waste management
When waste meets AI, resources are better managed
Bangladesh can experiment with AI-waste management as it has the institutional framework.
18 October 2025, 07:00 AM
Faith-led messaging can mitigate plastic pollution
In Dhaka city alone, we generate around 646 tonnes of plastic waste daily, much of which remains unmanaged.
2 September 2025, 07:00 AM
Don't let our children grow up amid garbage
Nearly 10.7 lakh children are involved in hazardous work that is illegal for anyone under 18 years of age.
16 August 2025, 07:00 AM
How Bangladesh is giving waste new life, and workers new dignity
Just outside Dhaka, a quiet revolution is reshaping both the lives of people and the fate of plastic waste.
13 July 2025, 10:29 AM
A vision for Dhaka’s Aminbazar Waste-to-Energy project
Dhaka faces a waste crisis. WtE can help by converting waste into energy, reducing landfill reliance & pollution.
25 March 2025, 07:00 AM
How can Bangladesh improve its waste management?
Bangladesh has been facing severe problems in waste management for decades.
27 December 2024, 03:00 AM
Clogged canals and water-logging: DNCC's 3-day waste exhibition begins
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today started a three-day exhibition of waste discarded in canals, drains and other public places to create public awareness
11 May 2024, 09:52 AM
Women need better access to public restrooms
Many women do not feel safe visiting such facilities.
19 November 2023, 03:00 AM
Cox's Bazar's sewage problem
Why did the authorities allow hotels, resorts and hatcheries without STPs to operate in Cox's Bazar?
6 May 2023, 02:00 AM
Where basic amenities remain elusive
Residents of the newly-added wards in Dhaka North City Corporation expressed dissatisfaction after being denied civic amenities, claiming that life was far better when they were under the union parishad.
17 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Innovative solutions a must to manage waste: Minister
Innovative and smart solutions should be developed for managing waste in Bangladesh, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam said today.
8 October 2022, 11:40 AM
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
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon said Dhaka could soon use the “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (RRR)” method for managing the city’s waste.
20 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Time to be WARY OF WASTE
The two landfills in the capital have almost reached their limit with no immediate remedy in sight.
Mountains of garbage are being formed in the landfills at Matuail and Aminbazar and there are fears that the waste will spill over into adjacent areas.
20 April 2019, 18:00 PM
What happens to our e-waste?
What do you do with the damaged battery or chargers of your cell phone? Where do you keep your fused bulbs and abandoned switches? What about obsolete computer accessories?
22 June 2017, 18:00 PM
HC seeks reports on Dhaka city waste management
The High Court directs authorities concerned to submit reports in three months on the steps taken for waste management in Dhaka north and south city corporation areas.
10 February 2016, 07:18 AM
Construction of structure at Pantha Kunja illegal: HC
The High Court declares illegal the construction of secondary transfer station (STS), a structure for waste management, at Pantha Kunja park in capital’s Karwan Bazar area.
2 December 2015, 14:30 PM
Post-Eid waste management
Before the Eid ul-Adha festival, the two Mayors of the Dhaka City Corporations pledged to clean the city within 30 hours. And they delivered on their promise in the most impressive way.
27 September 2015, 18:00 PM
TRASH CITY - from Beirut to Dhaka
Unlike the people of Lebanon who are taking to their rubbish strewn streets to demand the removal of mountains of garbage, we in Bangladesh have resigned ourselves to the fate of living indefinitely in revoltingly filthy conditions.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM
When foreigners lend a hand to clean Dhaka (video)
A group of students from University of Japan in Bangladesh take matters on their hand lending their effort to make a cleaner Dhaka and raise awareness among all for the same.
23 August 2015, 12:00 PM