, safe intravenous transfusion of blood and religious teachings to...

9-12-2001

• Begum Rokeya Day today - SDNP Special on Begum Rokeya Day
  The Begum Rokeya Day will be observed today in the country in a befitting manner. Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, pioneer of female education, was born at Pairabandh in Rangpur on December 9, 1880
• Prof Begzadi gets Rokeya Padak
  Prof Begzadi Mahmuda Nasir Begum has been honoured with Rokeya Padak, 2001 for her contribution to women education, women rights and social development of women folk....
• Broadband Internet launched in downtown Dhaka
  InTech Online Limited (IOL), an ISP provider, yesterday launched its broadband Internet service in the city's commercial areas....
• South Korea keen to invest in Bangladesh telecom sector
  South Korea has expressed its intention to set up hi-tech telecommunications and other important industries in Bangladesh....

6-12-2001

• Democracy Day today
  The country observes "Democracy Day" today with a renewed pledge to further strengthen the hard-earned democracy for the welfare of the nation....
• Blood Bank crisis
  We are flabbergasted to know that many scheduled critical surgical operations are being deferred on account of a drastic drop in blood supply from the Red Crescent Centre....
• Water level of 10 major rivers falls in S region
  A number of shoals have surfaced in 10 major rivers of the southern region of the country with the advent of the winter season as the water levels of the rivers have gone down....
• Free trade and poverty alleviation
  If the wealthy industrialised countries of the West do not allow truly free trade within the framework of the WTO by breaking down the existing trade barriers against the developing countries( thereby...

5-12-2001

• Bill to ban student politics, hartal in next JS session
  The government is examining the legal aspects of banning both hartal and student politics and will soon open dialogues with political parties, student bodies, civil society members and other quartersconcerned...
• Ministry reviews BTTB's extra phone installation
  The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications is reviewing Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board's (BTTB) bargain with a Canadian firm to get additional telephone lines
• Why gas export is not a viable option for Bangladesh
  There is no point in contemplating gas export while you 1) presently have 11 TCF gas in hand, 2) hope to find another 8 TCF with 95 per cent confidence, 3) know that Bangladesh has no other significant...
• Bureaucratic tangles may cost govt huge ADB loans
  Bureaucratic bottlenecks and delay in decision-making are likely to deprive the government of millions of dollars in pension and insurance sector project loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB)....
• Poor countries need more globalisation: US Fed chief
  Poor countries need more globalization, not less, US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said Monday in a stiff defence of market-led economies....
• Programmes to celebrateVictory Day
  Different socio-cultural organisations have chalked out various programmes to celebrate the Victory Day on the Dhaka University campus....
• Seminar on 'violence against women' in Ctg Dec 8
  A seminar on "A Situation Analysis of Violence against Women and Girls in Chittagong City" will be held at the Caritas auditorium in the city on December 8....
• Local software show begins
  Local software developers began a two-day fair yesterday in the city putting their products on display to give local and regional users an idea of aptness of homegrown software industry....
• India seeks common Asian policies for IT, telecom
  Indian IT and Communications Minister Pramod Mahajan said Tuesday he was trying to set up a forum to bring about common Asian policies for IT and telecommunications....

4-12-2001

• Saifur in Delhi, hints at selling surplus gas
  Bangladesh Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman yesterday outlined broad parameters of the BNP-led government's economic policy and indicated willingness to sell natural gas to India if there is a
• Govt taking steps to develop IT sector: PM
  Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said her government is taking comprehensive steps for developing IT industry in Bangladesh to generate employment at home and abroad....
• Improve business environment to allure US investment
  The US-Bangladesh Business Council (USBBC) yesterday told the commerce minister that the country's business environment must be more investment-friendly to allure more US investment....
• Cabinet okays avoidance of double taxation treaty with US
  The Cabinet yesterday approved an agreement on avoidance of double taxation between Bangladesh and the USA, official sources said....
• ILO code aims to improve job prospects for 610m disabled
  The proper management of disability issues in the workplace is in the business interests of employers, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) warned on Monday....
• Int'l Disabled Day programme in Chittagong
  Unite Theatre For Social Action (UTSA) has chalked out a series of programmes to observe the International Disabled Day- 2001 in the port city of Chittagong on December 3....
• The fallacy in Unocal's gas export proposal
  Instead of trying to discover "new gas" hypothetically IOCs and Petrobangla should go to the gas fields and conduct 3-D surveys appraisal drilling and obtain reliable data on gas reserves in Bangladesh....
• Ctg most vulnerable but no facilities for tests
  Though people of the port city of Chittagong are 'most vulnerable to HIV infection', there are no facilities in any of the hospitals or clinics in the city for HIV/AIDS tests....
• S'pore IT services set for double-digit growth
  Demand for information technology (IT) services in Singapore is projected to post double-digit growth even though the city-state is in the midst of its worst downturn, according to a report released Monday....
• 'Water crisis is as bad as global warming'
  An international conference on the world's freshwater resources opened here yesterday to a call to place water scarcity on the same level as global warming, as a looming crisis in need of a swift response....

