pollution

How can we stop the super-rich from polluting planet?

The fury came fast when makeup mogul Kylie Jenner posted a photograph last July of her and her boyfriend Travis Scott flanked by two private jets and captioned "you wanna take mine or yours?"
3 January 2023, 06:09 AM

Coal consumption may rise in Bangladesh this year

Although the coal consumption declined in Bangladesh last year, it is expected to increase sharply this year, the International Energy Agency said yesterday.
17 December 2022, 05:58 AM

Pollution control: WB to contribute $250m loan to project for big cities

The government has taken an initiative to set up four new vehicle inspection centres (VICs) to control emissions.
3 December 2022, 01:00 AM

World Rivers Day: Factories killing water bodies in Tongi

Only two decades ago, people bathed in the Hyderabad canal in Tongi, Gazipur.
25 September 2022, 02:00 AM

Burn less fuel, build better cities

Imagine for a moment our city without cars, but with high-quality public transport, people zipping by on bicycles, others on foot.
21 September 2022, 18:30 PM

Hakaluki under threat: Illegal fishing goes on unabated

South Asia’s largest wetland ecosystem, the Hakaluki haor, is currently under threat as its fish population and aquatic plants is in decline due to illegal fishing.
12 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Environment pollution: 2.15 lakh lives lost in Bangladesh in 2019

Pollution caused over 2.15 lakh premature deaths in Bangladesh in 2019, according to a new global study.
21 May 2022, 02:30 AM

Pollution claims 9m lives each year; Africa worst affected

Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9 million per year since 2015 – countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday.
18 May 2022, 05:39 AM

Chattogram could become a carbon catastrophe on a global scale: Study

Chattogram division is at high risk of being one of the world’s largest carbon catastrophes once all the fossil fuel power plants – planned to be constructed in the division – come into operation, according to a joint study.
16 May 2022, 12:15 PM

East Jurain: Saga of a manmade mess

Ward 53 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) covers most parts of East Jurain’s Muradpur area. According to the 2011 census, more than 27,000 people live in this ward which, according to them, has become probably the worst place to live in Dhaka.
8 May 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Even upazilas will have traffic jam if AL is in power for another term’

There will be traffic jams even at upazila level if Awami League remains in power for another five-year term, LGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam told the parliament today.
6 April 2022, 10:21 AM

Only PM's direct intervention can save the rivers of Bangladesh

Bangabandhu’s Sonar Bangla, people’s Sonar Bangla, history’s Sonar Bangla will be a barren Sonar Bangla with its rivers polluted, grabbed and encroached upon and rendered lifeless. SAVE THEM TO SAVE US.
6 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Plastics have entered human food chain, study shows

Bits of plastic is detected in the faeces of people in Europe, Russia and Japan, according to research claiming to show for the first time the widespread presence of plastics in the human food chain.
23 October 2018, 14:35 PM

The punishing costs of pollution

We do not need studies to tell us that indiscriminate, unplanned urbanisation, along with encroachment of land and water bodies, have polluted the air and water making our urban areas, unlivable.
11 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Pollution biggest killer

Pollution claimed the lives of nine million people in 2015, one in every six deaths that year, according to a report published yesterday.
20 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Toxic waste from US pot farms alarms experts

Pollution from illegal marijuana farms deep in California's national forests is far worse than previously thought, and has turned thousands of acres into waste dumps so toxic that simply touching plants has landed law enforcement officers in the hospital.
7 August 2017, 07:17 AM

Football: Smog may force U-17 football World Cup out of Delhi

FIFA could pull Under-17 World Cup matches out of New Delhi because of concerns over air quality in the world's most polluted capital city, the tournament director said.
22 February 2017, 09:06 AM

Here's why medalists don't get flowers at Rio 2016 Olympics

Olympic medalists are traditionally presented flower bouquets as they are awarded up gold, silver or bronze medals on a podium. But this is not happening in the Rio 2016 Olympics in Brazil.
13 August 2016, 13:22 PM

HC asks for list of Hazaribagh tanners by June 13

The High Court directed the industries secretary to submit before it by June 13 the list of names of the businessmen who are still running their tanneries at Hazaribagh in Dhaka.
6 June 2016, 07:47 AM

How to get a black-belt in carrom?

Carrom board is the second most common thing in Bangladesh for a Bangladeshi after the crow, and also second behind the rickshaw for a foreigner and definitely second after the dirt, grime and pollution for a non-residential Bangladeshi (NRB) just arrived…Ufff, ki gondho (What the stench is this?)
13 February 2016, 04:41 AM