An LGED project to excavate a six-kilometre-long and 100-foot-wide channel in the middle of a river 15 kilometres long and roughly 600 feet wide is causing an outcry from residents of Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj. Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in the work order identifies the project as 'New Development of Earthworks for Ara Borak Khal', which, in
During mass development in an urban area, the monetary cost is always disclosed. But what about the environmental cost, which is more valuable than money? Sylhet, a relatively small city of 26.50 square kilometres, gives a glimpse into the reality. Once referred to as a green city, Sylhet is riding on a development spree in the last decade. Thanks to the city corporation's
Destruction of Hillock in Kulaura
Landless woman implicated in UP chairman’s crime
Workers fled from the site at Islamnagar of Bhatera union in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila where this correspondent arrived to witness the destruction of this hillock for the construction of a school, below. Photo: Mintu Deshwara Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar
The chairman of Bhatera union parishad (UP) in Kulaura upazila has been involved in the destruction of environment by razing a hillock in the area, but a quarter with vested interest is apparently trying to implicate a poor house help in the illegal act.