Water pollution
Louhajang river clean up drive to begin
Tangail district administrations will begin a drive to clean up Louhajang river tomorrow
Phulbari Municipality: Chhoto Jamuna now a dumping zone
Garbage, including plastic waste, piled up across 400 metres under a footbridge on Chhoto Jamuna river, and also scattered along the riverbank on both sides -- this was what this correspondent saw during a recent visit to Phulbari municipality in Dinajpur.
MP Suman delivers on promise
Election season is all about tall promises. Candidates go door-to-door and pledge different things to the voters, only to be a no-show for five years in many cases
Trishal Municipality: Waste dumping pollutes Sutia river
Indiscriminate dumping of household waste materials beside the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Trishal upazila has become a nuisance for local residence, thanks to the indifference of the authorities concerned.
In Tangail, no one seems to care about canals
Once a trading hub along the banks of the Louhajang river, Tangail was adorned with 27 canals, crisscrossing through the town.
World Oceans Day: Theme, history, significance and all you need to know
UN chief calls for greater action to protect oceans
Brahmaputra runs dry in Mymensingh
Despite dredging efforts being underway since 2019, the Old Brahmaputra has failed to show any signs of the expected increase in its water levels.
Save Labandha river from pollution
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) yesterday asked the government to take necessary measures to save Labandha river in Gazipur from pollution and encroachment.
23 high-polluting tanneries to face music
Twenty-three tanneries that are causing high levels of pollution are set to be shut down, a parliamentary body said yesterday.
Environmental Pollution: JS body directs DoE to take steps to shut down Savar tannery estate
The parliamentary standing committee on the environment ministry today asked the monitoring and enforcement wing of the Department of Environment (DoE) to take necessary measures to shut down the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate for the failure of its joint management committee to comply with the environment standards.
Celebrating the country’s rivers
A cultural show on the country’s rivers was held at Mymensingh Zila Shilpakala Academy auditorium on Sunday evening.
Painting a river black
The level of pollutants in the Buriganga water samples taken from some dyeing factory effluent release points is much higher than standard levels, found a study.
Buriganga suffering, Dhaleshwari worse off
The water quality of the Buriganga continues to be poor even though it has been almost five years since the tanneries from the capital’s Hazaribagh area were relocated to an estate in Hemayetpur of Savar.
As our rivers lie dying
Two major riverbanks on the capital’s outskirts remain at the mercy of illegal encroachers, and the only action the government has taken over the last decade is preparing lists of the grabbers, without taking any action against them.
No proper ETP set-up: Dyeing factory fined Tk one lakh in Gazipur
The Department of Environment (DoE) today fined a dyeing factory in Gazipur Tk one lakh for not properly setting up an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP).
Fish worth Tk 15 lakh die in Moulvibazar pond
Fish worth around Tk 15 lakh have died due to dumping of waste of a cattle haat into ‘Sagardighi’ in Sreemangal Municipality of Moulvibazar. The dead fish mostly rohu and pangas weighing 2-4 kg were seen floating on the waterbody when the report was filed on Saturday.
Pollution from animal waste: Fish worth Tk 15 lakh die in Moulvibazar pond
Fish were dying in a pond as waste of sacrificial animals from a nearby cattle market polluted the water in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila.
