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Ceremonial immersion of Goddess Durga
Demotix Durga Puja, the great religious festival of the Hindu community comes to an end today; in the day of Bijoya Dashamee, the final day of five-day festival. On this very day, the Durga is to be immersed with solemnities … Continue reading
Polluters must pay
From The Daily Star Seminar seeks integrated approach for river drive The government must make the polluters pay for cleaning up the river Buriganga and undertake an integrated and scientific approach to this end, demanded leading environmental activists and experts … Continue reading
Posted in The Buriganga River, conservation, dredging, encroachment, governance, health, heritage, land grabbing, pollution, rivers, sanitation, waterways
Tagged 'Buriganga Clean-up: Approaches and Realities', Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon, BIWTA, chromium, Hazaribagh tanneries, Jatiya Press Club, landgrabbing, seminar, tanneries, tannery, The Balu River, The Shitalakkhya River, The Turag River
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Dhaka, Bangladesh: Fastest Growing City in the World
A five-part, multimedia series on the coming dystopia that is urbanisation. By Erik German and Solana Pyne - GlobalPost DHAKA, Bangladesh — The future is here, and it smells like burning trash. As the evening call to prayer echoes across … Continue reading
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Tagged dhaka, energy demands, megacities, migration, overcrowding, poverty, rapid urbanisation
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Pollution warnings fall on deaf ears
By Pinaki Roy in The Daily Star Despite making repeated pledges, many of the industries, especially those of fabrics, dyeing and tannery, continue polluting rivers, canals and other wetlands in the city just to boost their profit, say Department of … Continue reading
Posted in The Buriganga River, conservation, fish, fresh water, governance, health, livelihoods, pollution, rivers, technology, water, waterways
Tagged Department of Environment, dyeing, effluent treatment plant, fabric dyeing industries, tannery, The Balu River, The Bangshai River, The Shitalakhya River, The Turag River
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A choking hell?
Md. Asadullah Khan in The Daily Star Point Counterpoint The overall situation in Bangladesh is highly alarming. Poverty, over-population, over exploitation of scanty natural resources, noxious emissions and toxic effluents from factories and smoke-belching vehicles, coupled with natural disasters, are … Continue reading
Posted in The Buriganga River, encroachment, governance, health, land grabbing, livelihoods, opinion, pollution, rivers, sanitation, transportation
Tagged Amin Bazar, Ashulia, bangladesh, Basabo, beacon, Dhaka City, extortion, hijacking, murder, Narayanganj, no drinking water, no electricity, no fuel, no toilet facilities, The Narayanganj River, The Shitalakhya River, Tongi
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World Bank to the aid of world’s largest mangrove forest
The Hindu The World Bank (WB) is helping Bangladesh carry out a series of studies to develop a programme for sustainable development of the Sundarbans, the world’s single largest mangrove forest in the country’s south-western part. A comprehensive plan based … Continue reading
Bangladesh plans new court to take on polluters
Compiled by Azad Majumder, Anis Ahmed and Alex Richardson for Reuters (Reuters) - Bangladesh has proposed the setting up of an environment court with powers to jail polluters for up to five years, officials said Tuesday. They said the plan … Continue reading
Arsenic could kill millions in Bangladesh
Reuters Tens of millions of people in Bangladesh have been exposed to toxic levels of arsenic from drinking contaminated groundwater, putting them at risk of an early death, U.S. researchers said on Friday. They said more than 20 percent of … Continue reading
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