River Ecology
River EcologyRecover Chaktai canal from encroachment
A study shows heavy rainfall and waterlogging has caused losses of Tk 25.15 billion in Khatunganj and neighbouring Achadganj and Korbaniganj over a decade. Five thousand businesses and traders faced ...
'Meghna being filled up to build power plant'
The Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited (APSCL) has been allegedly occupying the banks of the Meghna river and filling it up with sands
41 bird species spotted in chars of Padma
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) under its Bangladesh Wild Bird Monitoring Programme carried out the survey in the 39-kilometre area of the river Padma
River encroachment and pollution
Stop playing blind man’s buff in the name of eviction
In order to protect the rivers, it is necessary to implement the recommendation of the High Court and the directives of the river commission.
‘Granary’ affected as Kaladumur river dying
The river has almost dried up and is gradually turning into a dead one following the deposit of silt and lack of dredging for long, leading to a water crisis
6 people drowned in 5 days as Sherpur flood situation worsens
The sudden swelling of the Old Brahmaputra River has led to the inundation of new Char areas, croplands and houses in the district, triggering fears of a devastating flood.Meanwhile, two more ...
The three Ws and our impending existential crisis
Our memories are freaky!Once a crisis hits a height, the issue recedes from our memory faster than it reached culmination. In this city of contingencies and crises, people soon get busy with the next ...
A city never dies, it’s killed
A city does not die. It is murdered. It is consumed by our flames of greed. It is gradually killed by its thankless habitants in the name of development.The story of Dhaka is no different. We, the ...
Dead rivers tell many tales
Dead men tell no tales, but rivers do. Bangladesh’s rivers, a large number of which have already been killed with the remaining survivors crawling towards death, tell so many tales - tales of crooked ...
You can't eat money!
There is a Native American adage, “Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.”Environment or development? ...
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