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Factories and city waste polluting Gorai river
The current condition of the Gorai River is featured on today's Star Special
Private forest now a bird sanctuary
Today's Star Special will feature the story of Akash Koli Das's bird sanctuary
World's richest 1pc emit as much carbon as poorest 66pc
Check out today's Star Explains to find out more
Combating Air Pollution: $2.3b int’l fund fails to improve situation
The air quality in Bangladesh remains toxic nearly half the year even after the country received a whopping $2.3 billion to curb air pollution.
Abul Bashar: Narrating stories of the marginalised
Abul Bashar Rahman has been eager to learn about the environment since his school days. As he started studying economics at the British Columbia University of Canada three years ago, he went in-depth into the matter. He found out how massive industrialisation in the global North was mostly respo
Green Tex: Eco-friendly garment factory in Mymensingh's Bhaluka
A unit of Green Textile Limited of Bangladesh topped the list of eco-friendly factories in February this year.
Are migratory birds still being hunted in Sylhet?
In Sylhet's Hakaluki Haor, some poachers are killing migratory birds using traps and poison. The birds are then sold to various local markets.
All the city's waste dumped under the open sky
About two lakh citizens live in Pabna municipal area but without a proper waste management system. Although upgraded to a first-class municipality in 1989, all the waste in the city is still being dumped under the open sky. This is resulting in a public health hazard in the town.
Why are elephants attacking human settlements?
Evidence suggests Alexander the Great’s march of global conquest came to a halt when he heard the stories of a great nation east of the Ganges - Gangaridai - and its massive army of war elephants. Chittagong used to provide elephants and trainers to the British Empire, the Mughal Empire and even the Roman Empire.
Belarus national’s diverse roof garden in Bangladesh
Ala Imran was born in Belarus. She is an architect by profession. She came to Bangladesh in 1994 with her husband Ashik Imran. They started a family in Chattogram. Ala and Ashik established their architecture firm Fialka.
In Chattogram, 3,000 water bodies perished in 10 years
Due to encroachment, soil filling, and pollution, many ponds and lakes in Chattogram city are disappearing.
Land grabbing, pollution pushing Bhairab to ruin?
Bhairab river, running through Khulna, has now lost its vitality because of severe pollution and blatant illegal land grabbing. Apparently, the accusation falls on authority’s inaction to stop the locally powerful perpetrators.
Sylhet City Corporation chopping down trees Indiscriminately
Sylhet City Corporation is cutting down trees indiscriminately in the name of development. However, no clearance was taken from the forest department as per the rules.
Dredging in Dhamrai's Bangshi river: Locals fear erosion
Locals fear they might lose their land to erosion following dredging in Bangshi river in Dhamrai.
Savar tanneries polluting Dhaleshwari
Over a hundred tanneries were relocated to Savar to save the Buriganga river and the environment of the capital. But now, it is the Dhaleshwari river in Savar which is being used to dump tannery waste because of the faulty waste management system of the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP). Locals are facing various problems after the tanneries were relocated there from Dhaka.
Dhaka: A city shrouded in toxic air
Bangladesh and its capital Dhaka have been consistently named in the top five when it comes to worst air pollution rankings since 2018. Extremely polluted air has been the cause of severe health issues and even deaths throughout the country over the years.
Potted plants: No longer a breeding ground for mosquitoes?
Abdul Halim of Manikganj has studied science textbooks to devise a novel design for pots to grow plants, without them posing a risk of being breeding grounds for mosquito larvae.
Bangladeshis lose 5.4 years of their lives due to air pollution: Global study
Air pollution shortens the average Bangladeshi’s life expectancy by 5.4 years, said the latest edition of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago's Air Quality Life Index (AQLI).
