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Stop discharging sewage in water bodies: Tazul
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:04am on February 15, 2021
Local government division minister Tazul Islam at a workshop on Sunday urged the city people to stop dumping sewage into the water bodies like canals...
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DSCC evicts city canal grabbers
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:41am on February 15, 2021
Only eight feet of Shyampur canal exists in width at Bou Bazar point as rest 92 feet of the 100-feet wide canal was grabbed by...
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Canal grabbers to be evicted soon: Tajul
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 11:37pm on January 24, 2021
Local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Md Tajul Islam on Sunday said that those who have illegally occupied the canals, including the original Buriganga...
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40-foot canal reduced to 17-foot drain
Rashad Ahamad | Updated at 11:48pm on January 13, 2021
A 15-foot-wide concrete road was constructed encroaching on the 40-foot-wide Jirani Khal reducing the water body to 17-foot-wide drain while rest of the canal was...
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Canal grabbers to be evicted no matter how influential: Atiq
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:09am on January 05, 2021
Dhaka north city mayor Md Atiqul Islam said that all the illegal structures built encroaching on the city canals would be demolished soon, no matter...
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Taposh vows to evict city canal grabbers
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 07:00pm on December 01, 2020
Dhaka south city mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Tuesday vowed to reclaim all the canals under the jurisdiction of Dhaka South City Corporation before...
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Government, businesses kill Dhaka canals
Ershad Kamol | Updated at 11:32pm on November 28, 2020
Over 40 canals of the capital have been converted into box culverts, roads and occupied for various government projects, reveal four studies. The studies were...
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DSCC starts drive to bring canals back to life
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:19am on November 07, 2020
Dhaka South City Corporation on Friday started cleaning waste from Shampur canal while continuing its drive in Dhanmondi Lake. The campaign is part of DSCC’s...
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Legal actions against authorities for littering canals, ditches: Atiq
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:58pm on October 07, 2020
Dhaka north city mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Wednesday said that legal actions would be taken from October 20 against the government, non-government entities and...
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Reclaim and preserve canals, wetlands to save the city
| Updated at 12:00am on July 24, 2020
THE sorry state of the canals in Dhaka is repeatedly pointed out by urban experts, and is admitted by government agencies, to be one of...