environmental degradation
Why open-pit coal mining in Phulbari will be disastrous
The coal bed of Bangladesh differs from that of many other places in the world, where the water table is found usually below the coal bed, not above as in Bangladesh.
We cannot ignore the threat of microplastics
New study reveals harrowing level of microplastic pollution in rivers
Yet another reserved forest in peril
In ensuring amenities, the authorities must not destroy nature
Shall we just bow to illegal sand lifters?
Government must take stern action against those lifting sand from Jamuna, Meghna
Stop ravaging our reserve forests
Government must not allow anyone to occupy or destroy forestland
With every forest razed, a little bit of Bangladesh dies too
Worrying reports about natural degradation question the government’s sincerity
Re-greening Bangladesh will require more than token gestures
Authorities must protect our existing natural resources before taking any reforesting measure
Why are we so intent on killing forests?
Chattogram district administration must answer for felling 5,000 trees
Saat Masjid Road: Trees felled for facelift, a new median strip
City life comes with rapid change. But for the residents of Dhanmondi what didn’t change for long were the trees and plants on the median of Saat Masjid Road. Bursting with blossoms in spring and summer, the krishnachuras and the radhachuras, among other trees, became a part of their lives.
Fiscal policies that could tackle air pollution and climate change
Environmental degradation and climate change impacts create externalities that can be reduced through appropriate pricing mechanisms.
Reserve forest defiled, defying court order
A tea company is digging a lake in the middle of a reserve forest in Fatikchhari, Chattogram, in what environmentalists say is a crime that’s causing irreparable damage to the environment.
Another river on its death bed
By killing our rivers, we only hasten our downfall
Reimagining the post-pandemic world
The COVID-19 pandemic hit us at a time when anthropogenic climate change is threatening to destabilise our lives.
A note on the environmental aspects of Rohingya camps
It has been nearly a year since the latest influx of the Rohingya people after they were forcibly driven out of Myanmar and into Bangladesh. Since last August, over 700,000 refugees, mostly women and children, have been housed, fed, clothed and provided with medical attention by a combination of Bangladesh's military and civilian authorities and NGOs as well as the UN and other international agencies, of whom there are over a hundred working day and night in the Rohingya camps.
Protecting the environment
We observed yet another World Environment Day, and perhaps it is time to seriously evaluate if our actions on the ground match our grand pledges, in summits and seminars, to protect the country from the threat of climate change and further environmental degradation.
