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The proposed budget, placed before parliament just two days before World Environment Day, shows the government is hardly concerned about the country's environmental degradation. In last year's budget, the allocation for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was Tk 1,246 crore. This year, the government reduced the amount by Tk 25 crore, and this year's
Banshkhali Power Plant Site:5 workers killed as cops open fire
24 including 3 policemen injured in clash during workers’ demo for arrear, pay hike
An injured worker of under-construction SS Power I Plant is being taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital. Five workers were shot dead when they were demonstrating for salaries of up to three months in arrears. Police said the demonstrators threw brick chunks at police before the clash began. Photo: Rajib Raihan
Five workers of an under-construction coal-fired power plant were killed and at least 21 others injured during a clash with police in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.
Shut down all coal-fired power plants near Sunderbans
Bapa reiterates in 15-point demand on Sunderbans Day Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) yesterday placed a 15-point demand, which includes closing down all under-construction coal-based power plants near Sundarbans and stopping industrialisation at sensitive areas to save the largest mangrove forest in the world.
Bapa came up with the demand at a webinar titled What should we do to save Sundarbans and the demands to mark Sundarbans Day .
This year, the slogan of Sundarbans Day was Save Sundarbans, Save Bangladesh .
Placing the 15-point demand, Bapa President Sultana Kamal said to save the country, there is no alternative but to save Sundarbans.
The bike lanes to nowhere
Cyclists, urban planners say the two dedicated lanes in the capital are of little use without a wider network
The initial optimism of cyclists surrounding the bike lanes is waning due to frequent encroachment and lack of integrated networks. This photo was taken from Manik Mia Avenue recently. Photo: Palash Khan
Around 15 months after the inauguration of Dhaka North City Corporation s first dedicated bicycle lane in Agargaon, the initial optimism of cyclists surrounding the lanes is waning due to illegal occupation and lack of integrated networks.
In addition to the one in Agargaon, DNCC later unveiled another lane in Manik Mia Avenue a couple of months back as part of a Tk 694 crore urban development project. But either of them is yet to make any meaningful impact in city life, cyclists say.