2-12-2001

• News Brief - Source: News Garden - Monday, December 03, 2001

• Illegal lines have clogged sewerage network, polluted lakes & rivers
  Thousands of city dwellers and scores of industry owners have resorted to running their sewers and toxic waste lines illegally to the 284-kilometre network of storm sewerage, box culverts and natural canals....
• International call rate charges slashed
  The Telecom Board's recent soul-searching in the wake of the discovery or exposure of the Internet-based international calls business has had a positive fallout....
• Int'l Day for Disabled today
  The International Day for the Disabled will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the world today....
• AIDS diagnostic centre to be set up in Ctg
  A modern diagnostic centre and hospital will be set up here to check AIDS and create awareness about the HIV-related issues, Chittagong City Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury said at a seminar....
• Compassion for winged guests
  Bangladesh Bird Club and 'Save the Birds Task Force' arranged a groundbreaking event of Bird Fair at the Jahangirnagar University campus on November 30 coordinated by bird photographer Enam Ul Haque
• Mobile courts to check air, noise pollution
  The government will set up three mobile courts to check air and noise pollution in the city. The decision came after a high-level meeting on November 1 at the home ministry....
• JS scraps law providing state security to Hasina, Rehana
  The Jatiya Sangsad yesterday scrapped the law providing lifelong state security of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana, two surviving daughters of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...

1-12-2001

• Awareness best way to combat AIDS
• Birds fair today
• RAJUK action against lake grabbers starts
• World AIDS Day today
  World AIDS Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere in the world today with a fresh vow to eradicate the deadly disease. This year's theme of the day is "I Care......
• Asia marks World AIDS Day amid soaring infections
  Asia will mark World Aids Day Saturday with cases soaring into the multi-millions and experts warning countries such as China, India and Cambodia are sitting on a time-bomb.... 
• National Youth Day today
  The National Youth Day will be observed in the country today. The slogan of this year's Youth Day is "Youths will build the country braving all sorts of distress....
• AIDS danger looming but govt unprepared
  Despite efforts by the government and development partners, Bangladesh is still not ready for a 'battle' against HIV/AIDS, experts say....
• Dengue stays back as winter comes
  EVEN before the old dengue mosquito invasion had fully retreated, the winter swarm of this buzzing pest had arrived to make life miserable and deadly....
• Bangladesh, 16 other Asian nations adopt plan to fight corruption
  Seventeen Asian nations adopted a legally non-binding plan Friday to fight corruption, which they said was widespread in the region and hampered economic growth and poverty reduction efforts....
• Workshop on 'Linux' held
  A three-day workshop on 'Linux', a computer operating system, concluded on the North South University (NSU) campus in the city on Thursday....
• 'SAARC summit to be held as scheduled'
  Secretary General of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Nihal Rodrigo has reiterated here that the 11th SAARC summit will be held as scheduled from January 4 to 6, 2002, despitethe...

29-11-2001

• A lake plundered
  City dwellers wonder whether the Rajuk can save the Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara Lake from the new breed of land-hungry developers and influential persons who have claimed ownership of acres of the water body....
• Govt revises import target for urea fertiliser
  The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) will float fresh international tenders for import of 1....
• Is anybody in charge of Dhaka traffic?
  Dhaka's spectacular traffic mess becomes even more incredible around Eid time. There is a lot more movement during this festival season as people go to shops more often and the load increases on the road....
• ADB workshop lists long-term plans for trade, industry, finance
  The business community, government officials and development partners yesterday called for speeding up privatisation process, diversify exports, initiate long term financial reform, reducing corruption...
• OPEC has no intention of boosting oil output
  OPEC has no intention of boosting its oil production in an attempt to bring non-OPEC producers into line with its price stabilisation measures, cartel chief Ali Rodriguez said here Tuesday....
• Poor result of literacy programme
  Total Literacy Movement (TLM) programme under the auspices of Ujjibita Netrakona concluded on November 14 by hold an evaluation test in seven upazilas of Netrakona....
• Dengue scare not over yet
  Transmission of dengue is still full-blown in the city, although experts predicted that it would be over by October. On Tuesday, three more persons died of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) at two hospitals....
• Jute can be used to produce wood substitutes
  Experts at a workshop yesterday said jute can be used to produce wood substitute for making doors, windows, chairs, tables, and a number of gadgets for vehicles including railway coaches....

