Moving toward quality water and sanitation services
Access to sanitation lags behind access to water. Quality of service is poor, with intermittent supplies, continuing environmental degradation, and financially weak service providers. Moreover, future water availability is not guaranteed. Uncertainty about water resources will most profoundly affect poor populations, who often live in disaster-prone areas such as overcrowded settlements and low-lying deltas. Water variability will also strongly impact providers’ ability to maintain adequate quality and quantity of services.
There is no universal solution to these challenges, but the World Bank sees them under three 
BD seeks foreign investment in tourism sector
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Thursday sought foreign investment in the tourism sector to help grow the sector further with an increased employment generation.
“We need cooperation from neighbours to get more tourists…we also invite investments here,” he said.
The Tourism Minister made the call while addressing the inaugural session of a three-day tourism fair tiled ‘4th Asian Tourism Fair, 2015’ at Bashundhara International Convention City in the city as the chief guest.
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The Tourism Minister made the call while addressing the inaugural session of a three-day tourism fair tiled ‘4th Asian Tourism Fair, 2015’ at Bashundhara International Convention City in the city as the chief guest.
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APAC businesses showing strong agility: Oracle says
Today, Oracle announces the results of its “Oracle Cloud Agility” study and revealed that businesses across Asia Pacific (APAC) are showing strong signs of agility in some areas and clearly recognise the business benefits of agility (i.e., able to adjust quickly to new business opportunities or to iterate new products and services quickly).
However, Oracle’s research also highlights a clear lack of awareness among businesses around 
how technology, like Platform-as-a-...
how technology, like Platform-as-a-...
Physical disability cricket in city Sept 2
First ever Five-Nation International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) tournament (physical disability cricket tournament) is set to commence in Dhaka from September 2.
Physical disability cricket is still in its infancy, with an England team launched in 2009. Until this year the Three Lions and Pakistan were the only countries to have sides.
But next month Sprotbrough Cricket Club’s Laidlaw will be part of the England team that competes in the sport’s first multi-nation competition.
India, Afghanistan and hosts Bangladesh will joi...
But next month Sprotbrough Cricket Club’s Laidlaw will be part of the England team that competes in the sport’s first multi-nation competition.
India, Afghanistan and hosts Bangladesh will joi...
BD workers’ poetry inspires dance piece in Singapore
For contemporary dance choreographer Raka Maitra, literature has always been the starting point for many of her works, such as those written by Rabindranath Tagore and Omar Khayyam. But there is something a bit more special about her latest show, where she is working with newly minted poetry written by Singapore’s migrant workers.
Titled “From Another Land” and presented under the Esplanade’s Raga series, to be held on September 11 and 12, Maitra’s company Chowk will be presenting a performance based on her Odissi-inspired dance vocabulary, which will also incorporate poetry readings in Bengali by two poet-workers, and an English translation by multidisciplinary artist Bani Haykal.
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Two US TV journos shot dead on air
Two journalists have been shot dead during a live TV report in the US state of Virginia, their employer confirms.
WDBJ7 TV reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were killed during an interview in Moneta, Bedford County, the TV station said.
During the live broadcast, shots could be heard, sending the reporter and the person she was interviewing running.
Police say they are investigating the incident and still searching for the suspect.
“We do not know the motive. We do not know who the suspect or who the killer i...
During the live broadcast, shots could be heard, sending the reporter and the person she was interviewing running.
Police say they are investigating the incident and still searching for the suspect.
“We do not know the motive. We do not know who the suspect or who the killer i...
