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BIWTA removing garbage from River Turag
United News of Bangladesh . Keraniganj | Updated at 12:23am on February 09, 2020
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority started cleaning the River Turag on Friday morning to save the water body. Shipping ministry senior secretary Abdus Samad inaugurated...
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2nd phase of Ijtema ends today
Mohammad Ali Zheelon . Gazipur | Updated at 12:03pm on January 18, 2020
The second phase of the 55th Bishwa Ijtema, an annual event of Tabligh Jamaat, ends today with ‘akheri munajat’ sometime between 10:00am and 11:00am on...
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Wastes must not be dumped, get into rivers
| Updated at 12:00am on October 13, 2019
THE Savar municipality’s unplanned and chaotic disposal of wastes of all kinds on low lands, canals and river banks is worrying as the wastes continue...
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Savar municipality pollutes Dhaleshwari, Bangshi, Turag
Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 01:46am on October 12, 2019
Savar municipality continued to pollute Dhaleshwari, Bangshi and Turag rivers and canals under its jurisdiction for years by dumping wastes. Local people said Savar municipality...
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Reclaimed Turag channel launched after dredging
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:10am on July 26, 2019
A channel of River Turag reclaimed from a realtor who occupied it for years near Basila in Dhaka was launched after necessary dredging on Thursday....
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Taxicab plunged into Turag still not found
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:18pm on July 22, 2019
The location of the taxicab that plunged into the River Turag at Savar on Sunday night remained untraced as the Fire Service and Civil Defence...
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BIWTA demolishes parts of factory despite protests
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on April 29, 2019
A Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority team demolished parts of two buildings of a dying factory on Sunday as the buildings were built on unlawfully...
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BIWTA thwarts bridge construction on Turag
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:16am on April 19, 2019
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority eviction team thwarted construction works of a bridge on the River Turag at Kamarpara in Dhaka on Thursday.Magistrate Mustafizur...
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BIWTA seeks shipping ministry’s permission to demolish AL MP’s power plant on Turag
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:00am on March 10, 2019
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority has sought the shipping ministry’s permission to demolish ruling Awami League MP Md Aslamul Haque’s power plant on the Turag...
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60 illegal structures on Turag demolished
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:59am on March 08, 2019
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority on Thursday demolished 60 structures illegally build on the river land of the River Turag near Dhaka Udyan of Mohammadpur...