Department of Environment (DoE)
Curbing air pollution should be our top priority
It poses the greatest environmental threat to human health
Sylhet is losing its storied hillocks, one after another
Authorities must take stern action against the culprits
Dhaka’s forever toxic air
Do the authorities have any plan at all to contain air pollution?
Failed response to dengue and air pollution is no coincidence
High Court’s observations about the relevant authorities demand attention
Air pollution is not for only one authority to tackle
Md Ziaul Haque, the director of Air Quality Management at the Department of Environment, talks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about the factors behind severe air pollution in the country and why concerted efforts are needed from all ministries and government agencies concerned to fight it.
Stop encroachment of Arial Beel
Authorities must act on High Court’s directive to save the endangered wetland
Save Arial Beel from real estate sharks
Encroachers are destroying the once-thriving ecosystem of this wetland
Can a state institution just gobble up land?
BADC must stop filling the water retention area in Gabtoli
The crumbling coasts
Illegal sand mining is eating away people's homes, farmland and wildlife habitats
Another river doomed to go extinct
Government must save Haridaya River before it’s too late
The hills and their human predators
Why do illegal hill-cutters continue to go unpunished?
DoE demolishes 7 brick kilns, fines five others in Rangpur
A mobile court of the Department of Environment (DoE) in Rangpur has demolished seven illegal brick kilns in two upazilas of Rangpur.
DoE fines Toma Group Tk 50cr for cutting 22m cubic feet of hill in Ctg
Department of Environment (DoE), Chattogram region, has fined Toma Construction and Company Limited for razing almost 22 million cubic feet of hills from reserve forest area at Lohagara upazila of Chattogram.
DoE fines 12 businesses for pollution, violation of environmental laws
Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram region today fined 12 businesses Tk 6,61,000 for polluting environment and breaking environmental laws.
DoE seals off Int’l Tobacco Industries Ltd in Ctg
Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today sealed off International Tobacco Industries Limited for running operation without environmental clearance certificate.
DoE fines Cox’s Bazar UP chairman Tk 10 lakh for cutting hill
The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram has fined a union parishad chairman Tk 10 lakh for cutting a hill in Sadar upazila of Cox's Bazar.
3 shipbreaking yards fined Tk 3 lakh for pollution, violation of clearance conditions
The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram fined nine businesses, including three shipbreaking yards, Tk 8,20,000 in total for polluting the environment and violating the stipulated conditions in DoE's clearance certificate.
Shut down 231 illegal industries in Dhaka metro area: HC to DoE
The High Court directs the Department of Environment (DoE) to immediately shut down a total of 231 industries in Dhaka metropolitan area near Buriganga River.
Mobile court demolishes illegal brick kiln in Savar
A team of Department of Environment (DoE) demolishes one illegal brick kiln and detained its staff in a drive in Savar.
