Environmentalists formed a 71km long human chain on the banks of Turag River yesterday morning demanding an end to pollution and grabbing of the river. The Turag flows across Tagnail, Gazipur and ...

The High Court on Wednesday accorded the Turag river the status of “legal person” to save it from encroachment and said that the status will be applicable for all rivers across the country.

Wrongly placed pillars on the banks of the Turag river for its demarcation will be removed, says the junior minister for land.

A bus of Boishakhi Paraibahan, fell into Turag river near Aminbazar's Salepur bridge at about 11:30am, Savar police chief Mahabubur Rahman said.

River bed, ecology, morphology and navigable channels are being destroyed as a result of sand-extraction from the country's various rivers without environmental impact assessment, he also said.

The bus was packed with around 50 people when the accident happened at Aminbazar, 20km west of Dhaka. The bus swerved into the Turag river, trapping 40 passengers inside, chief district ...

Dhaka River Master Plan: The World Bank has agreed to take lead in a landmark project to breathe life back into the five rivers surrounding Dhaka city involving about $20 billion.

Some two million Muslims from around the world have taken part in closing prayers at the second largest Islamic gathering after the Hajj - the festival of Biswa Ijtema in Bangladesh. Pilgrims endured ...

AROUND 40 people are missing after a crowded bus lost control and plunged into a river near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police said.

I was looking at the always-awesome Earth Observatory website from NASA and came across an interesting comparison of images of a river delta over time. The first image below is the Huange He delta ...

Every year, the gathering is held on the banks of the Turag River. About 5,000 pilgrims come from abroad. Some participants called for Allah's blessing; others prayed for his forgiveness for their ...

Divers search for a bus and its passengers after it plunged into the Turag river near a bridge at Aminbazar in Dhaka. Image Credit: Reuters Dhaka: Authorities on Sunday called out the army while ...