Standing on the banks of the Buriganga, once Dhaka’s lifeline, is now an assault on the senses. The air hangs heavy with the stench of rotting produce and untreated sewage. The water – thick, black, ...

The Port of Pangaon is an inland port and container terminal on the Buriganga River in Dhaka District, Bangladesh. It serves as a cargo port for Bangladesh's capital and largest city Dhaka. It was ...

A stark close-up of a waterbird struggling against plastic waste entangled in its wings near the Sadarghat launch terminal on the Buriganga River, Dhaka. This footage captures the devastating impact ...

Save Buriganga at any costBangladesh government enacted a law in 1995 making it compulsory for all industrial units to use effluent treatment plants in a bid to save river waters from pollution. Most ...

River conservationists on Saturday observe "Buriganga River Carnival" to promote conservation efforts to make the country's rivers free of pollution. Waterkeepers Bangladesh Consortium in ...

Md Sariful Islam, coordinator of “Mass Bathing in Buriganga” and vice president of JCI Dhaka North, said: “It is quintessential to protect Buriganga and its biodiversity to protect people’s lives, ...

A case has been filed accusing seven persons in connection with capsize of a launch in the Buriganga river on Monday that left 32 people dead. Cops filed the case with South Keraniganj police station ...

The Buriganga, flowing past Dhaka city with a long historical past, had to be saved, its pitch-black water had to be cleaned and marine life brought back to it. Today the Buriganga still flows as ...

The Buriganga old channel was navigable from Sadarghat to Gabtoli for boats until 1995, recalled 45-year old Anwar Hossain of Shahidnagar, Lalbagh. ‘Until 1995, we used to catch koi, singh, foli, ...

June 4: Workers in a dyeing factory in Shyampur, whose waste is dumped into the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh has been ranked 10th of the top 20 plastic polluters in the world.

The quality of Buriganga water has improved slightly following the relocation of tanneries to Savar from the city's Hazaribagh area and heavy rainfall this year, according to a Department of ...