Execution of Blue Network Programme

At a time when Dhaka City's liveability is increasingly becoming suspect, the interim government has come up with an ambitious mega project called the Blue Network Programme under which the urban water infrastructure in and around the megalopolis will be restored. All water channels such as rivers, canals and sewerage...

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Bangladesh's animation dream: From margins to mainstream

Bangladesh's animators have been busy. For more than a decade they have produced sleek, colourful sequences for global entertainment giants -- from television commercials to mobile games -- often without anyone knowing the work was done in Dhaka rather than Delhi or Manila. The talent is there; the infrastructure is...

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Curbing anthrax outbreak

Anthrax has been in the news in Bangladesh for nearly a month. There are reports of anthrax infection in Pirgachha upazila of the northern district of Rangpur. Though ruminating, hooved and grazing animals like cow, goat, lamb, etc., are usually infected by anthrax, humans can also contract the disease from...

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