International News
»This Months Top Sustainable Development & Other News Around the World

• Magic and pollution in Disneyland's air, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• An Enron Tale of Strange Bedfellows, LA Times
• Antarctic Experts Warn of Global Warming Meltdown, Reuters
• Bangladesh raises fuel prices ahead of plan to stop panic buying, hoarding, AP
• Icebergs imperil penguin breeding, AP
• Japan bets on fuel cells for tech-toy power, Reuters
• JAPAN: Creators of basic energy law need to get back to the basics, Asahi Shimbun
• Online Energy Advice Shows How To Cut Costs, Realty Times
• Scientist: Bush Fires Part of an Ancient Cycle, Reuters
• Western drought tops Canada's extreme weather list, Reuters
• Did Planetary "Belch" Cause Prehistoric Warming?, National Geographic
• EPA eases clean gasoline rules for US refiners, Reuters
• EPA set to revise air pollution rules, Reuters
• NEW ZEALAND: Greenhouse gas cuts inevitable, New Zealand Herald
• Non-polluting ethanol increases in demand for blending with gasoline, Reuters
• White Christmases Becoming Rare, AP
• Antarctic Mud Reveals Ancient Evidence Of Global Climate Change, ScienceDaily
• As gift to energy industry, Americans get dirtier air, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Climate protection begins at home, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• DC: Area's Pollution Solutions: Spend More or Ease Rules, Washington Post
• Iceland's Environment Minister Gives Green Light to Hydro Power Project - serious setback for conservation, WWF
• Implementing Kyoto Protocol requires two-stage approach, The Yomiuri Shimbun
• Japan, Russia reconfirm cooperation to conclude Kyoto Protocol, Financial Times
• NYPA buys 8 fuel cell power plants for NY City, Reuters
• Britain to Urge Cuts in Pollution, AP
• Asia needs big investment for clean fuels, Reuters
• Conoco launches 420-megawatt cogeneration plant, GreenBiz.com
• Denver cleans up its bad air image, Reuters
• Green energy boost for Scotland, BBC
• Illinois plans giant ethanol processing plant, ENN
• Kazakstan accused of sacrificing health, environment to boost oil earnings, AP
• New York City water supply threatened by drought, ENN
• Twisting star may give clue to climate change, The Scotsman
• UK: Study shows acid rain improvement, BBC
• The climes they are a-changin', Japan Times
• Yes, It's Been Warm. And Why?, New York Times
• Benchmark for solar UV radiation set from space, ENN
• BMW, Magna to develop clean fuel technology, Reuters
• Britain looks to ease small-scale power generation, Reuters
• ESA Provides Clues to Climate Change, Cosmiverse
• Esso says effects of UK protests not yet clear, Reuters
• Pacific Northwest gears up for conservation power plant, GreenBiz.com
• Poll Shows Americans Favor Alternative Sources to Fill Energy Gap, EarthVision
• Senate to vote today on drilling in Arctic refuge, Reuters
• US House energy panel calls for Enron probe, Reuters
• US: In Region, Pollution Rises as Rain Falls, Washington Post
• What if ‘IT’ just isn’t all that?, MSNBC
• Environmental Activists Protest At Esso Gas Stations, Guardian (UK)
• EU approves UK pollution trading, may seek changes, Reuters
• Pacific Hydro to select wind turbine maker, Reuters
• Technology could make for more fuel efficient cars, Reuters
• Air Pollution Linked to Lung Abnormalities in Kids, Reuters
• Air Pollution Linked to Lung Disease in Children, HealthScoutNews
• German minister says green goals may harm economy, Reuters
• Green fuel pilot schemes win duty exemption, Guardian (UK)
• Greens Fume at German Energy Report, deutsche welle
• Many Kids May Have Lung Damage, AP
• NAFTA commission says planned expansion of electricity plants means more pollution, AP
• Researchers Discover That Volcanic Eruptions Masked Global Warming During The Past 20 Years, ScienceDaily

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