Time for a statutory warning?
Study shows that reuse of throwaway plastic water bottles may cause health risks like cancer. But health officials and mineral water companies seem still unaware of this
Health officials and mineral water companies seem unaware of possible health risks like cancer from the reuse of throwaway plastic water bottles that a recent Australian study says contain potential carcinogenic
Meanwhile soybean oil marked another round of rise.
Bottled danger still on
A set of dishonest traders in Old Dhaka continues to fill used plastic water bottles with tap water and fastens fake security seals to them for sale.
DCC in trouble as lessees dodge dues
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is struggling to meet the World Bank (WB)'s condition for private operators to run inter-district bus terminals, as the lessees are not paying up their dues.
Fines, jail term proposed for noise pollution
The environment and forest ministry will announce the draft of Noise Pollution (Control) Rules, 2003 toward the end of the month, which recommends fines and jail punishment to violators.
