Narayanganj, Bangladesh News

DHAKA: The government has asked all the deputy commissioners to demarcate boundaries of the rivers and wetlands as well as to evict illegal occupation on the river banks.

DHAKA: Three out of four panellists at a discussion in Dhaka on Saturday expressed their concerns about the rise in crimes which are threatening law and order and public security.

DHAKA: The High Court on Thursday asked the government to demarcate the boundaries of the four rivers surrounding Dhaka a ' Balu, Turag, Buriganga and Sitalakhya a ' according to the cadastral survey in four months and report to the court by December 15.

Cross-sections of people in Narayanganj yesterday congregated in the streets with the demand of saving the Shitalakhya from pollution and encroachment.

The High Court yesterday issued a set of directives for the government to save the rivers around the capital from encroachment and pollution.

The tenth-day eviction drive against river grabbers in the Shitalakhya today turned into almost futile due to confusion, dubious survey of the encroachers and contradictory stance of the authorities concerned.

The eighth-day eviction drive against the river grabbers in Shitalakhya started this morning as part of the ongoing drive to demolish the unfinished illegal portions of four large-size structures.

The seventh day demolition drive to evict river grabbers in Shitalakhya started this morning with demolition of encroached parts of eleven structures.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday, for the first time, proposed an allocation of Tk 2,500 crore for the public-private partnership initiative to implement different projects in infrastructure, health and education sectors.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority along with Narayanganj district administration demolished portions of nine semi-concrete factories built illegally on the river Shitalakhya as part of the ongoing drive yesterday.

The eviction drive against the river grabbers resumed this morning for the fourth day in Shitalakhya in Narayanganj to knock down encroached portion of a five-storey garment factory near Tanbazar sub-police station.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority and Narayanganj district administration launched a drive yesterday to evict the land grabbers along the river Shitalakhya and knocked down parts of five multi-storey buildings.

The Turag near Tongi Bridge, by the Biswa Istema site on the left faces land grabbers' aggression from both banks.

UNB, Dhaka Acting Attorney General MK Rahman yesterday said finding out a concrete legal solution to the encroachment of four rivers and their extreme pollution due to dumping of industrial and clinical wastes is not possible overnight.

Staff Reporter The onslaught of rising commodity prices yesterday brought readymade garment workers to the streets where they demanded special allocation for them in the coming budget to help improve their living standard.

But the HC said non-implementation of a 2001 verdict on saving rivers has caused the present pitiable situation.

Police rescued a minor girl and arrested a female kidnapper from a fast food shop at New Market in the city yesterday.

BSS, Dhaka The 119th 'Tirodhan Dibas' of Sree Sree Loknath Brahmachari, a great saint who preached the universal message of humanism, began at Swamibag Ashram here on Friday.

Land grabbers fence off a section of the Buriganga near Dikrir Char in Narayanganj to set up a brick kiln.Photo: Shafiq Alam Pinaki Roy Although the High Court has recently directed the government to evict encroachers from four rivers around the capital, 147 grabbers had earlier managed status quo from the court through legal loopholes and turned ...

The High Court on Sunday directed the government to take effective measures to remove all sorts of permanent or temporary illegal structures on the banks of the river Buriganga, Shitalakhshaya, Balu and Turag.