Category: Environment
[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…
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…
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…
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…
[slideshow] The ban has failed to bring any significant change in the overall scenario thanks to the high price of alternative bags and packaging made of jute and paper, and the lack of frequent monitoring…
তুরাগ নদীর পানি দূষনের অপরাধে “যমুনা ডেনিমস”-কে ৫২লক্ষ ৬০হাজার টাকা জরিমানা করলেন পরিবেশ অধিদপ্তরের সবচেয়ে সক্রিয় ব্যক্তিটি — মুনীর চৌধুরি। যমুনা গ্রুপের অধীনে পরিচালিত এই জিন্স তৈরির কারখানাটি তাদের রাসায়নিক-মিশ্রিত পানি পরিশোধন যন্ত্র থাকলেও তা…
State-run housing authority RAJUK started dismantling the structures built illegally along the lake in Dhaka’s posh Gulshan area in line with the High Court’s order of January 25 to demarcate the lake and free it…
Read the original article on The Daily Star In its latest move against air pollution, the government is setting up six air-quality monitoring centres at different places of the country including Dhaka to better identify…
Read the main article on The Daily Star Neither it is a dumping spot nor the untrotted dead end of a lane, but a busy road in the city’s Farmgate intersection which thousands of people…
The youths of Dhaka City are showing their expertise through the sprays. This is totally unacceptable. These spray-artworks have spread a lot in the recent years in Dhaka’s upscale areas like Dhanmondi, Gulshan and Uttara…
It seems that no one can stop the government scissor into two the 150-sqkm clumsy and highly-densed mega city with some 20 million dwellers “with a view to provide better service” with two mayors, instead…
The High Court on Monday declared illegal the government decision to allocate two and a half acres of land of Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital for the use as a golf course by Dhaka Club…
শরীর ঠান্ডা বা গরম লাগা অনেকটাই নির্ভর করে আপনি কি খাচ্ছেন তার উপর। তাই এই শীতে আমার মত যারা ঠান্ডা সহ্য করতে পারেন না, তাদের জন্য রইলো কিছু টিপস, ট্রাই করে দেখতে পারেন। সাথে আছে…
গতকাল এক জরিপের ফলাফলে জানতে পারলাম আমাদের ঢাকা শহর বসবাসের যোগ্যতার বিচারে ১৪০টি দেশের মধ্যে তৃতীয় হয়েছে, তালিকার শেষ দিক থেকে। মাপকাঠি ছিল রাজনৈতিক-সামাজিক-সাংস্কৃতিক-অপরাধ প্রবণতার অবস্থা, স্বাস্থ্য, শিক্ষা, অবকাঠামো এবং পরিবেশ। দুই বছর আগে, ইকোনমিস্টের…
The Barapukuria coal mine was discovered by Bangladesh Geological Survey in 1985. It is estimated that the mine has 390 million tonnes of coal in its womb. With the current daily production rate of 1…
The proposed project came to a halt just before launch in 2006 following protests from the locals and subsequently people of the country, who protested the drive realising adverse loss. If implemented, it would have…
bdnews24.com Sep 3, 2009 Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry, operating along the Chittagong coastline, and under fire for environmentally unsound practices including destruction of forests and coastal pollution, remains the only local source of raw materials for…
Awami League Presidium Member Suranjit Sengupta said the recent speech of the BNP secretary general was a sign of revengeful emotion and ignorance of constitutional knowledge. He made the comment while talking to News and…
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