DHAKA - Bangladesh may lack a spectacular tourist magnet like the Pyramids, but what it has is captivating. The megacity of Dhaka has iconic buildings, museums, cultural attractions and scenic parks.

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For the Muslim holy festival of Eid al-Fitr, millions of residents of Dhaka board ships on the Buriganga River to travel to their home villages inside Bangladesh for a few days with their families.

Microplastic (MP) contamination poses significant risks to ecosystems and human health. However, the absence of standardized protocols, detailed polymer identification, and sources identification ...

DHAKA, Dec 10, 2024 (BSS) – The government will soon conduct operation to free the Buriganga from pollution during this winter and the shipping ministry will provide all necessary support, including ...

The study also said that the government had taken eights projects to recover Buriganga and spend Tk 3,294 crore in the past two decades and the reclaim of the river was not visible.

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The Buriganga River, which flows south-west of Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka, is now so polluted that its outside of the monsoon season.

Human rights activists, academics, political analysts and lawyers on Monday slammed Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh for his remark that civil society members would be ...

Terming the restoration process expensive and difficult, the DSCC mayor said, “The old Buriganga channel has been narrowed down by encroachers and polluters from all sides over the past 50 years, and ...

Treatment plants are either non-existent or inefficient and underused, meaning Bangladesh’s garment industry continues to discharge highly polluting wastewater.

Bangladesh has some of the most dangerous waterways on Earth, but locals still swear by the historic paddlewheel steamers built nearly a century ago.