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09.05.2012 The Daily Star Save Karnaphuli from pollution

Around 150 Sampans (boat) joined a procession on the Karnaphuli River in the port city yesterday demanding the river be saved from pollution.
Starting from Abhoy Mitra Ghat, the procession end more>>

08.05.2012 The Daily Star DoE fines two companies Tk 11 lakh for oil spillage

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined two companies a total of Tk 11 lakh on charge of marine pollution through oil spillage at Sitakunda.
The verdict that fined a vessel of Ocea more>>

26.04.2012 The Daily Star Savar dyeing factory loses DoE certificate

The Department of Environment (DoE) cancelled the environment clearance certificate of Birds A-and-Z Ltd, a dyeing factory at Baipail, Savar, and fined it Tk 25 lakh yesterday, as it continued to p more>>

21.04.2012 The Daily Star Water pollution still rampant

It has been around three years since the High Court ordered industries indiscriminately discharging waste water to install effluent treatment plants (ETPs) within a year. The court on June 10, 2009 more>>