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Mohakhali-Gulshan Road Median Strip / Now DNCC felling trees in name of development

Seems like the two city corporations of Dhaka cannot initiate a development project without cutting down trees.

Tree Felling / Police bar protesters from going to Nagar Bhaban

Around 200 people, protesting Dhaka South City Corporation's move to cut down trees on the capital's Saat Masjid Road, gathered in Bangabazar intersection after police stopped them from marching to Nagar Bhaban around noon today

Saat Masjid Road / A curious tradeoff

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has faced criticism from environmentalists after cutting down several hundred trees, including Banyan, Nim, Plum, and other varieties, along the median of Saat Masjid Road

Why I feel suffocated by Dhanmondi

Dhanmondi these days is a cacophony of people, traffic, events, vendors, schools, hospitals, restaurants, and construction sites.

The ‘War on Trees’ is winning

Unlike the “War on Terror,” a script written and executed by US President George W Bush, the “War on Trees” has been far more successful.

RHD cutting down 622 trees for road expansion

More than one hundred trees have already been cut down and several hundred more are in the process to embrace the same fate. It is the situation of a portion of Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway.

561 trees, mostly hundred year old, felled in Rajshahi

The prison authorities have felled at least 561 trees, many of those a hundred year old, at an orchard of Rajshahi Central Jail in the city’s Sipaipara area.

Govt okays felling over 3,200 trees in Gazipur, Cox’s Bazar

Bangladesh government okays the chopping down of over 3,200 trees from reserve forests in Gazipur and Cox’s Bazar for separate project works.

June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023

Now DNCC felling trees in name of development

Seems like the two city corporations of Dhaka cannot initiate a development project without cutting down trees.

May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023

Police bar protesters from going to Nagar Bhaban

Around 200 people, protesting Dhaka South City Corporation's move to cut down trees on the capital's Saat Masjid Road, gathered in Bangabazar intersection after police stopped them from marching to Nagar Bhaban around noon today

May 20, 2023
May 20, 2023

A curious tradeoff

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has faced criticism from environmentalists after cutting down several hundred trees, including Banyan, Nim, Plum, and other varieties, along the median of Saat Masjid Road

May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023

Why I feel suffocated by Dhanmondi

Dhanmondi these days is a cacophony of people, traffic, events, vendors, schools, hospitals, restaurants, and construction sites.

January 26, 2023
January 26, 2023

The ‘War on Trees’ is winning

Unlike the “War on Terror,” a script written and executed by US President George W Bush, the “War on Trees” has been far more successful.

April 23, 2022
April 23, 2022

RHD cutting down 622 trees for road expansion

More than one hundred trees have already been cut down and several hundred more are in the process to embrace the same fate. It is the situation of a portion of Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway.

April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019

561 trees, mostly hundred year old, felled in Rajshahi

The prison authorities have felled at least 561 trees, many of those a hundred year old, at an orchard of Rajshahi Central Jail in the city’s Sipaipara area.

May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018

Govt okays felling over 3,200 trees in Gazipur, Cox’s Bazar

Bangladesh government okays the chopping down of over 3,200 trees from reserve forests in Gazipur and Cox’s Bazar for separate project works.

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