General students of Polytechnic institutes form a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Sunday demanding removal of session jam.

Hydraulic horn causes serious harm to children: Expert

Hydraulic horn is cause of one of the immeasurable mediums of traffic noise as well as sound pollution that causes serious problems especially to the children, said former Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Dr Pran Gopal Dutta.“This horn (hydraulic) specially causes serious damage to children…if a child below three years of age hears a horn producing 100 decibel (dB) of noise from a close range, he or she might lose hearing power”, he told BSS.According to the World...

17 Oct 2018, 12:00 am