With just three inspectors overseeing thousands of industries, Gazipur faces a pollution enforcement crisis as invasive fish threaten native species and a Tk 184 crore restoration project awaits approval. The water is dark, almost black, resembling tar. For residents who have lived beside the river for decades, the transformation is visible in the disappearance of familiar fish and the deterioration of their livelihoods. The Turag River, flowing through the industrial belt of Gazipur and the outskirts of Dhaka, is facing mounting pressure from industrial effluent, domestic sewage and the spread of invasive suckermouth catfish. As native fish disappear and fishing livelihoods come under strain, limited regulatory capacity raises questions about whether planned interventions can restore the river’s health. “Fish disappeared long ago,” said Rahim Mia, 70, recalling a time when his family depended on fishing in the river. The native fish they once caught are now increasingly difficult to find. For Shafik Mia, who has spent 25 years fishing along the Turag, the problem has taken another turn. The quantity of fish suitable for consumption is declining, while invasive suckermouth catfish are becoming increasingly common in his nets. Of every 10 kilogrammes of fish he catches, he says, around seven...

This report examines how the rights of rivers are being implemented in practice through comparative analysis of the Turag and Atrato rivers cases.

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দিয়াবাড়ি, বাউনিয়া, কামারপাড়া থেকে ধউর পর্যন্ত — তুরাগ থানার প্রতিটি এলাকায় পুলিশ ভেরিফাইড চালকসহ নির্ভরযোগ্য Rent a car in Turag সেবা এখন এক কলেই। কার,

The DoE fined the illegal facility Tk 200,000 after dismantling furnaces and seizing equipment used for lead production near Birulia Bridge in Turag. Authorities in Bangladesh have demolished an illegal used battery-breaking and lead smelting plant in the capital’s northern outskirts as part of an intensified campaign to eliminate pollution sources and enforce environmental regulations. The Department of Environment (DoE), through a joint operation involving its Dhaka Metropolitan Office and the Monitoring and Enforcement Branch at its headquarters, carried out the raid at an unnamed illegal battery recycling facility near Birulia Bridge in the Dhowr area under Turag Police Station. During the enforcement operation, authorities destroyed two furnaces used for lead processing and completely dismantled the factory’s illegal structures with an excavator. The factory’s activities were shut down permanently, while equipment, materials, and tools used for lead production were seized from the site. The illegal facility was fined Tk 200,000 (two lakh taka) for violating environmental regulations, and the penalty was recovered during the operation. The raid was conducted under the leadership of Executive Magistrate of the Department of Environment Kishore Kumar Das. Inspector Md. Tarikul Islam of the DoE’s Dhaka Metropolitan Office served as the prosecution officer, while Rasul...

দিয়াবাড়ি, বাউনিয়া, কামারপাড়া থেকে ধউর পর্যন্ত — তুরাগ থানার প্রতিটি এলাকায় পুলিশ ভেরিফাইড চালকসহ নির্ভরযোগ্য Rent a car in Turag সেবা এখন এক কলেই। কার,

This report examines how the rights of rivers are being implemented in practice through comparative analysis of the Turag and Atrato rivers cases.

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Hindus are being continuously targeted in Bangladesh. Miscreants set fire to the ISKCON temple in Dhaka on Saturday morning. ISKCON Bangladesh said it was the family temple of an ISKCON devotee, while the organisation's Kolkata office said the 'ISKCON Namhatta Centre' was targeted. The attack took place on Saturday morning in Dhaur village under Turag police station of Dhaka district. An official of Turag police station said that a search operation has been launched to trace the criminals.

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