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  2-year jail for road encroachment, Bangladesh approves draft bill

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:27pm on December 28, 2020

  The cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft Highways Bill, 2020 proposing maximum two-year jail and a fine of Tk five lakh for encroachment...

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  Bangladesh River commission for closure of MP Aslam’s economic zone, power plant

  M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 12:32am on November 26, 2020

  The National River Conservation Commission has recommended immediate closure of Arisha Economic Zone and Miasha Group power plant, owned by ruling Awami League lawmaker for...

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  Influential people encroach on Charsubudhi canal

  Our Correspondent . Narsingdi  | Updated at 12:21am on February 08, 2020

  A section of influential people, including local union parishad chairman and Awami League leaders, are grabbing a hundred-year-old canal passing through the east side of...

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  Comprehensive plan, effective execution needed to save Bangladesh rivers

  | Updated at 12:00am on January 25, 2020

  THE government coming to prepare and publish a list of 49,558 grabbers of rivers across the country is a welcome first step to save the...

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  Bangladesh spots 49,558 river grabbers: minister

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:00am on January 24, 2020

  The government has spotted a total of 49,558 grabbers of river lands across the country, state minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament on...

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  Holistic approach must for protection of rivers

  | Updated at 12:00am on January 14, 2020

  THE government appears to have done very little about the protection of rivers from encroachment and pollution, letting the rivers die slowly. The illegal grabbing...

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  Balu in peril, becomes public health threat

  Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:36am on January 13, 2020

  The 50-kilometre-long Balu River flowing from Gazipur to Narayanganj through the eastern Dhaka city is in peril for massive encroachments by both government and private...

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  Eviction drives alone won’t protect Bangladesh rivers

  | Updated at 12:00am on December 25, 2019

  RIVERS are faced with a slow death across Bangladesh. The illegal occupation of river land and indiscriminate disposal of industrial and municipal wastes into the...

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  Half-hearted commitment exposed in river grabber list

  | Updated at 12:00am on September 17, 2019

  ECOLOGICAL integrity of the nation and livelihood of larger population are dependent on the rivers of Bangladesh. The slow deaths of many rivers have already...

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  BIWTA, DSCC, 4 realtors among 959 grabbers

  Ershad Kamol | Updated at 12:32am on September 16, 2019

  The Dhaka district administration found no encroachers on the five of the eight rivers flowing through or around the district. The list of grabbers sent...