The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has initiated a project to monitor and maintain newly planted trees across the DNCC jurisdiction using General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology. This initiative was inaugurated at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) auditorium on November 18.
Recently, I visited the new DoE office for work-related purposes. I was surprised to see an almost empty office on a weekday and at around 3pm in the afternoon. There was hardly anyone in the air quality department, except for the person I had gone there to meet.