pollution

World Environment Day: A story of memory and nature

There are people who protect our little spaces so that they can be green again.

Cars are killing Earth, in more ways than we think

Cars are harmful to our health and to our environment.

Caught in toxic grip of a landfill

Soil, groundwater and air pollution poses serious health hazards to people around Amin Bazar landfill

Ignoring biodiversity conservation will cost us

Climate change is severely affecting natural resources, including forests, wetlands, floodplains, hill ecosystems, and biodiversity.

Overcrowding, pollution, food stalls: Suhrawardy Udyan under threat

As far as the eye can see, food stalls crowd every nook and corner, offering everything from “bhaja puras” to Chinese dishes. Tea vendors jostle for space alongside hawkers selling women’s ornaments at bargain prices.

Bigger isn't always better

The belief shared by corporate and government leaders that bigger is always better is founded on the false assumption

Plastic Pollution invades the Sundarbans

A group of primates wrestled with a plastic bag caught in the tangled roots of a mangrove tree. Their screeches echoed through the dense forest as they tore at the flimsy material, desperate for the scraps of food trapped inside.

‘Toxic PFAS found in water near textile factories’

High percentage of a harmful substance was found in the water near the country’s garment factories, according to a new study.

Why do policymakers care so little about pollution?

Each day of inaction translates to more lives lost

February 13, 2016
February 13, 2016

How to get a black-belt in carrom?

Carrom board is the second most common thing in Bangladesh for a Bangladeshi after the crow, and also second behind the rickshaw for a foreigner and definitely second after the dirt, grime and pollution for a non-residential Bangladeshi (NRB) just arrived…Ufff, ki gondho (What the stench is this?)

December 26, 2015
December 26, 2015

71-km human chain formed to save Turag

Environmentalists form a 71-km-long human chain on the banks of the Turag River demanding an end to pollution and grabbing of the river.

December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015

Beijing issues second ever pollution "red alert"

Beijing authorities have issued a second pollution "red alert", little more than a week after its first ever such warning.

December 8, 2015
December 8, 2015

China pollution: First ever red alert in effect in Beijing

Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital's first ever pollution "red alert"red alert" came into effect.

October 8, 2015
October 8, 2015

World’s corals threatened by bleaching

Corals worldwide are at risk from a major episode of bleaching which turns reefs white, scientists have confirmed.

September 17, 2015
September 17, 2015

Indonesia arrests executives of 'haze-causing companies'

In a rare crackdown, Indonesia has arrested executives from seven companies accused of contributing to a pollution-filled haze in the region.

June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015

Cleaner air would save two million lives a year: study

Cleaner air worldwide will save two million lives a year and not only in the most polluted countries, a study finds.

June 3, 2015
June 3, 2015

ATTENTION MAYORS: Top priority is to manage street garbage (video)

Garbage management to be on the top priority list on the recently-elected mayors of Dhaka north and south city corporations who have announced to make Dhaka a clean place in the next six months.

May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015

Bangladesh tanneries: HRW gives bleak outlook

Bangladesh must enforce laws to stop child labour and occupational and environmental health dangers in tannery industry, says Human Rights Watch.

April 17, 2015
April 17, 2015

Tonnes of dead fish removed from Rio Olympic rowing venue

Brazilian workers remove more than 33 tonnes of dead fish from the 2016 Olympic rowing and canoeing venue in Rio de Janeiro.