Volume 4 Number 69 Sun. August 03, 2003    
 
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Dhaka a disaster in waiting?
Officials have warned that, "thousands of the city's buildings will collapse like sand castles in case of a moderately strong tremor" measuring about 5.2 on the Richter scale.
An earthquake on a 'moderate scale' could create devastation in Dhaka, with hundreds of buildings collapsing, and rescue workers being unable to launch any effective rescue operation due to the complete
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Computers come crashing
The computer market has been experiencing a slump in their sales turnover for the past one year, even when the prices of computer and computer products are at their all time low.
 
Fresh water crisis in city
Fresh drinking water has always been a crisis for city dwellers, but these days Dhaka's denizens are being catered to by the many varieties of bottled mineral water seen in a growing number of the city's
 
IDA urges Dhaka Urban Transport Project to move
As the DUTP enters the final year, the IDA mission suggested that a 50-percent increase is needed in the current rate of implementation progress to complete the project works.
The supervision mission of the International Development Agency (IDA) in its aide memoir on July 21 said if the Dhaka Urban Transport Project (DUTP) is not completed within the stipulated time, the surplus
 
AC bus services heating up
Dhaka has five AC bus routes, charging the highest fares to provide cooling systems, but the services' increasingly hot and bothered commuters are feeling quite cheated
The city's air-conditioned (AC) bus services are not providing proper cooling rides for its passengers.
 
Kindergarten code of conduct
Kindergarten schools of the country are going to come under a code of conduct.
 

 
   
 
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