DNCC unveils 7 parks, playgrounds

Seven parks and playgrounds were opened for city dwellers in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area today.
16 April 2022, 12:09 PM

Forest dept destroys road, 28 sand extractors inside reserve forest

The forest department has demolished a road built within a reserve forest to transport sand and destroyed 28 sand extracting machines during a drive at Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar.
15 April 2022, 15:12 PM

Once there was a river

Once upon a time, the turbulent Bangshi river used to be one of the important rivers in central Bangladesh. However, the river is rapidly losing all its might and glory due to the filling up of its banks, mindless pollution and illegal grabbing.
8 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Court stays Sutki river restoration order after Daily Star report

A Habiganj district judge's court has stayed the restoration order of Sutki river.
8 April 2022, 15:37 PM

Stone crushing in Sunamganj: BELA serves legal notice on several govt bodies

Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA) today served a legal notice against six ministries, one commission and 14 other government bodies over illegal stone crushing in Sunamganj.
6 April 2022, 12:05 PM

Pollution: Bill with provision of tougher punishments passed in parliament

Keeping provisions of tougher punishments for polluting environment, the Mongla Port Authority Bill-2021 was passed in parliament today.
4 April 2022, 08:42 AM

Global flood losses hit $82b last year: Study

Flooding cost the global economy more than $82 billion last year, accounting for nearly a third of all losses from natural catastrophes, reinsurance agency Swiss Re Institute reported Wednesday.
31 March 2022, 10:58 AM

Brickfields next to primary schools: A menace for 20 years

Brickfields next to primary schools. Children’s lives endangered by health hazards. That is how it has been for more than 20 years in Boilor area of Mymensingh’s Trishal. 
27 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Dhaka world's noisiest city, Rajshahi 4th on list: UN report

Dhaka is the world’s noisiest city, according to a latest report of the United Nations Environment Programme.
27 March 2022, 08:11 AM

Increase capacity of CPG members to protect forests: Speakers

Forest officials and environmentalists today underscored the need to increase the efficiency of Community Patrol Group (CPG) members to conserve forest and protect it from encroachers.
24 March 2022, 14:10 PM

Chakaria Sundarbans nears extinction as shrimp farming takes over

If you cruise through the Ujantia canal up to its estuary with the Matamuhuri river of Cox’s Bazar, you will see the last remnants of a mangrove forest, almost obliterated from the country’s south-eastern landscape.
20 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Evict 126 structures built illegally on Chaktai, Rajakhali canals: HC

The High Court today directed the government to evict all the 126 structures built illegally on the land of Chaktai Khal (canal) and Rajakhali Khal in Chattogram in 90 days.
16 March 2022, 10:43 AM

Sutki river remains in the grip of a family for centuries

The river is called Sutki. It flows at least 20 kilometres after originating from the Kushiara river in Lohajuri area under Baniachong upazila in Habiganj before falling into the Ratna river at Pratabpur of the same upazila.
15 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Int’l day of action for rivers: 100 acres of the Buriganga still occupied

Nearly 100 acres along the two banks of the Buriganga river remain filled up even after installation of  boundary pillars.
13 March 2022, 18:00 PM

From river channel to farmland

The government recently ran an excavation project in Thakurgaon’s Suk river. But within 10 months of its completion, the river channel has been filled up again, making the entire effort futile.
13 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Bagerhat brick kiln without license fined Tk 1 lakh

A mobile court today fined a brick kiln Tk 1 lakh in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat for operating without a license.
11 March 2022, 14:49 PM

HC directs NCC to protect playground, ponds in Narayanganj

The High Court today directed authorities concerned to protect and maintain the Udyan, playground, and three ponds on seven acres of land inside Chittaranjan Cotton Mill in Godnail area of Narayanganj City Corporation.
10 March 2022, 15:01 PM

Another one bites the dust

Juri has been robbed of its beauty.
9 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Turning hill into home: Don’t worry about the law!

The hilly areas of Chhinnomul Bazar in Chattogram city’s Arefin Nagar, a housing project, owned by Ali Nagar Samabay Samity, is secured by an iron gate under the watchful eyes of guards. According to locals, one Yasin of Chhinnomul, the samity’s president, is supervising the project.
8 March 2022, 18:00 PM

Cargo with 600 tonnes coal sinks in Pasur river

A cargo ship carrying around 600 tonnes of coal has sunk in the Pasur river in Bagerhat.
5 March 2022, 03:25 AM