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30-6-2001
28-6-2001
- Matlab
Health and Socio-Economic Survey (MHSS)
In 1996, a major family and community survey entitled the Matlab
Health and Socio-Economic Survey, or MHSS, was carried out in Matlab,
a region of rural Bangladesh in which there is an ongoing prospective
Demographic Surveillance System, under the aegis of the International
Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). For a
detailed description of the Matlab surveillance population, please
refer to Menken, J. and J.F. Phillips, "Population Change in a
Rural Area of Bangladesh, 1967-87," Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science, 510:87-101, 1990
- Bangladesh
rated as world's most corrupt nation
Charging that there is a
worldwide corruption crisis, the non-governmental organisation
Transparency International (TI) named Bangladesh as "the most
corrupt nation" and Finland as the least in its yearly...
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- Dhaka
refutes TI ranking
Bangladesh's government
rejected yesterday a report, which named the country as the most
corrupt in the world, saying the charge had no "scientific
basis"....
- Closure
of Biman's loss-making routes demanded
Bangladesh Biman officials and
employees have demanded immediate closure of all loss-making routes
including Dhaka-New York route. Biman suffers loss of Tk 64.67 lakh
and Tk 35....
- BIDS
study reveals net drop out in micro-credit receivers
A Bangladesh Institute of
Development Studies (BIDS) research has revealed that more members are
quitting micro-finance institutions that joining them, showing a
remarkable net drop out of around eight...
- Eco-friendly
CNG promises higher return to users
When Finance Minister Kibria
was presenting his budget for 2001-2002, wherein he proposed a
provision of Tk 22 crore aimed at reducing air pollution, I was in New
Delhi using my spare time to learn all...
- ADB
sees sharp fall in East Asian growth this year
East Asia faces a sharp decline
in economic growth this year due to a global downturn, the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) warned yesterday revising an earlier, rosier
forecast....
- Flood
situation deteriorates in Comilla
Some 10,000 people of 20
villages in three unions of Chouddagram upazila still remains marooned
as flood situation here worsened further due to onrush of hill water
triggered by monsoon shower....
- Implementation
of environmental laws being hindered
Bangladesh's environment is
degrading drastically as the authorities concerned are not properly
implementing environmental laws, said speakers at a seminar in the
city....
- Tk
367.88 cr CCC budget announced
A Tk 367.88 crore budget of
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) for fiscal 2001-2002 was announced
here yesterday without increasing any tax or imposing any new one....
27-6-2001
- Marubeni
now refuses to give free electricity
Japanese company Marubeni has
refused to give 1395 million units of free electricity from the
proposed 450 MW Second Phase Meghnaghat Power Plant, backing out of
its promise to the government....
- BB
to make automation a must for all banks
As the nationalised commercial
banks (NCBs) are shying away from the benefits of automation, the
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Mohammad Farashuddin said the central
bank would make it binding for all...
- Asia-Pacific
nations meet in Jul to talk globalisation
Some 25 Asia-Pacific nations
will gather next month in Sri Lanka to address problems and challenges
posed by globalisation, the head of a regional trade group said
Tuesday....
- Tofail
refutes ADB comments on gas export
Industries Minister Tofail
Ahmed yesterday told the Jatiya Sangsad that country can export gas
after meeting the domestic requirement and maintaining a reserve for
50 years....
26-6-2001
25-6-2001
24-6-2001
- US
chocolate firms to fund child labour study
Major chocolate makers in the
United States said Friday they would help fund an international effort
aimed at eliminating child labour abuses in the cocoa-producing areas
of West Africa....
- Frustrated
growers may reduce paddy farming from next season
Paddy growers in Jamalpur and
Jhenidah districts are not getting fair price of their produce this
year. So, many farmers have decided to reduce paddy cultivation from
the next season....
- American
Int'l Investment dir in city
Chet Thompson, Director of
American International Investment, Inc, the acquirer of the ReadyCash
payment system in Bangladesh, is currently on a visit to Bangladesh,
says a press release....
