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>>This
Months Top Sustainable Development News from Bangladesh
30-4-2001
- BSF
violate international laws - Home Secretary
Dhaka, Apr 28 (UNB) – Responsibility of the April 18 border skirmish
lies entirely with the Indian side, as it is BSF that intruded into
Bangladesh territory violating international laws, Home Secretary MM
Reza said today.
- BSF
begins ‘Operation Whitewash’ - The Hindustan Times
Dhaka, Apr. 28 (UNB)- This was India's Bay of Pigs. An irresponsible
operation - guided by misplaced patriotism and perceived superiority
-- whose macabre conclusion has shocked the nation, the Hindustan
Times said.
- Diarrhoea
situation deteriorates in 7 districts
Dhaka, Apr 28 (UNB) – Diarrhoeal diseases in Dhaka and some other
parts of the country are spreading where about 50,000 people attacked,
at least 73 of them died during this month.
29-4-2001
28-4-2001
26-4-2001
- Water
crisis grips many city areas as summer sets in
Dhaka WASA's failure to meet
the increasing demand of water in summer coupled with illegal use of
pumps and low pressure in supply lines has exposed residents of many
areas in the city to severe water...
- PM
opens largest Ashrayan Project
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
yesterday inaugurated the country's largest Ashrayan Project unit at
Char Mohiuddin in Noakhali district providing shelter to 640
distressed families....
- BTTB
starts sending bills for January
The Bangladesh Telegraph and
Telephone Board (BTTB) said it has started sending phone bills for
January to its subscribers under Uttara, Tongi and Mirpur
exchanges....
- IMF
wants ECB to cut rate
The global economy is at a
critical juncture but swift action from the US Federal Reserve, and
hoped-for interest rate cuts in Europe, should ensure an economic
rebound later this year and into 2002,the...
- UNCTAD
urges major powers to boost global growth
The United Nations' trade forum
warned yesterday that the world economic situation could worsen
significantly without bold and coordinated action from major powers to
boost growth....
- US
for quick resolution of border dispute
Tension was mounting at some
points of Bangladesh-India border yesterday as Indian Border Security
Forces (BSF) was "augmenting" its strength at those points,
according to reports reaching the capital....
- Judgement
on split verdict next week
The judgement on the split
verdict on six accused in the Bangabandhu murder case is likely to be
pronounced next week, court sources said here yesterday....
25-4-2001
22-4-2001
21-4-2001
19-4-2001
18-4-2001
- 5
cos get permission for phone cards
- The Daily Star
The Ministry of Post and
Telecommunication (MOPT) has awarded contracts to five private firms
for dispensing pre-paid phone cards which would enable card-buyers to
access local/NWD and ISD calls....
- Stop
selling off our forests - The
Daily Star
The Prime Minister has turned
down a proposal by the Ministry of Forests and Environment to sanction
the blanket cutting down of 'sick' trees of various types in the
Sundarbans....
- Telecom
policy BTSKP expresses concern
- The Daily Star
Bangladesh Telecommunications
Sramik Karmachary Parishad (BTSKP) expressed its deep concern over the
introduction and adoption of Telecommunications Policy in the
Parliament without any consultation with...
- The
Ramna atrocity: A time for reflection
- The Daily Star
Doubts must be quickly but
justly removed by bringing about a resolution to the particular
incident and similar incidents that took place in the past. Bengalis
must demand such resolution with onevoice....
- Globalisation,
WTO-style - The Daily Star
That is the cruel logic of
"free trade". We must resist it before it turns our elite
into compulsive consumers of chemicalised packaged foods and exclusive
cosmetics, while starving the millions....
- Indian
software body sees slower export growth
- The Daily Star
India's main software
association forecast Tuesday a drop in annual export growth for the
year ending March 2002 to 40 per cent, compared to 55 per cent the
previous year....
17-4-2001
- BGMEA
delegation call on President
Dhaka, Apr 16 (UNB) – An 18-member BGMEA delegation today called on
President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban and apprised him of
various problems and political programmes affecting the garment
sector.
- Ministers
remind developed countries of broken promises
Dhaka, Apr 16 (UNB)- Ahead of the 3rd UN Conference on LDCs, ministers
today reminded the developed countries of their broken promises given
to poorer nations to protect them from being marginalised under WTO
regime.
- Primary
Healthcare Centre to be inaugurated
Dhaka, Apr 17 (UNB)- The newly constructed Primary Healthcare Centre
under the ‘Urban Primary Healthcare Project’ will be inaugurated
at Islambagh Community Centre today.
