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Foresters plan to send capital’s 10 monkeys to Nijhum Dwip
Ahmed Shatil Alam | Updated at 12:05am on March 09, 2018
The Forest Department has taken plan to capture eight to 10 monkeys from the capital for sending them to Nijhum Dwip in the Bay of...
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Mass wedding of trees in capital
Ahmed Shatil Alam | Updated at 01:01am on February 25, 2018
Only the pairs were different otherwise all the trappings of weddings enthralled the invited guests at the capital’s Agargaon locality. It was a mass wedding...
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DoE’s ‘inaction’ blamed for spread of polybag
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:48am on January 21, 2018
Green activists on Saturday alleged that the polythene shopping bag ban law has become ineffective due to ‘inaction’ of the Department of Environment....
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‘Western plans not fitting in local context recklessly adopted’
| Updated at 12:05am on December 28, 2017
We have been working to save the environment for a long time now. Our movement and large-scale media coverage helped in building awareness...
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Buriganga water improving; still much needs to be done
United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 05:45pm on December 23, 2017
The quality of Buriganga water has improved slightly following the relocation of tanneries to Savar from the city's Hazaribagh area and heavy rainfall this year....
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Bangladesh loses 1pc GDP for air pollution
United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 06:13pm on December 10, 2017
Bangladesh is losing one per cent GDP every year due to air pollution, which is a key barrier to the country's vision to become an...
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Dust takes its toll in major cities
Sadiqur Rahman | Updated at 12:05am on December 09, 2017
Heavy presence of dust in the air, due mainly to haphazard construction works and poor management, is taking huge toll on the health of dwellers,...
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Industry owners still flouting environmental laws
| Updated at 12:05am on November 24, 2017
IT IS disturbing that rivers, especially the Dhaleswari, adjacent to industrial companies in Savar are facing severe pollution in the absence of effluent treatment plants...
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Shipping convention demands well organised, environment friendly shipping network
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:45am on October 30, 2017
The first national shipping convention ended in the capital Sunday stressing the need for ‘well organized and environment-friendly inland and marine shipping network’ for Bangladesh...
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Poor management poses threat to public health, environment
Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 12:05am on October 23, 2017
Capital’s inefficient waste management increased threat to public health and environment. Besides, wastes left in the open here and there create serious inconvenience for the...