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Buriganga recovery begins this week

Dredging of 23km waterways around Dhaka starts soon writes Sharier Khan for The Daily Star. The Water Development Board (WDB) after many months of delay has finally selected contractors under the Buriganga River Restoration Project to begin dredging parts of … Continue reading

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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

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