The story goes way back, when this piece of artillery was located in a “char” named Moghlani Char
A 16-kilometre stretch of the Buriganga has been lost to encroachment by real estate developers and locals, according to a study released yesterday.
Saga of three rivers a reminder of how catastrophically mismanaged our rivers are
State minister’s words must be followed by proper action
If one goes to look for Farashganj Ruplal House in Dhaka, it would be a near impossible task to find it amid hundreds of shops. When they do get there eventually, they will find an old residential building covered with moss.
The World Bank has agreed to take lead in a landmark project to breathe life back into the five rivers surrounding Dhaka city involving about $20 billion.
Government must take urgent steps to reduce plastic pollution
The High Court today wanted to know specifically the steps and plan of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to implement its 2011 directives for sealing off the drains and sewerage lines linked to the Buriganga River and to stop its pollution.
The High Court today observed that the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is voluntarily not implementing a 2011 directive asking it to seal off drains and sewerage lines linked to Buriganga River.
The dysfunctional state of the waterbuses of Buriganga is an example of how bad management and lack of commitment can ruin a good initiative.
The Buriganga is getting narrower every year as dumping of waste along the river banks between Sadarghat and Rayerbazar by
Millions of gallons of untreated wastewaters, mainly from industries, are being dumped into the rivers around Dhaka city through as many as 185 outlets every day.
In a move to save the major rivers around Dhaka, the government today made Effluent Treatment Plants a mandatory factor for the factories.
Almost lost amid negligence and encroachment, it is hard to believe, Chhoto Katra was one of the places from where Mughal Subedar Shaista Khan ruled Bengal. Chhoto Katra was built in 1670 by Shaista Khan on the bank of the Buriganga.
If you walk down the Farashganj road near the banks of the Buriganga river, you will come across the Northbrook Hall library. From the outside it would look like an abandoned building. But inside, it has hundreds of rare books—published in the nineteenth century—some of which may not be available elsewhere in the world.
The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that directed the government to demolish and remove the recreation centre from Buriganga river at Kamrangirchar area in Dhaka.
A rights group sends legal notice to government authorities concerned, asking them to remove all wastes from the south side bank of Buriganga River in a week and to take effective steps to stop dumping wastes there.
The High Court issued a contempt rule against 10 tannery owners over charges of creating bars to implement a previous judgment regarding salvation of Buriganga river.
Vehicular movement on the first Buriganga bridge at Keraniganj resumes after six and a half hours of blockade by transport workers protesting “toll hike”.
