Haor protection order finalised
The government has finalised the draft Haor protection order under the Water Act 2013 and announced three water-critical areas across the country for the first time.聽
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Tourist drowns in Nikli haor
A tourist drowned at a haor of Nikli in Kishoreganj on Saturday while visiting the area with friends...
Haor areas to get 10 secondary school buildings
The government has taken a project to build 10 secondary schools at 10 upazilas of haor areas of the country...
Why wetlands must be restored
AT DAWN over Hakaluki Haor, the cry of Pallas鈥檚 fish eagles blends with the soft slap of paddles from early fishermen. Yet, beneath this tranquil surface lies the story of an ecosystem under siege and a nation grappling with the consequences of losing its natural flood buffers...
Saving Tanguar Haor from destruction demanded
Residents of haor areas on Wednesday at a human chain in the capital Dhaka called on the interim government to save Tanguar Haor, a wetland ecosystem at Dharmapasha and Tahirpur upazilas of Sunamganj, from detraction...
Critically endangered 鈥榖anarui鈥� netted in Tanguar Haor
A pangolin, locally known as 鈥榖anarui鈥�, and also a critically endangered species of mammal animals, was caught in a fisherman鈥檚 net in Tanguar Haor at Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj on Wednesday evening...
Critically endangered 鈥榖anarui鈥� netted in Tanguar Haor
A pangolin, locally known as 鈥榖anarui鈥�, and also a critically endangered species of mammal animals, was caught in a fisherman鈥檚 net in Tanguar Haor at Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj on Wednesday evening.
Haor agriculture becoming dependent on chemicals: dialogue
Speakers at a dialogue on Tuesday said that the reliance on chemicals for agricultural production increased in haor areas across the country...
Agencies implement projects ignoring haor environment
Speakers at a discussion on Sunday said that different departments of the government were implementing several projects detrimental for the environment of...
Farmers warned聽of flash flood聽by May 3
Farmers in seven haor districts in north-eastern Bangladesh were racing against time with their boro harvest after rivers in the Meghna basin swelled steadily in the...