Volume 4 Number 20 Mon. June 16, 2003    
 
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Water to run smoothly
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has undertaken a project to buy twenty mobile generators, eight water carrying trucks and two tractors to streamline the water supply for city-dwellers.
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Barriers a blight on city sites
The Old AirportOnly three years ago, the old airport was a rare sight for thousands of commuters on the Begum Rokeya Swarani.
 
Follow up
Babupura basti
The Revenue Deputy Collector (RDC) has sent a letter, to the concerned police commissioner and the ward commissioner, to protect the khas land at Babupura following a report in Star City on June 11.
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Waste goes private
Dhaka City Corporation hands over waste management of eight wards to four private companies for a year as DCC workers have failed to manage the 4000 tons of solid waste produced daily by the city.
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) turned to privatization in eight wards of the city for managing solid waste and city cleanliness from May 15, 2003.
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Open up, say bismillah
It is a hot day in Old Dhaka. A vendor sits against an iron fence with his head is tilted back and his eyes closed.
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City soon to see stars
Star-gazers and planet-watchers who have been eagerly awaiting the completion of the Dhaka Novo Theatre, the city's first modern planetarium, will have to wait a while longer.
 
Dishing up a satellite storm
For city dwellers starved for entertainment, cable TV is one major source of enjoyment.
 

 
   
 
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