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
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
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.
Newly inaugurated STP raises hope but much remains to be done
Government must protect our rivers from being polluted, encroached or harmed in other ways
The pathetic state of Atrai River shows how vulnerable our rivers are to greed and mismanagement
Plastic pollution has reached a stage where only drastic action can reverse the trend
Sutang's water has become so polluted that it can no longer be used
The condition our rivers are in right now is a threat to our existence.
Saga of three rivers a reminder of how catastrophically mismanaged our rivers are
