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20-year-old buses must be withdrawn from city streets: Saber Hossain
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said 20-year old buses, which have exceeded their economic life, should be withdrawn from the city streets aiming to check air pollution.
Stop the misconduct of Dhaka WASA meter readers
Dhaka WASA has increased water prices at least 14 times in 13 years. However, despite this, the quality of water supply has not improved; instead, various types of irregularities and corruption have increased. The corruption discussed is referred to as the "meter fraud trap." Corruption related to meters is becoming an unfortunate trend in Bangladesh. Electricity meters were previously associated with fraud, with even ordinary meter readers found to own millions of taka. Now, a similar trend is observed in the water meters of WASA, which is unexpected for the country.
DMP's 'special measures' to solve traffic problems during Ramadan
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has undertaken some special initiatives to contain excessive traffic congestion in the capital during the month of Ramadan.
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