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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

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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

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