National River Conservation Commission
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.
Will Ichhamati ever flow again?
Random projects cannot save our rivers, if commitment and coordination are lacking
A dumping zone called Turag river
DNCC’s indiscriminate dumping of waste on the banks of Turag River is inexcusable
Another river doomed to go extinct
Government must save Haridaya River before it’s too late
Another river on its way out
Habiganj authorities must take urgent steps to save Khowai River
The gaps in DAP: How to avoid urban flooding in Dhaka
The regulations that DAP recommends can initiate a spree of development in the floodplains and agricultural lands surrounding central Dhaka, posing a serious threat of urban flooding.
Make Dhaka river authorities accountable
Continued pollution leading to public health and environmental crises
We dig our own grave when we kill a river
Without realising the importance of rivers, particularly by the government, we cannot save our rivers
WORLD RIVERS DAY TODAY / Authorities’ inaction put rivers in peril
The deplorable conditions of the rivers around Dhaka city and elsewhere in the country due to encroachment and pollution are the result of inaction of the river custodians and their complicity with the grabbers for decades, National River Conservation Commission Chairman Muzibur Rahman Howlader has said.
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.
Will Ichhamati ever flow again?
Random projects cannot save our rivers, if commitment and coordination are lacking
A dumping zone called Turag river
DNCC’s indiscriminate dumping of waste on the banks of Turag River is inexcusable
Another river doomed to go extinct
Government must save Haridaya River before it’s too late
Another river on its way out
Habiganj authorities must take urgent steps to save Khowai River
The gaps in DAP: How to avoid urban flooding in Dhaka
The regulations that DAP recommends can initiate a spree of development in the floodplains and agricultural lands surrounding central Dhaka, posing a serious threat of urban flooding.
Make Dhaka river authorities accountable
Continued pollution leading to public health and environmental crises
We dig our own grave when we kill a river
Without realising the importance of rivers, particularly by the government, we cannot save our rivers
Authorities’ inaction put rivers in peril
The deplorable conditions of the rivers around Dhaka city and elsewhere in the country due to encroachment and pollution are the result of inaction of the river custodians and their complicity with the grabbers for decades, National River Conservation Commission Chairman Muzibur Rahman Howlader has said.
