SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh tanneries prepping leather for shoes, belts, wallets and purses are dumping toxic chemicals into a river at a new industrial complex more than a year after ...

Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries on Earth, has long battled a massive waste crisis. In cities like ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday called on citizens to protect rivers, warning that reckless pollution is ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged people to take better care of rivers, warning that reckless pollution ...

STORY: The ‘Old Ganges’ in Bangladesh is a ‘dead river’. Fish have been replaced by human and industrial waste.But for many, this is home and they still depend on the toxic water to live, bathe and ...

Sutang River Pollution Habiganj Bangladesh: Once a thriving aquatic ecosystem, the Sutang river in Habiganj has now transformed into a toxic waterway due to indiscriminate industrial pollution ...

But environmentalists say the growth has come at an incalculable cost, with a toxic melange of dyes, tanning acids and other dangerous chemicals making their way into the water. Bangladesh's ...

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh tanneries prepping leather for shoes, belts, wallets and purses are dumping toxic chemicals into a river at a new industrial complex more than a year ...

Bangladesh's capital Dhaka was founded on the banks of the Buriganga more than 400 years ago by the Mughal empire. "It is now the largest sewer of the country," said Sheikh Rokon, the head of the ...

More than 100 leather tanneries that were forced to relocate because of their massive pollution are now running toxic waste into another river in Bangladesh, creating new environmental and health ...