16-4-2001
14-4-2001
12-4-2001
10-4-2001
- AIDS
can spread through tourism, Asian travel conference warned
KUALA LUMPUR, APR 10 (AP) - Travelers and tourism industry workers
should be made more aware of the risks of AIDS, since carefree
attitudes toward sex by vacationers can help spread the disease,
activists told an Asia-Pacific travel conference Tuesday.
- ECNEC
approve six development projects
Dhaka, Apr 10 (UNB) – The Executive Committee of National Economic
Council today approved six development projects involving Tk 1160.24
crore, including Tk 450.71 crore in project aid.
- Debate:
Elections in dry season or monsoon ?
Dhaka, Apr 10 (UNB) – Election to parliament must be conducted
within 90 days of the dissolution of parliament no matter whether it
would be dry season or monsoon, experts said.
9-4-2001
8-4-2001
7-4-2001
- World
Health Day today - bangla2000
World Health Day will be observed around the globe today, focussing on
mental health. This year is devoted to mental health. The theme of the
day is 'Stop Exclusion - Dare to care'.
- Workshop
on Gender and Technology to be held - bangla2000
Dhaka, Apr 7 (UNB)- A daylong workshop on Gender and Technology will
be held at BRAC Centre here today (Saturday).
4-4-2001
3-4-2001
- SAARC
Women Entrepreneurs Council launched
Dhaka, Apr 2 (UNB) – A new regional body of women entrepreneurs,
SAARC Women Entrepreneurs Council (SWEC), has been launched with a
view to creating awareness, closer contact, regional fellowship and
cooperation among women entrepreneurs in the region.
- Hartal
saga countrywide: 100 more hurt
As the country remained under shutdown for a second day today,
troubles amid bomb throwing, teargas firing and baton charge so far
left at least 15 people injured, including four police, in the
capital.
2-4-2001
1-4-2001
- Bush
criticized for global warming
GENEVA (AP) — President Bush's decision to pull out of a global
warming agreement drew withering condemnation Friday, with world
leaders calling the withdrawal ``unacceptable'' and editorial writers
slamming the president's ``in-your-face truculence.''
International News
>>This
Months Top Sustainable Development News Around the World
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WETTER UPPER ATMOSPHERE MAY DELAY GLOBAL
OZONE RECOVERY - Science Daily
Internet: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/04/010418072442.htm
NASA research has shown that increasing water-vapor in the
stratosphere, which results partially from greenhouse gases, may delay
ozone recovery and increase the rate of climate change. Drew Shindell,
an atmospheric scientist from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space
Studies (GISS) and Columbia University, NY, used the NASA/GISS global
climate model with satellite and other remote sensing data to
investigate long-term stratospheric cooling and ozone depletion. This
study is the first to link greenhouse gases to increased ozone
depletion over populated areas. Shindell found that he was able to
best simulate the behavior of temperature and ozone in the upper
atmosphere when he added water vapor data into the climate model.
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MALAYSIA LAUNCHES PALM-FUEL BURNING, SEEKS
MORE CLIENTS - Reuters
Internet: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=10508
PRAI, Malaysia - Malaysia, the world's biggest producer of palm oil,
yesterday officially launched its first large-scale scheme to burn the
crude oil in power plants and use it in other industries. The move is
part of a project to prop up sagging prices and ease stocks. Primary
Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik told reporters at Tenaga's plant in
Prai district in the northern state of
Penang, that the government was sticking to its original plan to use
up 400,000 tonnes of the oil this year. Originally it had
planned that all this palm oil should be burned in plants of the
country's largest power company Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB).
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SIX IN 10 SAY U.S. SHOULD JOIN KYOTO
TREATY - ABC News
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/poll010417.html
April 17 - Six in 10 Americans say the United States should join the
Kyoto treaty on global warming, rejecting President Bush's
economic arguments against the accord. Bush, saying it "makes no
economic sense," has declared that the United States will not
participate in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which calls on the United
States and other industrialized nations to reduce emissions associated
with global warming by 2012.
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EARTH DAY BRINGS CRITICISM FOR BUSH
- New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Earth-Day-Rdp.html?searchpv=aponline
Activists, politicians and celebrities gathered for Earth Day
celebrations and clean-ups Sunday, but the event's founder and
others criticized what they fear will be a rollback of environmental
progress.
