Rajab Ali, 91, cannot remember when he last saw clean, blue water in the Buriganga River. For years, the water has been black, red, green, yellow and all manner of other colours, accompanied by a ...

DHAKA, May 23, 2025 (BSS) – Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that the work of reclaiming and depolluting ...

The award-winning author and naturalist’s latest, perspective-shifting work answers a resounding ‘Yes’ to the question of its ...

Experts say plastic recycling reduces dependence on virgin plastic production, which requires fossil fuels and emits ...

The High Court directs the Department of Environment (DoE) to immediately shut down a total of 231 industries in Dhaka metropolitan area near Buriganga River. The High Court today observes that ...

In 2017, New Zealand’s parliament recognised that the Whanganui River has a legal identity, with rights and the capacity to ...

RIVERS have for long been Bangladesh’s lifeblood — irrigating paddy fields at dawn, carrying timber and trade by noon, and ...

We will initially work on the Buriganga River. But the challenge in working on the Buriganga is that it has a layer of polythene and plastic up to five to seven feet deep. "Currently, we do not have a ...

Speakers including activists, a writer and a researcher said on Saturday that Dhaka had been a hub for sports and cultural ...