- Venture
capital firms get under
Dot-com dreamers weren't the
only ones to be jolted over the recent Internet shake-up: Venture
capital firms -- the guys with the deep pockets that give so-called
"seed money" to Internet start-ups
- Judiciary's
independence
It will be worthwhile to mull
over some recent developments, or call them late-hour flashes if you
must, that have all the signs of being the precursor of an independent
judiciary in the country....
- Bomb
found at office of N'ganj sadar thana OC
A bomb was found inside the
drawer of a table at the office room of Narayanganj sadar thana OC
last night, police said....
- PIB
workshop on children, women issues
A planning workshop on children
and women issues sponsored by the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB)
was held yesterday at its seminar room at 3 Circuit House Road in the
city, says a press release....
- Five
silted rivers in Magura need re-excavation
An integrated action plan is
needed to re-excavate the rivers in Magura district. All the rivers of
the district have silted up affecting ecology, navigation and causing
scarcity of irrigation water....
- British
envoy hosts reception on environment
British High Commissioner Dr
David Carter and Carter have hosted an environment reception in the
city to highlight ways in which Britain is working with Bangladesh to
help tackle key environmental problems....
- Review
meeting held on UN Spl session for children
More than 100 children and
young people of different classes and areas gathered at CIRDAP
auditorium in the city yesterday at a review and planning meeting, as
part of the preparatory process of the UN...
23-6-2001
- Globalisation
and the poor
Has globalisation worked for
the poor? Steady rise in the number of people living in abject poverty
across the world suggests it may not have yet....
- Asian
stocks tussle with economic woes, US gains
Concerns about regional
deterioration weighed on Asian shares on Friday, although expectations
of a US rate cut next week and improving sentiment in Japan helped
many into positive territory....
- Dhaka
Tourism Fair 2001 in Sept-Oct
Tourism Developers Association
of Bangladesh (TDAB) plans to hold 'Dhaka Tourism Fair 2001' in
September-October this year aiming at popularising Bangladesh's
tourism globally....
- Dhaka
urges collective efforts to maintain world peace
Foreign Minister Abdus Samad
Azad has called upon the UN Security Council to take resolute actions
for preventing threats to peace and said collective efforts are needed
to address the roots of conflict....
- Health
minister to attend UN summit on AIDS
An 11-member high-profile
delegation led by Health and Family Welfare Minister Sheikh Fazlul
Karim Selim left for New York yesterday to attend a special summit of
the United Nations on HIV/AIDS....
- IT
sector needs proper infrastructure
Bangladesh should pursue a
second option to get connected with the Kolkata hub of Indian cyber
network if fibre optic connection with Singapore is not possible now
to turn the country's dream of IT revolution...
20-6-2001
18-6-2001
- Another
broadband Internet service in city
Dominox.ISP, a subsidiary of
KDS Group, has launched the first broadband Internet service using the
new state-of-the-art PS (proprietary system) technology....
- Khaleda's
motorcade faces gunfire, roadblocks
- The
looming disaster of arsenic contamination
- Tk
9,627.20cr earmarked for textile sector in current five-year plan
The government has earmarked Tk
9,627.20 crore as plan allocation for development of the already
identified thrust sector of textile during the current five-year plan.
Of the allocation, 97....
- KOICA
keen to invest in IT sector
The visiting president of
Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Hyung Ki Min,
yesterday expressed his keen interest to extend Korean cooperation as
well as investment in the IT sector in the...
- Annual
Junior Chamber Int'l confce held in S Korea
The 6-day Asia-Pacific Annual
Conference (ASPAC) of Junior Chamber International was held in the
South Korean city of Daegu recently, says a press release....
- AIDS
epidemic dubbed '3rd World War' stalking globe
Experts at a discussion meeting
in the city yesterday dubbed the killer disease HIV/AIDS the 'Third
World War,' stalking the humanity every day across the globe....
