Bangladesh environment

Drowning in plastic, shall we just surrender to our fate?

Plastic pollution has reached a stage where only drastic action can reverse the trend
17 April 2023

Why are we still allowing single-use plastic?

Government must implement the ban to stop plastic pollution
5 March 2023

Dhanmondi Lake needs to be protected

Politics, greed and negligence threaten to compromise the integrity of the lake area
3 March 2023

A canal here, a bird refuge there...

One by one, we’re losing precious natural resources to greed and apathy
11 February 2023

Stop sand extraction from rivers

It's increasing the risk of river erosion, endangering farmland and depleting soil fertility
2 February 2023

Brick kiln for hills? Not really a choice

Authorities must step up efforts to protect hills from being ravaged
24 January 2023

Tea estate ignites wildfire, kills scores of animals

Hatimara Tea Garden took lease of a land near Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila some years ago. The place was a safe habitat for wildlife and hosted century-old trees... up until January 19, 2023.
22 January 2023

37,000 River Grabbers: NRCC decision to withhold names draws flak

The National River Conservation Commission has decided not to publish a list of 37,000 new encroachers of 48 rivers and the environment activists say protecting their identities is tantamount to siding with the grabbers.
19 January 2023

As Dhaka is cooked, it is the poor who are suffering more

Do city authorities have any plans to deal with heat stress from extreme temperatures?
2 October 2022

We can’t always gain by monetising nature

Flawed environment decisions and resulting failures are not new in the policy context of Bangladesh. And yet, they thrive.
16 June 2022

Commentary: So what else are we going to rob?

A new kind of robbery is wreaking havoc in some parts of our countryside. A robbery that forms a part of a far bigger picture of destruction of our ecology and thereby robbing our future generations of their chance to lead a healthy and prosperous life.
24 June 2018