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  Law gives BSTI limited jurisdiction: Muazzem Hossain

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 02:20am on January 24, 2020

  Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution’s director general Muazzem Hossain said that they were not able to preserve evidences in many cases related to substandard foods...

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  Govt labs have very limited scope for tests: Monzur Morshed Ahmed

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 02:18am on January 24, 2020

  Bangladesh needs to increase its food testing capacity manifold to get unsafe food out of the market, said Bangladesh Food Safety Authority member Monzur Morshed...

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  Food safety inspectors need to overcome obstacles: Kamrul Hasan

  Emran Hossain | Updated at 02:16am on January 24, 2020

  Lack of logistic support and coordination among institutions responsible for ensuring safe food are hurting the safe food campaign, said food safety inspector Mohammad Kamrul...

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  People suffer for unplanned urbanisation

  Zaman Monir . Sylhet | Updated at 01:04am on January 17, 2020

  Unplanned urbanisation to accommodate the fast increasing number of population in Sylhet city, largest growth centre in the country’s northeastern part, with more than one...

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  Formation of Sylhet Dev Authority can bring benefit: Mohammad Azizul Hoque

  Zaman Monir | Updated at 12:59am on January 17, 2020

  Civil and environmental engineering department head of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, professor Mohammad Azizul Hoque, observed that Sylhet City Corporation authorities are...

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  Unplanned urbanisation exacerbates civic problems: ATM Shoeb

  Zaman Monir | Updated at 12:57am on January 17, 2020

  President of Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the apex trade boy in the district, Abu Taher Md Shoeb, said major problems of urban life...

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  Master plan for Sylhet is in the offing: Ariful Haque Chowdhury

  Zaman Monir | Updated at 12:54am on January 17, 2020

  Sylhet City Corporation mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury claimed that preparing a realistic and implementable long-term master plan would be completed within first quarter of the...

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  Another circular soon to make block use mandatory in private construction: Ziaul

  Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 11:00pm on January 09, 2020

  The Department of Environment director for air quality management wing Md Ziaul Haque said that after making mandatory use of blocks in government construction and...

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  Research in block development is urgently needed: Mohammad Abu Sadeque

  Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 10:58pm on January 09, 2020

  Mohammad Abu Sadeque, executive director of the Centre for Housing and Building Research and former director general of Housing and Building Research Institute, said that...

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  Brick kilns back in business, rampant topsoil burning continues

  Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 10:54pm on January 09, 2020

  Countless brick kilns are back in operation. Many of the illegal brick kilns demolished during the recent drives have resumed operation posing serious environmental hazards...