Buriganga River
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...
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.
GRABBERS feast on buriganga
The Buriganga is getting narrower every year as dumping of waste along the river banks between Sadarghat and Rayerbazar by
River polluters warned
Millions of gallons of untreated wastewaters, mainly from industries, are being dumped into the rivers around Dhaka city through as many as 185 outlets every day.