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The river Banar of Mymensingh becomes violet due to the untreated industrial waste discharge from Dresden Textiles Ltd, an apparel making unit on the riverbank. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Environment

A factory . . . and chameleon river in Mymensingh 

Pollution ruins a Mymensingh river that had been linked to local agriculture, cattle rearing and fishing    

Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

Protecting our rivers: Is civil society doing enough?

Nabil Musa, an Iraqi Kurdish environmental activist, takes pictures of Sirwan River on the outskirt of Halabja, Iraq June 13, 2021. Picture taken June 13, 2021. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Middle East

As its rivers shrink, Iraq thirsts for regional cooperation

PM asks to remain prepared to face flood
Bangladesh

PM asks to remain prepared to face flood

Ahmed Sabbir, Tanveer Haque, Robert Russel and Towfiq Arifin from left to right. Photo: Courtesy
Glitz

Robert Russell Trio’s ‘River’ is a treat for jazz music lovers

Passenger vehicles still crossing via Shimulia-Banglabazar ferry
Bangladesh

Passenger vehicles still crossing via Shimulia-Banglabazar ferry

Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury
Thoughts

Bangabandhu and Bangladesh in a riverine life

Joaquin Phoenix. Photo: Collected
Glitz

Joaquin Phoenix hopes his son River chooses veganism like him

Turag River. Photo: UNB.
Environment

Projects taken in foreign interests harmful for Bangladesh’s rivers: Environment activists

Bangladesh, Bhutan agree to activate river routes to expand trade
Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Bhutan agree to activate river routes to expand trade

Photo: TBS
Environment

Bangladeshi rivers receive 24 times more plastic waste from neighbours

River has right to flow as it was flowing: Ainun Nishat
Climate Change

River has right to flow as it was flowing: Ainun Nishat

People dump garbage into the Buriganga River at Kamrangirchar area in the capital. Photo: Rehman Asad/TBS
Environment

60,000 river grabbers in the country: State Minister