Bangladesh environment
Take stern action to protect our environment
Ineffectiveness of government measures raises concerns
Air pollution cuts life expectancy in Bangladesh by average 4.8yrs: AQLI
Shortens lives in Gazipur, Narsingdi by over 6 years
JU needs a new master plan urgently
The uniqueness of its green campus must be preserved
Air pollution is now the biggest killer in Bangladesh
Take action against those responsible for this situation
Chalan beel is fast degrading to a tipping point
Protecting the beel and its network of waterbodies is vital
Dhaka's air is now so bad it is causing cancer
Government must reduce the toxicity through decisive steps
Curbing air pollution should be our top priority
It poses the greatest environmental threat to human health
A shrinking Buriganga is nature's wake-up call to us
Preventing and punishing river encroachers vital for its restoration
Are we to give up on breathing clean air?
No visible progress in curbing air pollution in Dhaka
Tea estate ignites wildfire, kills scores of animals
Hatimara Tea Garden took lease of a land near Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila some years ago. The place was a safe habitat for wildlife and hosted century-old trees... up until January 19, 2023.
37,000 River Grabbers: NRCC decision to withhold names draws flak
The National River Conservation Commission has decided not to publish a list of 37,000 new encroachers of 48 rivers and the environment activists say protecting their identities is tantamount to siding with the grabbers.
As Dhaka is cooked, it is the poor who are suffering more
Do city authorities have any plans to deal with heat stress from extreme temperatures?
We can’t always gain by monetising nature
Flawed environment decisions and resulting failures are not new in the policy context of Bangladesh. And yet, they thrive.
Commentary: So what else are we going to rob?
A new kind of robbery is wreaking havoc in some parts of our countryside. A robbery that forms a part of a far bigger picture of destruction of our ecology and thereby robbing our future generations of their chance to lead a healthy and prosperous life.