Panthakunja-Hatirjheel expressway:Â Activists renew call for halt
Green activists on Saturday renewed their demand for cancelling the FDC–Plassey section of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway that runs over Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel.
Green activists on Saturday renewed their demand for cancelling the FDC–Plassey section of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway that runs over Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel.
The Appellate Division on Tuesday adjourned for one week a hearing in the government’s plea seeking a stay on the High Court order that had halted the construction of the elevated expressway extension through Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel in Dhaka.
The High Court’s order to halt the construction of the elevated expressway extension through Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel, while directing the government not to block public access to the vital urban spaces, is welcome. The ruling follows a writ petition filed by green activists, university teachers and Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement members. It reaffirms what...
A people’s court on Friday ordered an immediate suspension of all activities related to the under-construction Dhaka Elevated Expressway link road through Hatirjheel and Panthakunja Park in the capital Dhaka.
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...
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...
Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement organised a citizens’ rally inside Panthakunja Park in the Dhaka’s Banglamotor area on Saturday demanding the government save the 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...
Environmentalists and others on Friday demanded justice against those who attacked members of the Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement inside Panthakunja Park at Banglamotore.Â
Speakers, including local residents and environmentalists, on Friday continue to hold protest, demanding the cancellation of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway segment from Tejgaon to Plassey Crossing via Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel Lake.