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Panthakunja Park should be restored

NEARLY six months have passed since the Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement began a sit-in inside the partially destroyed Panthakunja Park, one of the capital’s last parks, calling for a halt to the construction of a section of the Dhaka elevated expressway from the Film Development Corporation to the Plassey crossing. Protesters say that the construction of the elevated...

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PANTHAKUNJA PARK PROTECTION: Protests on for months

More than five months on from the start of a sit-in programme against the construction of a Dhaka Elevated Expressway link road through the Panthakunja Park at Karwan Bazar in the capital Dhaka, conservationists are yet to receive any response from...

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157 eminent citizens condemn destroying Panthakunja, Hatirjheel

Eminent citizens, politicians, rights activists, academics and cultural figures among them, issued a joint statement on Tuesday, demanding the cancellation of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway link road construction that has already led to the destruction of Panthakunja Park and a section of the Hatirjheel Lake...

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Cultural rally held to save Panthakunja Park

Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement organised a cultural rally inside Panthakunja Park in Dhaka’s Banglamotor area on Friday demanding cancellation of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway segment from...

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BAPA, Green Voice hold march for reopening parks

The Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon and the Green Voice, two environmental platforms, on Thursday held a ‘Long March’ in the capital Dhaka, demanding the reopening of parks, including Anwara Park and Osmani Uddayan, for public use...