Volume 4 Number 70 Mon. August 04, 2003    
 
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Congestion caused by city's bus menace
The profusion and congestion of Dhaka city traffic is causing the loss of countless man-hours among the city's workers.
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Tanneries retold to relocate
About 500 tanneries, including 200 large units in Hazaribagh, are discharging 4.75 million litres of liquid waste and 95 metric tonnes of solid waste that eventually find their way to the Buriganga Ri
The Prime Minister has once again directed the authorities to expedite the relocation of Hazaribagh tanneries to Savar. The Ministry of Industries is responsible for shifting the tanneries soon.
 
Check on car horns
In a bid to contain noise pollutioT in the city, the government has decided to introduce strict laws to ban 'powerful' horns and to regulate all sources of sound that creates pollution, sources in the
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Gangsters grabbing city's major markets
The Dhaka City Corporation is losing more than a dozen markets to grabbers and gangsters and missing out on about Tk 7 lakh in revenues a month.
 
Rupnagar residents robbed by officials
A deceitful group of people is grabbing lucrative plots of land at Rupnagar Residential Area (RRA) at Pallabi, in Mirpur, violating the project profile approved by the Executive Committee on the National
 
Investment policy for Dhaka
A high-powered committee has been formed on the directive of the Prime Minister to prepare an investment policy in the private sector for infrastructural development of Dhaka city and the rest of thecountry,
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Disaster management a must for city to survive quake
An earhquake on even a moderate scale could cause devastation to Dhaka, with thousands of buildings collapsing 'like sandcastles,' according to experts. At present, rescue workers would be unable to l

The government is launching a comprehensive scheme to contend with damage caused by disasters including earthquakes, as the country is not prepared to manage any post-disaster situation.

 

 
   
 
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