The rivers encircling Dhaka have been gasping for survival for decades, choked by pollution and encroachment.
The Manu river in Moulvibazar is facing severe pollution as various types of waste, including household garbage, are routinely dumped along its banks.
Rivers around Dhaka city remain seriously polluted despite some measures that have been taken over the years to curb water pollution, according to a recent study.
Two dead fish were recovered from Halda river's Kuman Khali area of Hathazari upazila of Chattogram today
Tangail district administrations will begin a drive to clean up Louhajang river tomorrow
Garbage, including plastic waste, piled up across 400 metres under a footbridge on Chhoto Jamuna river, and also scattered along the riverbank on both sides -- this was what this correspondent saw during a recent visit to Phulbari municipality in Dinajpur.
Election season is all about tall promises. Candidates go door-to-door and pledge different things to the voters, only to be a no-show for five years in many cases
Indiscriminate dumping of household waste materials beside the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Trishal upazila has become a nuisance for local residence, thanks to the indifference of the authorities concerned.
Fish were dying in a pond as waste of sacrificial animals from a nearby cattle market polluted the water in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila.
Damage to Sri Lanka’s marine environment from a sinking chemical ship is worse than feared, officials said yesterday, as more dead turtles, dolphins and whales washed up on the island’s beaches.
Keeping provisions of tougher punishments for polluting environment, the Mongla Port Authority Bill-2021 was placed in parliament yesterday.
The High Court yesterday asked Dhaka Wasa to submit a report on what has been done to implement a 2011 order to stop dumping sewage in the Buriganga river.
A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader of Dhaka University was critically injured in an attack by some leaders and activists of Bangladesh
An undetermined amount of palm oil spilled into the Karnaphuli river yesterday after a tanker's anchor got entangled with another's
Students from 14 secondary schools yesterday urged the government to save the river Bangshi in Savar from grabbing
During a sudden inspection of some union parishad land offices in Sadar and Kaliakoir upazilas of the district, State Minister for Land
Law enforces in a drive arrested two forest robbers from Arpangachhiya area in Shyamnagar upazila of the district on Saturday. Identity of
A mobile court yesterday fined a foreign vessel Tk 60,000 for polluting the river Karnaphuli as it was spilling oil at Chittagong Port.