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DUTCH SIGN EMISSION TRADE DEAL WITH
EASTERN EUROPE - Reuters
Internet: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=10536
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch government said yesterday it had bought its
first greenhouse gas emission credits from east European countries to
help it reach the pollution reduction target agreed under the Kyoto
climate change treaty. The Economic Affairs ministry said in a
statement it had bought four megatonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)
reduction credits for 79 million guilders ($31.5 million) from Poland,
Romania and the Czech Republic.
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GREENHOUSE NEEDS NEW PLAN, SAYS AUSTRALIA
- CNN
Internet: http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/04/15/australia.enviro/index.html
ADELAIDE, Australia -- The international community has to start a new
process for cutting global greenhouse gases, Australia's environment
minister has said. The comments by minister Robert Hill at a global
greens conference on Sunday follow last month's decision by the United
States to reject the Kyoto treaty on global warming.
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OECD MEMBERS TO URGE U.S. TO BACK KYOTO
PACT - Kyodo News
Internet: http://home.kyodo.co.jp/fullstory/display.jsp?newsnb=20010422062
TOKYO April 22 Kyodo - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) is likely to urge the United States to return to
the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming in a joint declaration to be
issued after its ministerial meetings on May 16-17 in Paris, sources
close to the case said Sunday.
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U.S. TO UNVEIL NEW CLIMATE PROPOSAL TO
REPLACE KYOTO - Japan Times
Internet: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010408a1.htm
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EU READY TO RENEGOTIATE KYOTO - BBC News
Internet: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1266000/1266221.stm
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JAPAN, CHINA, SOUTH KOREA URGE U.S. TO
BACK KYOTO TREATY - Inside China
Internet: http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=332689§ion=default
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EU WINS RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR KYOTO -
Australian Broadcasting
Internet: http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newsdaily/s273537.htm
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SENATE BUDGET VOTE REBUFFS BUSH ON GLOBAL
WARMING - Washington Post
Internet: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52290-2001Apr7.html
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GREENPEACE ISSUES WARNING TO U.S.
BUSINESSES ON KYOTO PACT
Internet: http://home.kyodo.co.jp/fullstry/display.jsp?newsnb=20010406041
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AUSTRALIAN POWER BODY SEES NO KYOTO
REPRIEVE -Reuters
Internet: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=10356
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CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS WILL DOUBLE BY 2050,
EXPERTS FORECAST -
Guardian-UK
Internet: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4166104,00.html
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CLIMATE CHANGE BLAMED FOR OKINAWA CORAL
DEATH - Japan Times
Internet: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fe20010405rh.htm
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THE NEXT STEP ON GLOBAL WARMING - The
Economist
Internet: http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=558187
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KYOTO: EUROPE'S HYPOCRISY - Washington
Post
Internet:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46992-2001Apr5.html
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GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS - Dawn Pakistan
Internet: http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2001-daily/07-04-2001/oped/o5.htm
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INTERNET LINKS TO MORE COMMENTARY AND
ANALYSIS
'BUSH'S GAMBIT ON CLIMATE', Christian Science Monitor:
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/04/02/fp9s1-csm.shtml
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'SAYONARA, KYOTO', National Post:
http://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/columnists/story.html?f=/stories/
20010402/519617.html
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'SUPPORTERS OF KYOTO PROTOCOL SHOULD URGE
U.S. TO RECONSIDER', -
Asahi Shimbun:
http://www.asahi.com/english/asahi/0402/asahi040207.html
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'AMERICA THE HORRIBLE IS NOW TURNING INTO
A PARIAH', Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4164734,00.html
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'THE HECK WITH THAT GLOBAL WARMING STUFF',
LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/comment/20010403/t000028331.html
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'KILLING KYOTO IN AUSTRALIA'S BEST
INTERESTS', The Age:
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,1859176%255E1683,00.html
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'KYOTO IN AND OUT OF MIND', Ottawa
Citizen:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/editorials/010408/5055512.html
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'RANDS AND SENSE ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING',
News24 South Africa:
http://www.news24.co.za/News24/Finance/0,4186,2-8_1006943,00.html
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Bush
criticized for global warming
GENEVA (AP) — President Bush's decision to pull out of a global
warming agreement drew withering condemnation Friday, with world
leaders calling the withdrawal ``unacceptable'' and editorial writers
slamming the president's ``in-your-face truculence.''
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World's
biggest oil rig sinks, CNN
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EU
environment leaders declare Kyoto 'alive'
KIRUNA, Sweden, (AP) - European environment ministers on Saturday
declared the Kyoto global warming agreement "alive" and said
they would go forward with ratification plans with or without the
United States.
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