ecologically critical area

Stop ravaging our reserve forests

Government must not allow anyone to occupy or destroy forestland
14 October 2023, 06:01 AM

With every forest razed, a little bit of Bangladesh dies too

Worrying reports about natural degradation question the government’s sincerity
20 July 2023, 08:04 AM

Forests are vanishing acre by acre

Why are the authorities so negligent in protecting forests?
29 January 2023, 19:32 PM

Who wants a piece of forest?

Plans to build a prison on forestland show that the country is in environmental free-fall
2 October 2022, 16:00 PM

World Migratory Bird Day: The alarming decline of birds at Hakaluki

The number of migratory birds at Hakaluki Haor has been gradually decreasing over the last five years for a variety of reasons.
13 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Licence to harm Sundarbans

Going against its own policy, the government over the last few years permitted setting up of 190 industrial and commercial units in the ecologically critical area (ECA) of the Sundarbans, which, according to experts, poses a serious threat to the biodiversity of the world's largest mangrove forest.
5 April 2018, 18:00 PM

HC moved to protect Gulshan lakes

The High Court has ordered the government to report on the steps taken for sewerage and waste management of two lakes in Dhaka’s Gulshan area within a month.
17 February 2016, 05:35 AM