Ultimatum issued to free Sylhet roads from encroachment
Citizens of Sylhet on Wednesday gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the city corporation authorities to free the city streets from the illegal encroachment by hawkers...
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No bar on demolition of structures in Karnaphuli
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court directive to remove illegal structures built by Bangladesh Jatiya Matsyajibi Samity Ltd inside the boundary of the Karnaphuli River, clearing the way for long-delayed action against encroachment on one of the country鈥檚 most vital waterways...
HC moves to protect Teknaf reserve forests
The High Court on Tuesday issued a directive asking the government authorities to explain their inaction in addressing encroachment on reserve forests of Mathabhanga and Panerchara at Teknaf in Cox鈥檚 Bazar...
No end in sight to river grab, pollution as yet
THE River Buriganga, the ecological lifeline of Dhaka, faces a slow death. The photograph that 抖阴精品 published on October 30 shows unabated encroachment on the river land and the unchecked dumping of polythene bags and rubbish in the river at Islambagh in Dhaka. Untreated liquid industrial effluents discharged into the river indiscriminately has left...
Actions to be taken to save heritage wetlands: Rizwana
Adviser to the water resources and environment ministry Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday asked officials concerned to take urgent measures to prevent illegal encroachment of national heritage wetlands and rivers...
Culture of extortion and encroachment must end
THE reports that Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 student and youth wings have started grabbing local Awami League party offices after the fall of the authoritarian Awami League regime on August 5 are worrying. As AL activists are on the run to avoid backlash, many of their local offices have been either burnt or grabbed by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Juba Dal...