Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said that the government is developing strategic plans to curb ongoing damage to the rivers. She said, "We have little control over upstream activities, ...

Experts say plastic recycling reduces dependence on virgin plastic production, which requires fossil fuels and emits ...

The Water Development Board, the agency responsible for protecting rivers, has officially declared two rivers in Bogura—the 29 km-long Ghoria and the 19.5 km-long Chandrabati—as "missing," raising ...

Bangladesh’s Meghna River – a major source of the local fisherfolk’s bread and butter – has turned into a toxic graveyard for aquatic life, with hundreds of dead fish found floating along the banks of ...

RIVERS have for long been Bangladesh’s lifeblood — irrigating paddy fields at dawn, carrying timber and trade by noon, and ...

Bangladesh has established a floating border outpost in the Sundarban area near the Indian frontier to enhance patrol and ...

It is unfortunate that, despite all the development we have undergone in five decades, river erosion remains a relentless ...

The new BGB facility aims to enhance surveillance and patrols along the riverine stretch of the India-Bangladesh border ...

Myanmar’s armed rebel group, the Arakan Army (AA), has abducted three Bangladeshi fishermen after opening fire on the Naf ...

The flood-prone Muhuri River runs along much of the stretch of the India-Bangladesh border in the South Tripura district. Residents of the district headquarters, Belonia and other border villages ...