City corporations asked to stop waste burning聽at landfills
Environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday asked city corporations to stop burning municipal wastes dumped at city landfills.
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12 illegal lead battery factories shut down
The Department of Environment on Friday shut down 12 illegal lead battery factories operating at Konapara and Jatrabari in Dhaka, and Aminbazar in Savar for polluting the environment.
Govt should have earnestness, will to end river pollution
THE pollution of rivers, especially the four that surround the Dhaka city and generally all of them that flow through the Dhaka division, runs high whilst there may not be any rivers in outlying areas that are free of pollution. The environment department says that at least 1,659 industrial units discharge untreated waste water into canals, rivers and other water bodies. And...
Drowning in noise
NOISE pollution in Bangladesh has reached an intolerable level. It now affects daily life, damages health, and disrupts the environment. The cities echo with constant sound 鈥� horns blaring, construction hammering, music blaring from speakers and engines roaring. Rural areas, once peaceful, are also no longer free from this intrusion. The situation is worst in major...
HC for fresh list of brick kilns
The High Court on Monday directed divisional commissioners to take decisive action in ensuring a pollution-free environment, emphasising their duty to enforce environmental laws...
Judicial activism in protection of environment
JUDICIAL activism in environmental protection goes beyond the mere enforcement of the statutory provision of the environment laws and embraces restitutionary as well as injunctive relief. Bangladesh, like many other...
Rajshahi people continue protest at felling trees
Rajshahi people on Wednesday formed a human chain in the city demanding protection of the environment, agricultural land and ensuring social security...
Cyberbullying, misinformation decried
In an effort to create a safer digital environment for the youth of Bangladesh, the JAAGO Foundation and the TikTok jointly organised a roundtable discussion titled National Dialogue on Youth and Online Safety at the Platinum Grand of Banani in Dhaka on Thursday...
Stringent court action needed to make govt stop air pollution
THE High Court has rightly issued a warning against bureaucrats, noting that any negligence to protect the environment would entail action against the officials who would fail to comply with court orders in this connection. The bench sounded the warnings as it heard a petition that legal aid organisation Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh filed seeking the...
HC warns bureaucrats against failure to protect environment
The High Court on Monday issued a stern warning to bureaucrats, declaring that negligence in protecting the environment would not be tolerated and action would be taken against officials failing to comply with court orders in this connection...
Bashundhara, JMI, Anwar Cement fined Tk 20 lakh
A mobile court of the Department of Environment聽has fined three industries Tk 20 lakh in Gazaria upazila of the聽district for violating the Environment Act...
Two more RMG units get LEED certification
Two more readymade garment factory units in Bangladesh have gained the United States Green Building Council鈥檚 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certificates, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association...
Govt encourages safe alternative to plastic: Rizwana
Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at a seminar on Wednesday said that the government was working to discourage use of single-use plastic to curb pollution and encouraging safer alternative to save environment...
ATTACK ON DOE DIRECTOR: Punishment for attackers demanded
Eminent environment and human rights activists in a statement on Wednesday demanded punishment for attackers who injured Department of Environment director Md Sawqat Ali....
6 arrested over attack during DoE drive
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday said that six people were arrested in connection with an attack on officials from the Department of Environment during a drive at an illegal polythene factory in Dhaka鈥檚 Chawk Bazar area on Sunday...
Environment drives should be adequately supported
THE violent attack on a Department of Environment director during a drive against illegal polythene production at Chawkbazar in Dhaka is worrying as it indicates a weak enforcement mechanism. The director was assaulted on January 26 and had a fractured nose after he had sealed off a factory illegally producing polythene bags. A similar violent attack took...
DRIVE AT POLYTHENE FACTORY: DoE director hurt in attack
A director of the Department of Environment was injured in an attack by workers during a drive at a Polythene factory at Islambagh in the capital鈥檚 Chawkbazar area Sunday afternoon.
Industries to be brought under emission monitoring
A World Bank project kicking off in July plans to introduce a system in some big industrial entities to continuously monitor their emissions...
AmCham dialogue stresses policy alignment
Experts and business leaders on Sunday said that Bangladesh must align its policies to create a predictable, transparent, and investment-friendly business environment to remain competitive globally...
Battery recycling: a discounted path to environmental risk
LET鈥橲 talk about something quite common in Bangladesh: trade-in discounts for old batteries. You have probably seen it 鈥� hand in your old IPS or car battery and get a sweet deal on a new one. This practice is widespread, from city markets to smaller towns, reflecting the growing demand for affordable energy solutions and vehicle maintenance across...
2024 hottest recorded year, crosses global warming limit
The past two years saw average global temperatures exceed a critical warming limit for the first time as the UN demanded 鈥榯rail-blazing鈥� climate action...
Nine brick kilns fined, two evicted in Feni
A mobile court in Feni has fined nine brick kilns Tk 58 lakh and evicted two others for operating without the necessary environmental clearances...
Cleanup campaign, civic awareness meeting held at Guliakhali, Sitakunda
The Department of Environment, in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and with financial support from the Government of Norway, organised the 20th cleanup programme and civic awareness meeting recently at Guliakhali Sea Beach, Sitakunda, Chattogram, says a press release.
New law likely to protect trees: Rizwana
Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Tuesday said that a new law was being formulated to protect trees, which would include special provisions against using nails for advertisements...
16 acres of grabbed forest recovered in 4 months : Rizwana
The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has recovered 16 acres of illegally occupied forest land in Gazipur since August 5 out of a total of 90 acres...
Banks鈥� green financing goes down in July-Sept
Green financing by banks and non-bank financial institutions declined in the July-September quarter amid a severe liquidity crisis and a challenging business environment after the political shift...
Protection of parks from elevated expressway demanded
Urban planners and environmental activists at a human chain protested the construction of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway segment from Karwanbazar to Plassey Crossing, citing the destruction of Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel lake in the capital...
7 brick kilns, raw bricks demolished in Barishal
The Department of Environment during its drives against illegal brick kilns in Barishal, demolished seven brick kilns and 1,00,000 raw bricks on Tuesday and Wednesday...
No discussion to ban ISKCON: Rizwana
Environment, forests, climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Thursday said that no discussion was held to ban International Society for Krishna Consciousness in Bangladesh...
Plastic pollution talks must speed up, chair warns
Negotiators must move 鈥榮ignificantly鈥� faster to reach a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution, the diplomat chairing the talks warned Wednesday, as countries lined up to express frustration about the limited progress...