environmental pollution

UNIDO and DoE organise environmental cleanup and awareness programme in Chauddagram

The program aimed to raise mass awareness about reducing single-use plastics (SUP) and promote the use of reusable and recyclable materials.

A river indistinguishable from a canal is no river

Plight of the Karatoya highlights the pitiful state of our rivers

We need a fresh drive to protect environment

Government must push through vital measures for results

Stop relentless attacks on our forests

Illegal encroachers are devouring Bangladesh's precious natural resources

Why this constant onslaught on nature?

Razing of hills in Bandarban and elsewhere must stop

Save Bhairab River before it’s too late

One by one, our rivers are being killed

Rivers cannot be saved without honest efforts

Government offices must overcome their inadequacies to play a bigger role

A riverine horror show

Saga of three rivers a reminder of how catastrophically mismanaged our rivers are

Rhetoric cannot save our rivers

State minister’s words must be followed by proper action

September 26, 2022
September 26, 2022

Not waste anymore: Maiden shipment of solid tannery soon

A local company is set to export solid waste generated at the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate (STIE), a move that could show the way for curbing the dumping of polluting materials in open yards and cutting the scope for environmental pollution.

July 23, 2022
July 23, 2022

There is a war going on against nature in Bangladesh

Dhaka losing its greenery is the tip of a colossal iceberg

June 15, 2022
June 15, 2022

Cheaper polythene bags spell disaster for the environment

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed to withdraw the existing 5 percent supplementary duty on all types of polythene bags, plastic bags (including oven plastic bags) and wrapping materials made of polyethylene.

June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022

Who will hold the reins of brick kiln owners?

Toxic smoke from brick kilns is damaging crops and public health

March 27, 2022
March 27, 2022

Dhaka world's noisiest city, Rajshahi 4th on list: UN report

Dhaka is the world’s noisiest city, according to a latest report of the United Nations Environment Programme.

March 22, 2019
March 22, 2019

Farmland turns WASTELAND

Selim Uddin, 50, had been a farmer all his life like his father and his father before him. Until a few years ago, he earned his living by farming on a small piece of land and fishing in canals in and around his South Madrasa union in Chittagong's Hathazari upazila.

March 14, 2019
March 14, 2019

Pollution causes 1 in 4 deaths

A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to environmental pollution and climate change, says a landmark report of the United Nations.

October 3, 2018
October 3, 2018

Killing the environment

A recent World Bank report—an environmental analysis of Bangladesh—should erase any remaining doubts about the critical level that environmental pollution has reached in the country.

May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018

9 killed in India cops firing

Nine people are killed when police opened fire on protesters demanding the closure of a copper smelting plant over environmental pollution concern in a port city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu today.

January 25, 2018
January 25, 2018

Bangladesh 2nd worst country in curbing pollution

Bangladesh is the second worst country in curbing environmental pollution, an Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranking report says.

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