GREEN PROTEST

Plastic chokes Dhaka’s drainage

Millions of carelessly discarded plastic bags choke the sewers of Bangladesh’s capital, while the canals that once provided natural …

DREADFUL LEAD

Bird flu outbreak in Bangladesh; two separate cases reported

More than 700 Sonali breed birds died after highly contagious H5N1 virus was discovered near Dhaka

Schools, libraries, clinics all come floating on boats

When roads in the Chalan Beel region of Bangladesh are submerged during monsoon, these boats serve as the lifeline

Open-access portal on climate change

Big earthquake could hit Bangladesh, northeast India

Tremendous strain is building up due to plate convergence under Bangladesh, says a new paper. A single big rupture could cause a magnitude 9 quake

Clean air drive

Dhaka's green plans

CONTAMINATED WATER

MOUNTING PROBLEM

Brakes on pollution

Dhaka

LE(A)D TO DEATH

POLLUTION DEATHS

According To Report

Heavy Weather

Bt brinjal controversy hots up in Bangladesh

Bt Brinjal farmers divided between green activists opposing GM crops and government which claims the crop experiment was fairly suiccessful

IMPENDING DANGER

Growth thirsty

Groundwater level is plunging in Dhaka. Experts call for making rainwater harvesting mandatory

Brick kilns major source of air pollution in South Asia

Contribute 10% to the total air pollution in south Delhi, 11% in Patna, 30% in Dhaka

Teesta deal likely

India and Bangladesh to sign an interim treaty for 15 years

Dhaka's groundwater level at the lowest in 11 yrs

According to Report

Zooming in

A photographer tries to educate Delhi about how important is the Western Ghats to India