river pollution

Why do policymakers care so little about pollution?

Each day of inaction translates to more lives lost

No industrial zones at the cost of rivers

Save the Shitalakkhya River from extreme pollution

In pictures: Buriganga blackened

The intense degradation of its water quality has long been detrimental to the environment and the river ecosystem. 

Rivers cannot be sectioned off for personal gains

Pabna district administration in breach of jalmahal policy and High Court orders

Rivers, one by one, are losing navigability

Government must take steps to restore our rivers

Will rivers exist only in nostalgia?

It’s time for the government to take the death of our lifelines seriously

As our rivers lay dying

Rivers don’t live anymore, they merely exist. They exist as relics of their halcyon days when rivers were truly wild, mysterious, free -- or as a character in their own story, as told through poetry and music.

Indifference is killing our canals

Cumilla EPZ authorities must answer for pollution of canals

Shall we just bow to illegal sand lifters?

Government must take stern action against those lifting sand from Jamuna, Meghna

May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023

A reckless exercise in harming nature

Jashore government employee must be held accountable for filling up a pond

April 27, 2023
April 27, 2023

A river paying the price for our greed

The pathetic state of Atrai River shows how vulnerable our rivers are to greed and mismanagement

April 19, 2023
April 19, 2023

Rajshahi faces a hotter future

Authorities must prevent unplanned urbanisation from killing our cities

April 17, 2023
April 17, 2023

Stay Safe in the Heat

We must be careful and address underlying reasons behind it

April 4, 2023
April 4, 2023

A river barely hanging on

Sutang's water has become so polluted that it can no longer be used

March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023

A riverine horror show

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

March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023

Destructive ‘development’ efforts by Water Development Board

Our rivers are being attacked one after another. India's dams, river connectivity plans, and various projects undertaken within the country, encroachment and pollution are all taking our rivers closer to extinction.

March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023

Stop killing our 'sign of life'

Better water management can nourish people's lives

March 15, 2023
March 15, 2023

The land of polluted rivers

The authorities must take action now

March 14, 2023
March 14, 2023

River pollution: It’s now all over the country

According to a new study, at least 56 rivers flowing through different parts of the country are suffering from extreme pollution during the lean period -- when natural flows of rivers are at their lowest

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