The Local Government (City Corporation) Act, 2009 empowers City Corporations to levy and collect taxes, prepare budgets and maintain their funds with a view to providing quality and improved civic services to the citizens living in the...
Drug use is extremely harmful to public health, the economy and the environment. Bangladesh is one of the ten highest tobacco consuming countries in the world due to large population, poverty and lack of education and awareness
The National Sanitation Marketing Policy has been developed to ensure safe sanitation practices in Bangladesh, which aligns with SDG target 6.2. This is a strategy that will guide Bangladesh towards ensuring basic Sanitation and moving away from over-reliance on leaf resources
The original intent of the vetting guidelines was to ensure that no project runs counter to any of the national policy principles. The Sector Development Programme (SDP), arsenic contamination of groundwater, the challenge of achieving 100% sanitation coverage by 2013, and the climate impacts
Dengue outbreaks are thought to occur during the rainy season when the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes increases. The national guidelines for preventing dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases was published for this cause. These guidelines will apply to all government institutions and stakeholders
As a part of developing this guideline, the existing O&M situation of water supply and sanitation technologies implemented by both the Government and other sector partners was studied to capture the existing challenges for O&M at the field level in different hydro-geographical settings
Among different kinds of natural hazards; floods, cyclones, coastal cyclone surges, river bank erosion, water logging, and draught hamper the water supply, sanitation, and hygiene facilities in the affected areas for a prolonged period. It will provide guidelines for WASH emergencies in Bangladesh
