encroachment

Flooding in Lakshmipur on 22 August 2024. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Writ seeks HC directive to free river, canals from encroachment in Noakhali, Lakshmipur

SC lawyer Abdus Sattar Palwan filed the writ citing a report from The Business Standard Bangla version

The Ramchandrapur Canal, originating in Mohammadpur’s Ramchandrapur and flowing into the Buriganga River, is currently on the verge of death due to encroachment and pollution. Photos: Md Jahidul Islam
Bangladesh

Drive evicts some but many others encroach upon Mohammadpur canal

Landfill on the bank of Buriganga. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

National Committee wants eviction of all illegal Buriganga structures, dockyards

Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Coordinated efforts needed for de-encroachment, de-pollution of rivers: Environment minister

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Stop encroachment on Karnaphuli River: HC

Illegal makeshift shops occupy the space under a flyover in the capital's Jurain area. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka’s under-flyover spaces remain hotbed of encroachment, pollution

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Unitex Group Director arrested in Sitakunda forest encroachment case

Photo: PR
Environment

26% of Dhaka's reservoirs under threat of encroachment: seminar

Environmentalists threaten to go to court against encroachment of Gendaria’s DIT Pond 
Bangladesh

Environmentalists threaten to go to court against encroachment of Gendaria’s DIT Pond 

Govt probe finds AL MP Salam Murshedy occupied abandoned property in Gulshan by forgery
Crime

Govt probe finds AL MP Salam Murshedy occupied abandoned property in Gulshan by forgery

Mukteshwari River. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Officials drag feet as Mukteshwari River inches towards death

Picture: Collected
Bangladesh

Forest officials colluding with encroachers being listed 

The drive carried out by the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to evict illegal structures is a positive approach for sure and worth appraising. This photo depicts an eviction drive at Chuadanga. Photo: TBS
Analysis

Eviction drives around rivers are not sustainable