A Tk 1,882.59-crore project for the improvement of water supply and sanitation in arsenic and iron-hit 98 upazilas of 30 districts was cleared by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday along with four other development projects.

Care Bangladesh, with support from USAID, on Wednesday handed over constructed handwashing stations to a union health and welfare center in Mithamoin, Kishoreganj.