State agencies must join hands to protect Garjan Forest in Cox’s Bazar

Despite repeated crackdowns, arrests, and equipment seizures, illegal sand extraction continues inside the Ramgarh-Sitakunda Reserve Forest in Chattogram.

Govt must enforce court orders, dismantle syndicates

Enforcement of environmental laws and regulations is needed to protect natural resources.

Report of sand extraction from the forest for a government project is alarming.

Government must push through vital measures for results

Razing of hills in Bandarban and elsewhere must stop

Why is the law to stop illegal sand extraction not enforced?

Illegal sand mining is eating away people's homes, farmland and wildlife habitats

Mongla port authority must not dump extracted river sand on cropland

The Supreme Court today scrapped a High Court verdict that allowed Md Salim Khan, a local Awami League leader, to extract sand from the Meghna river in Chandpur.

The High Court directs the government to immediately stop illegal sand extraction from the Gorai river in Kushtia.

Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif directed the deputy commissioners to take strict measures against those who illegally extract ‘lakhs of tonnes’ of sand from river beds.