environmental degradation

River excavation must be done right

The plight of Mayur River shows where the problem lies
25 April 2025, 11:07 AM

Take urgent steps to reactivate the river commission

Why has it not been done over the past five months?
24 January 2025, 05:33 AM

Can we ever curb the menace of throwaway plastics?

Tackling widespread pollution needs stringent action
26 December 2024, 04:00 AM

To cut CO2 emissions, let’s tackle over-production

We live in a world where approximately 9.2 percent of the global population lives on less than $2.15 per day according to figures from 2019.
10 June 2024, 14:00 PM

Why open-pit coal mining in Phulbari will be disastrous

The coal bed of Bangladesh differs from that of many other places in the world, where the water table is found usually below the coal bed, not above as in Bangladesh.
30 March 2024, 03:00 AM

We cannot ignore the threat of microplastics

New study reveals harrowing level of microplastic pollution in rivers
1 February 2024, 08:50 AM

Yet another reserved forest in peril

In ensuring amenities, the authorities must not destroy nature
23 November 2023, 06:50 AM

Shall we just bow to illegal sand lifters?

Government must take stern action against those lifting sand from Jamuna, Meghna
12 November 2023, 07:30 AM

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

Re-greening Bangladesh will require more than token gestures

Authorities must protect our existing natural resources before taking any reforesting measure
16 July 2023, 06:55 AM

Why are we so intent on killing forests?

Chattogram district administration must answer for felling 5,000 trees
8 June 2023, 05:23 AM

Saat Masjid Road: Trees felled for facelift, a new median strip

City life comes with rapid change. But for the residents of Dhanmondi what didn’t change for long were the trees and plants on the median of Saat Masjid Road. Bursting with blossoms in spring and summer, the krishnachuras and the radhachuras, among other trees, became a part of their lives.
18 May 2023, 01:20 AM

Greater effort needed to stop sand extraction from Teesta

Government must protect our rivers from being polluted, encroached or harmed in other ways
17 May 2023, 21:51 PM

Fiscal policies that could tackle air pollution and climate change

Environmental degradation and climate change impacts create externalities that can be reduced through appropriate pricing mechanisms.
17 April 2023, 02:00 AM

Reserve forest defiled, defying court order

A tea company is digging a lake in the middle of a reserve forest in Fatikchhari, Chattogram, in what environmentalists say is a crime that’s causing irreparable damage to the environment.
29 January 2023, 01:00 AM

Another river on its death bed

By killing our rivers, we only hasten our downfall
6 November 2022, 14:36 PM

Reimagining the post-pandemic world

The COVID-19 pandemic hit us at a time when anthropogenic climate change is threatening to destabilise our lives.
29 June 2022, 18:00 PM

A note on the environmental aspects of Rohingya camps

It has been nearly a year since the latest influx of the Rohingya people after they were forcibly driven out of Myanmar and into Bangladesh. Since last August, over 700,000 refugees, mostly women and children, have been housed, fed, clothed and provided with medical attention by a combination of Bangladesh's military and civilian authorities and NGOs as well as the UN and other international agencies, of whom there are over a hundred working day and night in the Rohingya camps.
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Protecting the environment

We observed yet another World Environment Day, and perhaps it is time to seriously evaluate if our actions on the ground match our grand pledges, in summits and seminars, to protect the country from the threat of climate change and further environmental degradation.
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM