pollution
Why you should be worried about Dhaka’s air pollution
No matter where I am in this city, the air is always heavy and thickly laced with pollutants that harm me in many ways.
Cox's Bazar's sewage problem
Why did the authorities allow hotels, resorts and hatcheries without STPs to operate in Cox's Bazar?
The dumpster that once was a river
MMC must take action now to stop the trashing of a lifeline
Polluted development: Profits for few, losses for all
Staying silent against environmental pollution is serving the interests of the elite who are making profits from pollution.
How can we stop the super-rich from polluting planet?
The fury came fast when makeup mogul Kylie Jenner posted a photograph last July of her and her boyfriend Travis Scott flanked by two private jets and captioned "you wanna take mine or yours?"
Coal consumption may rise in Bangladesh this year
Although the coal consumption declined in Bangladesh last year, it is expected to increase sharply this year, the International Energy Agency said yesterday.
Pollution control: WB to contribute $250m loan to project for big cities
The government has taken an initiative to set up four new vehicle inspection centres (VICs) to control emissions.
World Rivers Day: Factories killing water bodies in Tongi
Only two decades ago, people bathed in the Hyderabad canal in Tongi, Gazipur.
WORLD CAR-FREE DAY / Burn less fuel, build better cities
Imagine for a moment our city without cars, but with high-quality public transport, people zipping by on bicycles, others on foot.
Environment pollution: 2.15 lakh lives lost in Bangladesh in 2019
Pollution caused over 2.15 lakh premature deaths in Bangladesh in 2019, according to a new global study.
Pollution claims 9m lives each year; Africa worst affected
Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9 million per year since 2015 – countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday.
Chattogram could become a carbon catastrophe on a global scale: Study
Chattogram division is at high risk of being one of the world’s largest carbon catastrophes once all the fossil fuel power plants – planned to be constructed in the division – come into operation, according to a joint study.
East Jurain: Saga of a manmade mess
Ward 53 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) covers most parts of East Jurain’s Muradpur area. According to the 2011 census, more than 27,000 people live in this ward which, according to them, has become probably the worst place to live in Dhaka.
‘Even upazilas will have traffic jam if AL is in power for another term’
There will be traffic jams even at upazila level if Awami League remains in power for another five-year term, LGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam told the parliament today.
Only PM's direct intervention can save the rivers of Bangladesh
Bangabandhu’s Sonar Bangla, people’s Sonar Bangla, history’s Sonar Bangla will be a barren Sonar Bangla with its rivers polluted, grabbed and encroached upon and rendered lifeless. SAVE THEM TO SAVE US.
Plastics have entered human food chain
Bits of plastic is detected in the faeces of people in Europe, Russia and Japan, according to research claiming to show for the first time the widespread presence of plastics in the human food chain.
The punishing costs of pollution
We do not need studies to tell us that indiscriminate, unplanned urbanisation, along with encroachment of land and water bodies, have polluted the air and water making our urban areas, unlivable.
Pollution biggest killer
Pollution claimed the lives of nine million people in 2015, one in every six deaths that year, according to a report published yesterday.
Toxic waste from US pot farms alarms experts
Pollution from illegal marijuana farms deep in California's national forests is far worse than previously thought, and has turned thousands of acres into waste dumps so toxic that simply touching plants has landed law enforcement officers in the hospital.
