Vol. 5 Num 233 Mon. January 17, 2005       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Star City Contaminated Wasa water Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) and the Department of Environment (DoE) have detected coliform, a bacteria in groundwater pumped up by the Wasa, which experts say is 'alarming' for public health. Chemically ripened tomatoes galore The vegetable wholesale market at Karwan Bazar has been flooded with chemically ripened tomatoes. Desa punishes 40 meter readers for corruption in 4 years Unscrupulous meter readers constitute nearly half of the staff against whom Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (Desa) took disciplinary action in the last four years. Sports land regained but culprits at large The National Sports Council (NSC) is yet to take any formal action against a number of employees who had illegally leased out a prime land beside the swimming pool at Bangabandhu Naional Stadium twoyears Paintball hits the capital Xtreme Paintball, a new game park recently launched at Panthapath, is anticipating a rush of customers in the near future.     Advertisement