- Policies
lacking in the jute sector
THE greatest neglect of the jute sector continues to be in the realm
of policy. The Indian jute industry that was once a weakling is strong
today....
17-6-2001
- Dhaka's
water crisis deepens
DHAKA'S struggle for clean
water has taken a serious turn. This time, the very source of a much
awaited surface water treatment plant is under threat....
- 21
killed as bomb goes off at N'ganj AL office
At least 21 people were killed
and over 100 others including Awami League MP Shamim Osman injured in
a powerful bomb explosion at the party office at Chashara in
Narayanganj town last night....
- Develop
a robust IT infrastructure
The first in a series of
pre-election policy dialogues, organised by The Daily Star along with
The Prothom Alo and the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), started
yesterday in Sylhet with a call for urgent...
- LDCs
hail Dhaka's stand on free movement of labourers
Bangladesh has received
appreciation and admiration of developing and least developed
countries for its stand at the ILO conference on free movement of
labourers around the world in line with the globalisation....
- Nine
arsenic affected patients detected in one family of a C'nawabganj
village
"We do not know the sins
for which Allah has cursed us,"said Meser Ali, 40, of Kharial
village in Monakosha union of Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj
district, to this correspondent in a pathetic mood....
- People
store rainwater for drinking purpose in S dists
People of the southern
districts under Barisal division have been storing rainwater at
different places for pure arsenic-free drinking water....
- Workshop
on HIV/AIDS held
A consultative workshop on
HIV/AIDS for generating an 'Alternative Dhaka Declaration' for the
forth coming UN special session on HIV/AIDS was held at the National
Press Club yesterday, says a press...
16-6-2001
- Pre-polls
policy dialogue on energy, ICT in Sylhet today
The Daily Star, along with The
Prothom Alo and the country's leading think-tank, Centre for Policy
Dialogue (CPD), launches a pre-election policy dialogue today....
- WorldTel
yet to meet preconditions for obtaining licence
Uncertainty looms over the
proposed 300,000-line fixed telephone project, as the WorldTel is yet
to meet necessary preconditions to obtain the licence, sources
said....
- Korean
company keen to invest in local telecom sector
Korea Telecom is seeking
telecom investment deals in Bangladesh worth US300 million dollars....
- Global
warming to hit poorest people: WB
The world's poorest people,
especially those living in tropical and sub-tropical regions, will be
worst hit by global warming, World Bank vice president Ian Johnson
told a conference here Thursday....
- Hackers
attack 'Gulf News' web site
The Dubai-based much-circulated
English daily of the region "Gulf News" shut down its online
news because the web site was hacked into by Zionist activists using
resources on an Israeli web server....
- Black
Day in Newspapers' today
- Tree
plantation drive opens: We don't want to rely
- Participatory
approach to design and implementation of projects
15-6-2001
- World
food crop insufficient to feed people: FAO
A larger but still
"insufficient" 2001 world cereal crop means that for the
third year reserve stock supplies will be drawn down to meet global
needs, a UN food agency said Thursday....
- Digital
magazine launched
Digi Bangla, the first digital
magazine of the country, was launched at a simple ceremony at the
National Press Club yesterday....
- Giving
lifelines to the lakes in the capital
THE 1959 Master Plan proposed
residential development towards the north of the then existing Dhaka
following the principle of segregated and discrete land-use
planning....
14-6-2001
13-6-2001
- Software
industry can help economic growth
A day long software exhibition
and concomitant contest organized by Computer Club of North South
University (CCNSU) was held on the NSU campus in the city yesterday to
create a bridge between software...
- Dhaka,
Delhi for joint survey to demarcate border
Senior officials of India and
Bangladesh yesterday began a two-day talks on border-related issues
against the sombre background of a major flare-up between the two
countries nearly two months ago which...
- SOEs
under Industries Ministry go down further
Despite the government's pledge
to arrest the deterioration of the state-owned enterprises (SOEs),
their losses marked a 17.60 per cent rise in the current fiscal
year....
