Turag River

The biggest wetland in Dhaka nobody knows about

Before the construction of the beribadh in the early 1990s, the nameless water body was part of the overflow zone of the Turag River.
22 September 2024, 01:30 AM

WB to steer Dhaka rivers back to life

The World Bank has agreed to take lead in a landmark project to breathe life back into the five rivers surrounding Dhaka city involving about $20 billion.
15 November 2022, 02:00 AM

Boat club in public interest? No way!

Dhaka Boat Club Limited, which came into the limelight with a recent allegation of attempted rape raised by film actress Pori Moni, is shrouded in questions about its very existence.
22 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Settle dispute over Turag land: HC to BIWTA

The High Court directed Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to settle within 15 days the application filed by 62 families challenging BIWTA's action for establishing pillars in the families' land adjacent to the bank of Turag river in Savar.
9 February 2020, 14:23 PM

Taxi falls into Turag while overtaking bus

The ill-fated yellow-coloured taxicab was overtaking a bus near the bridge over Turag river in Savar, an eyewitness says.
21 July 2019, 16:53 PM

BIWTA continues eviction on Turag banks

Authorities are pulling down illegal establishments along the banks of Turag River in Mirpur. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) demolished at least three buildings in Kaundia Ghat area.
25 March 2019, 05:54 AM

BIWTA knocks down 1,199 illegal structures from Turag

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authorities (BIWTA) knocks down around 290 illegal structures from different places on the bank of the Turag River.
7 February 2019, 15:47 PM

HC begins delivering verdict on petition

The High Court yesterday started delivering its verdict on a writ petition filed in 2016 challenging legality of earth-filling, encroachment and construction of structures along the banks of river Turag.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Supreme Court stays High Court structure demolition order on Turag river bank

The Supreme Court stays a High Court order that earlier directed the authorities concerned to demolish the structures set up along the foreshore of the Turag river at different places in Gazipur.
14 January 2018, 08:18 AM

Demolish illegal structures along foreshore of Turag: HC

The High Court directs the authorities concerned to demolish the structures set up illegally along the foreshore of the Turag River at different places in Gazipur.
13 December 2017, 11:31 AM

Akheri Munajat ends seeking world peace

The Akheri Munajat, seeking spiritual well-being and welfare of the Muslim Ummah, of the second phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, ends.
17 January 2016, 05:47 AM

2nd phase of Biswa Ijtema underway

The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the largest congregation of the Muslims in the world, is continuing today amid sermons being delivered in Tongi on Dhaka’s outskirt.
16 January 2016, 05:49 AM

Second phase of Ijtema begins today

The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, the largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, begins today on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi in Gazipur.
14 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Ijtema ends with prayer for peace

Several lakh devotees sought world peace, forgiveness and divine blessings for mankind and the Muslim Ummah as the first phase of Biswa Ijtema ended yesterday with the Akheri Munajat.
10 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Akheri Munajat today

The first phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, ends today with the Akheri Munajat seeking spiritual well-being and welfare of the Muslim Ummah.
9 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Biswa Ijtema begins

The first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, begins on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi in Gazipur.
8 January 2016, 05:25 AM

71-km human chain formed to save Turag

Environmentalists form a 71-km-long human chain on the banks of the Turag River demanding an end to pollution and grabbing of the river.
26 December 2015, 11:18 AM

Encroachers turning Turag river into a canal (video)

The encroachment of the Turag river continues unabated as more and more land around the once mighty river continues to be taken by illegal establishments.
29 August 2015, 10:18 AM

SC affirms govt action on setting up Turag pillars

The Supreme Court affirms a government action on setting up pillars on the boundaries of Turag River at Mohammadpur in Dhaka after their demarcation.
6 May 2015, 13:32 PM