Bangladesh River grabbing

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.

Another river on its way out

Habiganj authorities must take urgent steps to save Khowai River

Govt resolved to save rivers

The government is determined to protect the rivers from encroachment, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said yesterday.

Home minister warns against river grabbers

Sounding a note of warning against the grabbing of city’s river banks, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says all illegal occupants of the river banks will be brought to justice.

January 19, 2023
January 19, 2023

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.

October 27, 2022
October 27, 2022

Another river on its way out

Habiganj authorities must take urgent steps to save Khowai River

July 7, 2019
July 7, 2019

Govt resolved to save rivers

The government is determined to protect the rivers from encroachment, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said yesterday.

July 6, 2019
July 6, 2019

Home minister warns against river grabbers

Sounding a note of warning against the grabbing of city’s river banks, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says all illegal occupants of the river banks will be brought to justice.