- Broadband
cable Internet service launched in city
Start your computer, switch on
your modem, browse the web for a movie site, and then sit back, and
watch your favourite movie....
- Asian
growth forecast cut on global slowdown
The moribund global economic
outlook and in particular the US slowdown has seen economists lop
sizable chunks off this year's growth forecasts for Asia's regional
economies....
- 800
land less farmers in CHT to be rehabilitated
An effort is under way to
rehabilitate 800 land less marginal farmers living in the inaccessible
areas of the three hill districts of Rangamati, Kagrachari and
Bandarban....
- After
all power sector reform is not bad
Energy issues in Bangladesh of
late has assumed the character that is unpredictable and risky. There
seems to be no firm statistics available on demand, supply and
generation capacity of electricity....
- Over
10m youths living with HIV/AIDS: UNICEF
The United Nations said
yesterday that more than 10 million youths aged 15 to 24 are living
with HIV/AIDS around the world, most in sub-Saharan Africa....
- 2
killed, 40 hurt gas pipeline blasts in Ctg
- Bangladesh
still has a chance to avert AIDS epidemic
12-6-2001
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9-6-2001
7-6-2001
- Experimental
cyber-kiosk opened at NPC
Leading IT expert Prof Jamilur Reza Chowdhury yesterday
inaugurated an experimental cyber-kiosk at the National Press Club
along with a website and a compact disk (CD) titled 'Sustainable
DevelopmentInformation...
- Flash
floods in 6 districts
Heavy rains during the 48 hours till yesterday evening triggered
flash floods in six districts in the country and gushing waters washed
away a railway bridge in Brahmanbaria yesterday, snapping train...
- Workshop
on FSRD
A two-day workshop on "Farming Systems Research and
Development in Bangladesh (FSRD): Achievements, Future Issues and
Potentialities" began at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research
Council (BARC) auditorium...
- Global
warming and climate change: Challenges ahead for Bangladesh
Bangladesh may think of forming a scientific panel comprising
of scientists and leading researchers to assess the vulnerability
including the magnitude of climate variability in terms of natural
disaster...
- Dhaka
fails to fully implement Child Rights Convention
Bangladesh has failed to successfully implement the Child Rights
Convention (CRC) for child survival, protection and development,
enunciated in a "World Declaration" in 1990....
5-6-2001
4-6-2001
3-6-2001
2-6-2001
- Fight
fundamentalism in South Asia
A two-day regional conference began in the capital yesterday with
a call to fight growing acts of fundamentalism and communalism in
South Asian countries....
- Role
of govt and political parties discussed
Panelists at the working session of the South Asian Conference on
Fundamentalism and Communa-lism in the city yesterday called for
building partnership to fight fundamentalism and urged governments
and...
- New
action plan lacks firm steps for LDCs' bailout
The new Programme of Action (PoA), hammered out in May 14-20 UN
conference on LDCs, responded positively to the common needs of poor
countries, but set a wish-list of hard prerequisites for them to
get...
- Call
on NGOs to help eradicate poverty
State Minister for Jute AK Fayezul Huq yesterday urged all
non-government and voluntary organisations to effectively come forward
along with the government to remove poverty, diseases and
illiteracy....
- Reception
to UNFPA officials at DU today
The Department of Population Sciences of the Dhaka University will
accord a reception to three UNFPA officials today....
- NU
holds workshop on its academic curriculum
The eighth workshop of National University on academic curriculum
and improvement of standard of education was held yesterday with Vice
Chancellor of the University Prof Durgadas Bhattacharya in the
chair....
- Nepal
hopes to host SAARC summit in Nov or Dec this year
Nepal is hoping to host a summit of South Asian nations later this
year, foreign secretary Narayan Shumshere Thapa said yesterday....
