When a river becomes a legal subject, it can challenge harmful development, pollution, and degradation—forcing humans to respect its interests.

Environment adviser’s words must be turned into action

Preventing and punishing river encroachers vital for its restoration

Authorities must set up dumping ground in Trishal municipality

What's happening to our rivers is not driven just by necessity, but also greed, a general disregard for the sanctity of life, and a reckless can-do-ism.

The pathetic state of Atrai River shows how vulnerable our rivers are to greed and mismanagement

Sutang's water has become so polluted that it can no longer be used

Because the control of water and natural resources is no longer in the hands of the people, their use is eventually meant to benefit a particular class.

According to a new study, at least 56 rivers flowing through different parts of the country are suffering from extreme pollution during the lean period -- when natural flows of rivers are at their lowest

Government must save Haridaya River before it’s too late

Due to the mindless dumping of waste, rampant river-grabbing by influential persons and reluctance of authorities to take appropriate steps, Bhairab river -- one of the major waterbodies of the country -- continues to suffer.

It is a tragic irony that riverine Bangladesh has become the land of dying rivers.

State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruque tells parliament that the government has taken an initiative to formulate a masterplan for curbing river pollution across the country.

The government yesterday unveiled two decade-long masterplans to protect five rivers in Dhaka and two in Chattogram against grabbing and pollution, and enhance their navigability.

The Alauddin Textile Mills, which had been polluting the Louhajang River in Tangail for long now, has been fined.

At a certain location, the Louhajang River occasionally changes its colour. Sometimes it turns red, sometimes yellow, and sometimes purple. But it is not out of some natural event. It is man-made.