5 injured in three stabbing incidents in city
At least five people were stabbed in separate incidents crime, including mugging, in the capital on Tuesday morning...
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Matuail fire calls for modern waste management strategy
A DEPLORABLE failure of urban waste governance has left large parts of southern Dhaka cloaked in toxic smoke for more than two weeks, as a fire at the Matuail landfill continues to spread palls of toxic smoke across densely populated neighbourhoods such as Jurain, Jatrabari, Sayedabad and Maniknagar. The...
Gaps in water and sanitation policy should be addressed
A POLICY attention on ensuring access to basic sanitation facilities has left other relevant concerns such as faecal waste management and water and sanitation infrastructure maintenance unattended for decades. Experts, entrepreneurs, academics and development partners at a conference in Dhaka on February 25 called for addressing gaps in sanitation facilities. They have...
Little done, but a lot to shore up
THE government has renewed the ban on the use of polythene and polypropylene shopping bags in super stores beginning on October 1. After two decades, the law was revisited for a nationwide enforcement beginning on November 1. It was not the use but its indiscriminate disposal that prompted the ban on the production, sales and use of polythene...
PRAN-RFL, LafargeHolcim sign memo
PRAN-RFL group has signed a memorandum of understanding with LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited to foster a sustainable future through efficient and sustainable waste management of non-reusable materials, says a press release.
Walton鈥檚 鈥楥omputer Exchange Offer Season-4鈥� campaign begins
Walton has launched 鈥楥omputer Exchange Offer Season-4鈥� campaign aiming to ensure proper e-waste management...
Reducing waste flow to landfills
AS WE aim a smart Bangladesh by 2041, almost all urban centres, including Dhaka, grapple with significant challenges in solid waste management. Global warming, deforestation and unplanned urbanisation are exacerbating the issues, making urban living increasingly difficult...
Comprehensive approach for e-waste management must
A SURGE in electronic waste, or e-waste, generation and a lack of a formal mechanism for e-waste management are concerning. The Global E-Waste Monitor 2024, published by the International Telecommunication Union, a specialised agency of the United Nations, says that Bangladesh is one of the largest e-waste generators in South Asia and...
Bangladesh significant contributor to economic loss due to inadequate e-waste mgmt: ITU
The global loss due to inadequate e-waste management practices amounts to $37 billion annually, with Bangladesh being a significant contributor, according to a study conducted by the International Telecommunication Union...
DSCC opens control room for waste management
Dhaka South City Corporation established a central control room for removing sacrificial animals鈥� waste and coordinating management activities of cattle markets...
UBL campaigns on plastic waste management
The Unilever Bangladesh Limited, the country鈥檚 leading fast moving consumer goods company, in collaboration with Young Power in Social Action and Sunsilk, has taken a proactive stance in addressing the environmental crisis with the launch of the AwareWave campaign under its employee volunteering platform, Proyash...