Compo sting is generally achieved by converting solid waste into stable humus like materials via biodegradation of putrescible organic .materials generally in presence of oxygen. The microorganisms involved in solid waste ...

The changing lifestyle of people coupled with urbanization, rapid technological progress and decreasing lifespan of a single electronic device, has lead to increasing rates of consumption of electronic products. This has ...

The main objective of the study was development of an empirical equation to correlate annual daily maximum rainfall and the annual maximum rainfall of short durations ranging from 5 to 120 minutes. The equation was ...

The pollution from transportation sector is one of the biggest hazards that people of Dhaka City are facing today. The inhabitants of Dhaka City are also more likely to suffer the detrimental health effects that can ...

This study presents an assessment of the impacts of the on-going water supply, sanitation and solid waste management activities on the health situation of the people of Gazipur pourashava, and provides some recommendations ...

Fertilizer is an important chemical compound. In Bangladesh yearly agricultural productions are much less than the actual demand. Nitrogenous fertilizer (mainly urea) is essential to increase the agricultural production. ...

Exposure to pesticide imposes serious long term risk to human beings. The exposure level ("0.018 mg/kg/day) of pesticides in Bangladesh is much higher than that of expected level ( 0.005 mg/kg/day). So, there is a ...

The planning and design of urban drainage system can not be successfully conducted without a variety of supporting data relating to the locality of the actual project as well as to the entire region that will be benefited ...

Salinity in water poses a serious problem in the coastal region of Bangladesh. The major difficulty in developing appropriate water supply system for the communities in that region is that aquifers containing sweet water ...

The present study was aimed to investigate the anaerobic digestion process of a mixing of organic kitchen wastes (cooked & uncooked) obtained from Sreepur Shishu Palli and cowdung. Mixing of slurry is the basic requirement ...