1-6-2001
International News
>>This
Months Top Sustainable Development News Around the World
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ENVIRONMENT
MINISTRY PLUGS GREEN TAX IN FIRST WHITE PAPER
In its inaugural white paper approved Tuesday by the Cabinet, the
Environment Ministry is touting the merits of introducing an
environment tax to help put Japan on a more environmentally
sustainable path and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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NGOS URGE ALLEGIANCE TO KYOTO PACT - Japan
Times
Internet: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20010531b4.htm
In a rare meeting Wednesday with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi,
representatives from environmental organizations urged the government
to go ahead with an international agreement to cut
greenhouse gases with or without the participation of the United
States.
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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES RULE SENATE HEARING
- Anchorage Daily News
Internet: http://www.adn.com/nation/story/0,2360,270644,00.html
Fairbanks -- A long line of scientists and the heads of the nation's
leading science agencies Tuesday urged Alaska's Sen. Ted Stevens to
shift the focus of U.S. climate research north
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SOLAR STUDY FOCUSES ON GLOBAL WARMING -
Press-Enterprise
Internet: http://www.inlandempireonline.com/news/stories/053001/solar30.shtml
It's just a little observatory. Perched on the tip of a manmade strip
of land that extends 200 yards from the shoreline, the white dome and
the building that supports it look almost toylike compared with larger
observatories such as Griffith Park or Mount Palomar. But the work
that's being done at the Big Bear Solar Observatory may well affect
the future of the world, at least in terms of what the human populace
decides to do about global warming.
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CHILDREN MOST AT RISK FROM CLIMATE CHANGE,
REPORT SAYS - Globe & Mail
Internet: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/gam/National/20010602/UHEALN.html
OTTAWA -- Many parents don't know it, but their children stand to
suffer most from the chaotic weather caused by climate change, a
report released yesterday said. From last winter's blizzards in
Newfoundland to the current drought in Alberta, the nation's weather
is changing and parents have to adapt, according to the Canadian
Institute of Child Health.
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DENMARK
TO RATIFY KYOTO GLOBAL WARMING TREATY - Reuters
COPENHAGEN - Denmark`s parliament on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for
the government to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Treaty on global warming by a
sizeable majority.
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KYOTO
ALTERNATIVE TO RELY ON VOLUNTARY CUTS - Washington Post
Administration officials preparing an alternative to the 1997 global
warming agreement that President Bush disavowed in March are focusing
on voluntary measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- an
approach unacceptable to most U.S. allies in Europe and Japan.
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In
Washington, Annan urges business leaders to join fight against
HIV/AIDS
1 June Addressing a large group of United States business leaders
gathered in Washington D.C. today, Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged
them to join the global fight against the AIDS pandemic, stressing
that by getting involved they would safeguard their own interests
while helping humanity.
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$30
million from Japan bolsters final push for polio eradication, UNICEF
says
1 June The Government of Japan has greatly bolstered the final
effort to purge the world of polio by donating $30 million to the
Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) announced today.
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Head
of UN labour agency urges efforts to tackle global lack of decent jobs
1 June Calling the global shortage of adequate employment
opportunities "the fault line in the world today," the top
United Nations labour official has stressed that tackling this problem
is central to eradicating poverty.
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UN
agriculture agency announces new initiatives to improve food safety
1 June Following recent incidents that have caused turmoil in the
world food markets and raised concern among consumers, the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced a
series of initiatives aimed at improving food safety and quality.
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Delegates
at UN meeting on world's poorest States back global anti-AIDS fund
16 May At a major United Nations meeting on the world's poorest
countries being held in Brussels, participants today expressed strong
support for the establishment of a global fund to fight AIDS and other
infectious diseases which was first proposed by Secretary-General Kofi
Annan last month.
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World's
poorest countries falling further behind developing world: UNICEF
15 May The world's poorest countries slipped further behind other
developing nations during the 1990s, keeping hundreds of millions of
people - almost half of them children - mired in abject poverty,
according to a report released today by the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF).
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60%
of children in Europe, Central Asia report aggression at home: UNICEF
poll
16 May Six out of ten children in Europe and Central Asia say they
face aggressive behaviour and violence - shouting and hitting - within
their families, according to the just-released results of a poll
funded by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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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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