Category: Dhaka City

  • Buriganga must live amid industrial development and urbanisation

    Save the lifeline from going deadly and dying L-R: The pitch black water tells the tale of the river’s extreme pollution. Indiscriminate dumping of solid waste not only pollutes the river but desperately shrinks its flow. Probir Kumar Sarker The Daily Star June 9, 2012 Millions of people living and working on the Buriganga and…

  • āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°â€”āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ ā§Š

    āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āύāĻžāύāĻž āĻŽāĻšāϞ⧇ āϚāϞāϛ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ-āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāĨ¤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ“ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϟāύāĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ āύ⧜āĻŦ⧇ āĻāϏāĻŦ⧇? āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧇āĻĻāσ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϜāύāĻžāĻŦ āĻĄāσ āĻŽāĻŋāϜāĻžāύ⧁āϰ āϰāĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ āφāχāύ⧇āϰ ā§ŠāϟāĻŋ āϧāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦā§‹āĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ⧧⧍ (āĻ•) āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ; āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāϤāϟ⧁āϕ⧁ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ…

  • āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°â€”āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ ⧍

    āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŦāĻžā§œā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—, āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰāĻž āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĻāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āφāϏāϞ⧇, āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞ⧇ āϤāĻŦ⧇āχ āϜāύāĻ—āύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ⧇āϰ āφāϚāϰāύ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ“Â āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āφāϗ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻĄāσ āĻŽāĻŋāϜāĻžāύ⧁āϰ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āφāχāύāĻļ⧃āĻ‚āĻ–āϞāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ⧇āϰ āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻāĻ• āύ⧟āĨ¤ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°â€”āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ ā§§ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ…

  • “Where is the driver?” asks Suranjit

    “Where is the unsung hero? Why no case yet?” questions Suranjit. In his first ever interview after stepping down as the railway minister, Suranjit had a long 38-minute casual tÃĒte-à-tÃĒte with the anchor of an Independent TV talk show, Ajker Bangladesh. What he wanted to say throughout the show was that he has been a straightforward…

  • āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°â€”āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ ā§§

    āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧇ ā§ŠāϰāĻž āϜ⧁āύ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻŽāĻŋāϜāĻžāύ⧁āϰ āϰāĻšāĻŽāĻžāύ, āφāχāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻļ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϏ⧁āϞāϤāĻžāύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāύ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώāĻĻ āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰ āϏāϚāĻŋāĻŦ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϤ āĻšā§āϏāĻžāχāύāĨ¤ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžā§Ÿ āϏāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϞāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻĨāĻžāϰ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧇āĻĻ āĻŽā§āĻšāĻŋāωāĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āύāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ, āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ⧇āϰ āφāϚāϰāύ āĻ“ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϰ āφāϚāϰāύ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻĻ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϟāĻž āφāĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāχāϟ⧁āϕ⧁ āĻœā§‡āύ⧇ āϝ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ-āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύ…

  • āφāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ, āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāύāĻž

    āφāϜāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ “āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āύāĻž āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻžāϤ āĻšāϜāĻŽ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻžāĨ¤” āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋ āĻļ⧇āĻ– āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāύāĻž, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āύāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀!!! āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ!!! āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇? āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤ⧋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇…

  • āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ⧇āϰ āϘāϟāύāĻž āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āώ⧜āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ! āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻšāĻž…

    āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϘāĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āφāϚāϰāύ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇-āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻā§œ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ āĻ“ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϏ⧀ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄā§‡āĻĒ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ āĻāϏāĻŦ āϘāϟāύāĻžā§Ÿ āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰāĨ¤ āφāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻŽā§€ āϞ⧀āϗ⧇āϰ āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āύ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻšāĻžāύāĻŋāĻĢ āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁…

  • Corruption in Bangladesh cripples development

    Published in E-Bangladesh.com May 30 Whatever the extent of corruption in Bangladesh is, it has been prevailing here since long, and reportedly in large scale for the last decade. It’s proved in surveys and also through the number of corruption cases, media reports and remarks by ruling party stalwarts, and these days even by incumbent…

  • āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϏ-āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ-āφāχāύ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ“ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ

    āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧇āϰāĻž āϘāϰ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϰāύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ­āĻŋāφāχāĻĒāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĻāĻ˛ā§€ā§Ÿ āύ⧇āϤāĻž-āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āϜāĻŋāϤ āφāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϰ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧜ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻšāϞ⧋ āύāĻžāύāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āϏ⧋āĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ-āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•-āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻ“ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŽāύ-āĻĒā§€ā§œāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤ āϧāĻŋāĻ• āϤ⧋āĻĻ⧇āϰāĨ¤ āĻĻāĻžāϏ-āĻāϰ āĻĻāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļāχ āϝāĻ–āύ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϏ⧀āϰ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻŦāϤ⧀āĻ°ā§āύ āĻšā§Ÿ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϏ⧀-āϚāĻžāρāĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϜāϰāĻž āϭ⧟…

  • ā§­ā§ĻāϞāĻžāĻ– āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏ⧁āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ

    ā§­ā§ĻāϞāĻžāĻ– āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϕ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϕ⧋āύ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻŋāω āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϏ⧁āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāϰ āφāϜāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ; āϏāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧇āĻĻ āĻŽā§āĻšāĻŋāωāĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āύ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāχ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āϏ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇, āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āφāϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻšā§ŸāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻĨāĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ—āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϏ⧁āϰāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāϤ ⧝āχ āĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϘāϟāύāĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝ⧇āϏāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰāĻ“ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ“ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš…

  • āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋?

    āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϏ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻž āĻĻā§‚āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŽā§‚āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϰāϏāύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ…āĻļā§‹āĻ­āύ āφāϚāϰāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻ“āϏāĻŋ āĻŽāύāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻœā§āϜāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ—ā§‹ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ⧇āϰ āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻāϞāĨ¤ āĻ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āĻļāύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻŽāĻĒāĻŋ-āϤ⧇ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏāϏāϕ⧇ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϏ⧇āχ āϤāĻŋāύ-āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻļ⧇āĻ– āĻŽā§‹āĻšāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻĻ āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧁āĻĢ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāύāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ—āĻžāϰ āφāĻŦ⧁ āϏ⧁āĻĢāĻŋ⧟āĻžāύ āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇…

  • Save Savar from further environmental degradation

    L-R: Brickfields in Ashulia burn firewood and emit carbon in the air. Discharge from industrial establishment at Bank Town polluting adjacent waterbody. Click for more photos The daily Star May 26, 2012 Environment Probir Kumar Sarker Over the recent years, Savar is experiencing immense pressure of new industrial, commercial and residential establishments. But most of…

  • Trees can save Dhaka from heat and air pollution

    (Clockwise) : Congested concrete structures conserve heat to the inconvenience of urban dwellers. The more an urban area is interspersed by greenery the better it is for reducing its heat and air pollution. Treelined streets not only add to serenity but provide cooling effect to urban surrounding. The Daily Star Environment Saturday May 19, 2012…

  • Water pollution still rampant

    [slideshow]   Published on April 21, 2012 issue in The Daily Star Environment It has been around three years since the High Court ordered industries indiscriminately discharging waste water to install effluent treatment plants (ETPs) within a year. The court on June 10, 2009 also asked the government (industries secretary) to ensure that no new industry…

  • āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻ•āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāύāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ?

    āϜāĻŽāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϞāĻžāĻšā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āφāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇! āĻ•āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧇āϞāĻŦāĻžāϜ-āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ ‘āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻĒā§‚āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĻāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ—āύ-āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāύāĻž (āϤ⧈āϞ-āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĻāύ) āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§‡Â  āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāύ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŦāϞ āϞ⧀āĻ— āφāĻĒāĻžāϤāϤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ ā§§ā§Ļ-āϕ⧋āϟāĻŋ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ…

  • āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻāσ āĻ•āϤāϟāĻž āϝ⧌āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•?

    [slideshow] āĻŦāύāĻžāύ⧀ āĻŦā§āϰ⧀āϜ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāσ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ ⧍⧍āĻļ⧇ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ļ; ⧍-ā§Ŧ ā§Ģāχ āφāĻ—āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ; ā§­ āĻ“ ā§Ž ⧍⧍āĻļ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻĒā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§; ⧝ āφāϰ ā§§ā§Ļ ā§Ģāχ āϜāĻžāύ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋ ⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧍; ā§§ā§§-ā§§ā§Š ⧧⧝āĻļ⧇ āϜāĻžāύ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋ; āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ā§§ā§Ē āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϤāĻžāϰ ⧍āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāĨ¤Â  āϧāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŦ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϕ⧁āϰ⧇āĻĻ⧇āϰ (āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ) āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāύ,…

  • A Brick Wall in Change

    [slideshow] Click to read the story on Star magazine Watching the chimneys at the brickfields on the outskirts of the capital that exhaust mainly black smoke gives a common impression — “it doesn’t matter”. These furnaces have been set up almost every corner of Dhaka – along the highways and the rivers surrounding the mega…

  • Expediting clean environment movement

    When the government is not capable enough or unable to monitor and stop the ongoing violations of environmental laws, it is the people who can contribute significantly in assisting the regulator by informing the officials of any shocking environmental degradation that is posing severe threat to their surroundings, attending monthly public hearings arranged by the…

  • Making brick kilns emission efficient

    Published on The Daily Star on Saturday The authorities concerned put the blame for being unable to efficiently prevent the kilns from emitting black smoke and violating other environmental rules on local influential and dishonest brick field owners. Despite the existence of laws, many of around 1,100 brickfields across the country are still operating in…

  • Death penalty for contaminating fruits

    The High Court Wednesday ordered police to file criminal cases against culprits for using toxic chemical to ripen and preserve fruits and sell them under the Special Power Act. The maximum punishment for such offence is “death penalty”. The order comes following a writ petition filed by lawyer Manzill Murshid as public interest litigation on…

  • Eviction: A ‘nightmare’ for slum dwellers

    Click to read the main story in The Daily Star [slideshow] Tenants of Karail Slum were watching demolition operation in the nearby slum along the bridge at Banani 11. The families were almost done; they were allowed to pack their belongings and move from the small piece of land they had been living for over…

  • Polythene restrictions must be totally enforced

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  • āĻĻā§‚āώāύ āϰ⧋āϧ⧇ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ•āϤāϟ⧁āϕ⧁?

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