Buriganga River
Encroachers cut Buriganga’s length by 16km
A 16-kilometre stretch of the Buriganga has been lost to encroachment by real estate developers and locals, according to a study released yesterday.
A riverine horror show
Saga of three rivers a reminder of how catastrophically mismanaged our rivers are
Rhetoric cannot save our rivers
State minister’s words must be followed by proper action
Ruplal House: heritage held hostage
If one goes to look for Farashganj Ruplal House in Dhaka, it would be a near impossible task to find it amid hundreds of shops. When they do get there eventually, they will find an old residential building covered with moss.
WB to steer Dhaka rivers back to life
The World Bank has agreed to take lead in a landmark project to breathe life back into the five rivers surrounding Dhaka city involving about $20 billion.
What good is the status of 'living entities' if rivers continue to be choked?
Government must take urgent steps to reduce plastic pollution
HC wants to know steps, plan to seal off drains and sewerage lines linked to Buriganga
The High Court today wanted to know specifically the steps and plan of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to implement its 2011 directives for sealing off the drains and sewerage lines linked to the Buriganga River and to stop its pollution.
Wasa MD not executing directives to close sewerage lines to Buriganga: HC
The High Court today observed that the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is voluntarily not implementing a 2011 directive asking it to seal off drains and sewerage lines linked to Buriganga River.
Launch capsize in Buriganga: 32 bodies recovered so far
Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of 30 people after a launch capsized in Buriganga river at Dhaka's Shyambazar.
Bodies of 2 kids recovered from Buriganga river
Two children die as a boat capsizes in the Buriganga river in Dhaka’s Sadarghat area.
Disasters waiting to happen
A picture published by this newspaper yesterday of rickety three-storey buildings on the banks of the Buriganga river in the capital exemplifies another disaster in the making.
Eviction drive on to reclaim river banks
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) yesterday knocked down 252 illegal structures, including 10 multi-storey buildings, at the capital's Kamrangirchar.
Encroachment: Eviction along Buriganga
For the fourth day, authorities are pulling down illegal establishments along the vein of Dhaka – the Buriganga River – to free its land from encroachment.
3 of a family die in Buriganga boat capsize
The fire service yesterday recovered bodies of four members of a family who went missing after a boat capsized in the Buriganga on Friday night.
3 bodies found in Buriganga
Police recovered the bodies of three unidentified men from the river Buriganga in Dhaka's Keraniganj and Kamrangirchar areas in the last two days.
Illegal dockyards along Buriganga demolished
An illegal dockyard along the Buriganga River in Mirerbagh, Dakshin Keraniganj, is bulldozed to the ground by the authorities.
Dhaleshwari going the Buriganga way?
A picture in the backpage of this paper's Friday issue says it all. Untreated waste from a tannery in Savar's tannery estate, being dumped into the Dhaleshwari.
Missing boy's body found in Buriganga
The decomposed body of a class-X student was found floating in the Buriganga river in the capital's Postogola on Thursday evening, three days after he had gone missing.
Buriganga waterbus service
The dysfunctional state of the waterbuses of Buriganga is an example of how bad management and lack of commitment can ruin a good initiative.
