Waste piled up along the Dhaka鈥揂richa Highway has turned about a 30-kilometre stretch of one of the busiest transport corridors into a sprawling open-air dump as Savar municipality鈥檚 waste management has collapsed.
ELECTRONIC waste, or e-waste, is fast becoming one of the most pressing environmental and social challenges of our time. It encompasses discarded electrical and electronic equipment, from refrigerators and microwaves to computers, mobile phones, televisions, and cameras. Some components, especially computer CPUs, contain toxic substances such as lead, cadmium...
THIS is unfortunate that food losses post harvest and food waste at consumption account for a third of all the food produced in Bangladesh, as a recent World Bank report says, when insufficient food security forces 12 per cent of the poor to skip meals and about 9 per cent of the poor to pass a day without food, as a recent Power and Participation Research Centre...
A Swiss company inaugurated two solar furnaces on Friday in a watchmaking city, aimed at melting down and recycling the key industry鈥檚 steel offcuts by using green energy...
Envoy Textile has commenced full-scale commercial operations at its state-of-the-art Waste Fabric Recycling Plant...
ONE of the primary challenges for sustainable development globally is environmentally friendly waste management, and Bangladesh is no exception. Due to rapid population growth, planned and unplanned urbanisation, and changing consumer...
The decades-long problem of waste water flowing into Akhaura upazila from India鈥檚 Agartala remains unresolved even though the Indian authority commissioned a sewage treatment plant nine months ago.
Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Mohammad Azaz said on Sunday that despite different control measures, mosquito population was rising in the city due to the huge waste generated by a large number of hawkers and illegal open markets on the streets...
To promote environmental sustainability and a clean campus culture, Gazipur Agricultural University on Sunday organised a training programme titled Clean Campus, Green Future: Waste Management for Sustainable Development...
The country鈥檚 largest Water Reuse and Improved Wastewater Management Demonstration Site were unveiled at Fakir Knitwears Limited in Narayanganj on Wednesday, aiming to promote the sustainability of the country's readymade garment industry...
THE Fourth Industrial Revolution promises a dazzling future: hyper-connected cities, intelligent automation, ubiquitous sensors and AI-driven efficiency. For Bangladesh, embracing these technologies is not merely aspirational; it is considered essential for economic leapfrogging, enhanced governance and improved quality of life for millions. Yet, as we rush headlong into...
THE deplorable condition of Dhaka鈥檚 canals and water bodies can hardly be overstated. Nearly all the canals in and around the capital have either deteriorated significantly or are heading towards complete extinction because of unregulated waste disposal and persistent encroachment. A waste-choked Dholaipar Canal in Jatrabari, as a photograph that 抖阴精品 published on...
Pakistan can meet the growing demands of its recycling industry by importing garment industry waste (textile waste) from Bangladesh, said Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu, president of the BGMEA on Sunday...
THE dismal state of waste management, especially of plastic waste, can hardly be overstated. The limited recycling capacity appears to have exacerbated the situation. World Environment Day this year has placed special an emphasis on plastic pollution. Although Bangladesh has made some strides in recycling plastic waste, a substantial volume of plastic remains uncollected...
Waste of the sacrificial animals had yet not been removed from several areas and roads in Dhaka city till Tuesday afternoon, the third day after Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims...
THE population of the capital Dhaka increases. So does pollution. The menace of vector-borne diseases also increases with with the increased pollution. A study says that 6,500 tonnes of waste is produced daily in the capital city. The disposal of this huge amount of waste is important. The study also says that about 55 per cent of waste are disposed of daily which causes...
The medical waste management project was inaugurated in Kushtia on Monday.
The Bangladesh Army on Tuesday said that they did not have any plan to engage in waste management during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha or anti-mosquito drive, said an Inter-Services Public Relations statement...
Unilever Bangladesh Limited has announced to continue its commitment to collect and process 10 per cent of Chattogram鈥檚 mismanaged plastic waste in 2025, said a press release...
When canals that run in and around the capital have either fallen into a terrible state or hurtled towards a slow death in the absence of effective waste management and because of encroachment, canals and water bodies in Naraynganj are in no better shape. A waste-filled DND canal at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj, as a photograph that 抖阴精品 published on April 22...
At least five people were stabbed in separate incidents crime, including mugging, in the capital on Tuesday morning...
UNABATED medical waste dumping on roads, bins, drains, water bodies and open spaces in the capital and elsewhere has raised serious public health and environmental concern. The hazardous substances in medical waste include pathological and infectious materials, such as sharp needles and toxic chemicals. In hospitals, various therapeutic procedures, such as cobalt...
Medical waste generated in healthcare facilities poses serious health risks as many hospitals keep discharging untreated waste water into open water bodies and dumping solid wastes in nearby dustbins...
Residents of 18 newly included wards in the Dhaka North City Corporation at a public hearing on Tuesday complained of grappling with water stagnation, poor waste disposal, and dilapidated roads, among other issues...
A DEPLORABLE failure of urban waste governance has left large parts of southern Dhaka cloaked in toxic smoke for more than two weeks, as a fire at the Matuail landfill continues to spread palls of toxic smoke across densely populated neighbourhoods such as Jurain, Jatrabari, Sayedabad and Maniknagar. The...
A POLICY attention on ensuring access to basic sanitation facilities has left other relevant concerns such as faecal waste management and water and sanitation infrastructure maintenance unattended for decades. Experts, entrepreneurs, academics and development partners at a conference in Dhaka on February 25 called for addressing gaps in sanitation facilities. They have...
The Narayanganj City Corporation, which governs Siddhirganj, sadar and Bandar, is responsible for nearly two million residents across 27 wards within a 72.43-square kilometre area. Managing civic services for such a large and densely populated city is a formidable challenge that requires strategic planning and efficient execution. While various developmental...
THE government has renewed the ban on the use of polythene and polypropylene shopping bags in super stores beginning on October 1. After two decades, the law was revisited for a nationwide enforcement beginning on November 1. It was not the use but its indiscriminate disposal that prompted the ban on the production, sales and use of polythene...
A total of 323 kilogrammes of plastic waste was collected from the Kuakata beach point in Patuakhali on Saturday.
Experts on Tuesday stressed the need for a textile waste (jhut) management policy in Bangladesh, saying that its informal nature of the sector fuelled political-economic tensions and...
