Illegal sand lifting
Protect Kuakata reserve forest
Report of sand extraction from the forest for a government project is alarming.
Take stern action to protect our environment
Ineffectiveness of government measures raises concerns
Save Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary from encroachers
Authorities must take action against those destroying forests
How the sand mafia is killing our rivers
Illegal and indiscriminate sand extraction from the rivers is increasing at an alarming rate, with the backing of ruling party politicians, causing massive erosion of riverbanks and destruction of rural settlements and farmlands.
Save Bakkhali River from encroachment
How are grabbers getting away with frequent onslaughts on its banks?
Dipu Moni’s response to our nine questions
Question - 1: The National River Conservation Commission chairman [removed from the post on October 18] said a female minister from Chandpur is involved in illegally extracting sand from the Meghna. What is your comment on that?
Of illegal sand lifting and Dipu Moni’s 15 letters
There were no signs of life on the Meghna river as our engine boat cut through the darkness on the night of October 5. It was around 12:30am.
Don’t punish bold public officials
Sacking of river commission chief sends the wrong message
Thousands face wrath of Kaliganga river
About 1,500 families of eight villages in Daulatpur upazila have lost their homesteads, fruit orchards and vast croplands due to erosion by the Kaliganga river in the last few years.
Illegal sand lifting poses erosion threat
Up to 17 times a day tractor driver Nabir Hossain from Kulaaghat village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila carts a trailer-load of sand away from the Darla riverbed. “Each trailer load sells for up to Tk. 1,400 on the mainland,” he says. Like Hossain many locals earn their keep
Illegal sand lifting
In a welcome move, the mobile court jailed and fined 14 people for illegally lifting sand near the Bangabandhu Bridge in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail.