Special Report

SA Cities Facing Newer Challenges

Janatul Ferdushy Sova

Experts at a recent workshop in Dhaka stressed the need for urgent action to encourage the inherent strength in sustainable commuting practices like public transport, walking and cycling to face the twin challenges of air pollution and traffic congestion the South Asian cities, including Dhaka and New Delhi, are facing.

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Occurrence of Economic Mineral Sands:

Bangladesh Becoming A Major Commercially Producing Country

M. Muminullah & Md. Baharul Alam Biswas

Bangladesh could be top in ranking in the mineral sector by developing the resources of heavy mineral sand deposits which exist in Bangladesh and thereby become a commercially producing country through exploration and processing of these minerals.