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Rampal fouling 2 Sundarbans rivers
The Rampal power plant began operation in late 2022 without an effluent treatment plant and has since been discharging untreated waste into the Pasur and Maidara rivers next to the Sundarbans.
5 security personnel hurt in attempted robbery at Rampal Power Plant
Five security personnel, including two Ansar members, at the Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bagerhat were injured following an attack by robbers last night
29,630 tonnes coal arrives at Mongla for Rampal Power Plant
A ship carrying 29,630 tonnes of coal has docked at Mongla port from Indonesia for the Rampal Thermal Power Plant early today
How sustainable is our 'electricity revolution'?
It’s time to address the technical, operational, managerial, design and planning aspects of the energy crisis.
Payra, Rampal power plants now linked to Dhaka
Aminbazar in Dhaka to Gopalganj 400KV double circuit line, considered one of the major power transmission lines in the country, is ready to transmit electricity.
TIB calls to stop Rampal plant in Sundarbans
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) calls upon the government to stop Rampal power plant in the world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
Unesco labels Sundarbans ‘World Heritage in Danger’
The World Heritage Centre of Unesco has declared largest mangrove forest on earth, the Sundarbans of Bangladesh, as a “World Heritage in Danger” site.
Rampal Power Plant: 2 workers killed as container falls on them
Two labourers of Rampal thermal power plant in Bagerhat have been killed and one sustained critical injuries as an iron-made container fell on them.
2 workers die after heavy container falls on duo at Rampal Power Plant
Two labourers die and one is injured after they were pinned under a heavy container at Rampal Coal-based Power Plant which is being built near the world’s largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans.
‘Rampal power plant for personal interest’
People in favour of Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans are driven by their own interests, alleges National Committee to Save the Sundarbans.
EIA grossly faulty
The Sundarbans, a magnificent and unique ecosystem of the world, faces an existential crisis today with the coal-fired power
Construction starts late this month
Amid public criticism against the 1320 megawatt Rampal Coal Power Project, the Indo-Bangla friendship power company has nearly completed its financial arrangement to start the construction work from late September.
Answers to some controversies
The soon to be built $1.49 billion Rampal coal-fired power plant has generated concern and controversy among the citizens, environmental experts, and government officials in the country and abroad. The main concern being the potential of irreversible damage to the unique eco-system of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
Risk of losing Sundarbans
Sundarbans, a magnificent and unique ecosystem of the world, faces an existential question today with a coal power plant to
Shift it 10km away
Sundarbans, a magnificent and unique ecosystem of the world, faces an existential question today with a coal power plant
Coal-fired power plants and related stories
Those claiming that Rampal will generate employment are not wrong. Not at all. But, we must ask: at what personal cost? Who will bear the cost of their health? Who will be held personally responsible?
RAMPAL PROJECT: Environment before development
The Rampal Power Plant is a proposed 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant promoted by the Bangladesh-India Friendship
BNP plans anti-Rampal street protest
BNP leader ASM Hannan Shah yesterday said the party with the masses will take to the streets demanding a stop to the coal-based Rampal power plant that will ruin the Sundarbans.
