Protect water bodies, rivers from pollution
The plight of Mayur River shows where the problem lies
Encroachment, short-sighted projects to blame for its plight.
Dhaka’s unimplemented master plan leading to rampant pollution
New efforts to clean Bangladesh's rivers offer hope, but community involvement and innovation are key.
Why has it not been done over the past five months?
The present leadership must prioritise the development of these two assets of Bangladesh for a sustainable and prosperous future.
Multiple ministries, overlapping mandates, and the exclusion of key stakeholders make streamlining water governance a challenge.
But funding support, guidance vital to maximise their impact
The present leadership must prioritise the development of these two assets of Bangladesh for a sustainable and prosperous future.
Multiple ministries, overlapping mandates, and the exclusion of key stakeholders make streamlining water governance a challenge.
But funding support, guidance vital to maximise their impact
New study reveals harrowing level of microplastic pollution in rivers
Government must do more to save at-risk flood flow zones
One by one, our rivers are being killed
Government offices must overcome their inadequacies to play a bigger role
Cumilla EPZ authorities must answer for pollution of canals
Sacking of river commission chief sends the wrong message
We were dumbfounded to see the picture of one such river published in this daily yesterday, which shows a stretch of the Harihar River at Swaranpur village in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila that local influentials have occupied and divided into at least 50 small ponds by building dams for fish farming.
