Vol. 5 Num 130 Sun. October 03, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Star City Canal survey begins for navigability In a bid to protect canals in and around Dhaka from grabbers, the government has launched an extensive survey of the natural channels of water that help check overflow of the drainage system and reduce Gulshan Lake Work on bridge, walkway to begin this winter Approval of PCP awaited to begin construction by next winter Rajuk intends to begin construction of walkway and six bridges across Gulshan-Baridhara lake demolishing existing link roads to protect the lake from pollution and encroachment provided the project gets Electronic traffic signals at 59 city points by Dec Display of advertisement on vehicles to be banned Electronic traffic signals at 59 points of Dhaka metropolitan city would be set up by December to ease severe traffic jam. Flood victims vacate temporary shelters Food affected families of the Shahjadpur slum that were sheltered by the rich and elite members of the Gulshan Society vacated their temporary shelters on Friday after much pressure although the water Noise pollution rules on cards After much deliberation, the Department of Environment (DoE) has at last sent the final draft of the proposed Noise Pollution (control) Rules 2004 to the Ministry of Environment and Forest on Saturday Moneychangers irked by rise in annual turnover requirement The Bangladesh (BB) Bank decision to raise the ceiling of yearly return for money exchange firms to US$5 lakh from $2.     Advertisement