River grabbing in Bangladesh
Hope for our rivers
Environment adviser’s words must be turned into action
World Environment Day 2024 / When law enables environmental damage
Bangladesh has more than 200 environmental protection laws. Yet, our environment and natural resources continue to see unprecedented degradation.
Save Bhairab River before it’s too late
One by one, our rivers are being killed
Rivers cannot be saved without honest efforts
Government offices must overcome their inadequacies to play a bigger role
Save Bakkhali River from encroachment
How are grabbers getting away with frequent onslaughts on its banks?
Stop constant onslaught on our rivers
We were dumbfounded to see the picture of one such river published in this daily yesterday, which shows a stretch of the Harihar River at Swaranpur village in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila that local influentials have occupied and divided into at least 50 small ponds by building dams for fish farming.
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.
The lucrative enterprise of grabbing
One must recognise the fact that grabbers in Bangladesh have taken the enterprise to the highest level of creativity and perfection.
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
Hope for our rivers
Environment adviser’s words must be turned into action
When law enables environmental damage
Bangladesh has more than 200 environmental protection laws. Yet, our environment and natural resources continue to see unprecedented degradation.
Save Bhairab River before it’s too late
One by one, our rivers are being killed
Rivers cannot be saved without honest efforts
Government offices must overcome their inadequacies to play a bigger role
Save Bakkhali River from encroachment
How are grabbers getting away with frequent onslaughts on its banks?
Stop constant onslaught on our rivers
We were dumbfounded to see the picture of one such river published in this daily yesterday, which shows a stretch of the Harihar River at Swaranpur village in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila that local influentials have occupied and divided into at least 50 small ponds by building dams for fish farming.
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.
The lucrative enterprise of grabbing
One must recognise the fact that grabbers in Bangladesh have taken the enterprise to the highest level of creativity and perfection.
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
Fresh onslaught on Meghna
A river under onslaught. An open defiance of a High Court order. And inept river custodians.