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 ...

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 AMBER DENIM mosque sits at the back of a factory compound deep in the industrial sprawl north of Dhaka, Bangladesh ’s frenetic capital (population: more than 18 million). Its walls are a ...

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, ...

The government will have to plug the major sources of pollution of the river.’ Mujibur Rahman who has long been monitoring the Buriganga water pollution said, ‘Over 60,000 kgs of BOD is dumped into ...