hill cutting

We need a fresh drive to protect environment

Government must push through vital measures for results

Why this constant onslaught on nature?

Razing of hills in Bandarban and elsewhere must stop

Save Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary from encroachers

Authorities must take action against those destroying forests

Scale up climate change adaptation as soon as possible

While Bangladesh has been doing quite well in adapting to climate change, there is still a long way to go with not much time to waste. Serious actions need to be taken urgently to boost the country’s resilience.

Stop the onslaught on Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary

Why has the Forest Department allowed it?

Onslaught on Tangail hillocks

The landscape and ecosystem in Tangail are under threat as “influential people” are flattening hillocks, which are a geological feature of parts of the district.

Hill Cutting in Bandarban: 3 labourers killed in landslide

Three labourers, including a woman, were killed in a landslide while cutting a hill to dig a drain in Ghumdhum area of Naikhongchhari upazila yesterday.

Hills lost to housing

Uttaran cooperative housing society, with powerful people as its members, has flattened around 150 acres of hilly land and cut down thousands of trees in Kolatoli of Cox's Bazar town for its housing estate.

Deaths in hills: Why and how

Hill cutting for illegal establishments is one of the key reasons behind the recent series of landslides in Rangamati, the worst in a decade that killed at least 120 people. Even after the landslides, many such dangerous and risky establishments have been found in the district.

January 21, 2024
January 21, 2024

We need a fresh drive to protect environment

Government must push through vital measures for results

January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024

Why this constant onslaught on nature?

Razing of hills in Bandarban and elsewhere must stop

December 31, 2023
December 31, 2023

Save Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary from encroachers

Authorities must take action against those destroying forests

August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023

Scale up climate change adaptation as soon as possible

While Bangladesh has been doing quite well in adapting to climate change, there is still a long way to go with not much time to waste. Serious actions need to be taken urgently to boost the country’s resilience.

January 15, 2023
January 15, 2023

Stop the onslaught on Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary

Why has the Forest Department allowed it?

December 19, 2018
December 19, 2018

Onslaught on Tangail hillocks

The landscape and ecosystem in Tangail are under threat as “influential people” are flattening hillocks, which are a geological feature of parts of the district.

May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018

Hill Cutting in Bandarban: 3 labourers killed in landslide

Three labourers, including a woman, were killed in a landslide while cutting a hill to dig a drain in Ghumdhum area of Naikhongchhari upazila yesterday.

July 7, 2017
July 7, 2017

Hills lost to housing

Uttaran cooperative housing society, with powerful people as its members, has flattened around 150 acres of hilly land and cut down thousands of trees in Kolatoli of Cox's Bazar town for its housing estate.

June 23, 2017
June 23, 2017

Deaths in hills: Why and how

Hill cutting for illegal establishments is one of the key reasons behind the recent series of landslides in Rangamati, the worst in a decade that killed at least 120 people. Even after the landslides, many such dangerous and risky establishments have been found in the district.

June 23, 2017
June 23, 2017

University VC, officials sued for hill cutting

The Department of Environment yesterday filed a case against the vice-chancellor, the registrar and a dean of Chittagong Veterinary

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