Waste Management

The waste management division of Dhaka South is working tirelessly in all wards under its jurisdiction to remove stagnant water and reduce public suffering. Photos: TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka South forms emergency response teams to tackle waterlogging amid continuous rain

The DSCC has also requested that citizens report any temporary waterlogging incidents within its jurisdiction by contacting the central control room at 01709900888

Syeda Rizwana Hasan during a meeting with a delegation from South Korea’s Sudokwon Landfill Management Corporation (SLC), held at her office in the Bangladesh Secretariat on 8 July 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Govt working to modernise waste management with Korean support: Rizwana

Why Ctg city’s waste management in a mess despite high costs
Environment

Why Ctg city’s waste management in a mess despite high costs

Dhaka South City Corporation collecting waste from different areas under its jurisdiction following Eid-ul-Adha celebrations. Photo: TBS
Environment

‘Fresh waste came after late night qurbani’: Dhaka North on Eid cleanup

City Corporation cleaners working at Mirpur Road on 7 June 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

Control room open for sacrificial animal waste clean-up; protests didn't disrupt operations: Dhaka South

The newly-installed administrator held a views-exchange meeting with journalists at the DNCC hall room on Monday (17 February). Photo: Collected
Environment

85% of sacrificial waste cleared by evening: Dhaka North administrator

Army won’t engage in anti-mosquito campaign, waste management this Eid: ISPR
Bangladesh

Army won’t engage in anti-mosquito campaign, waste management this Eid: ISPR

Rizwana at a meeting at the Secretariat on 15 April. Photo: Collected
Environment

Master plan soon for waste management in divisional cities, municipalities: Rizwana

The adviser at a workshop on waste management on 24 Mar. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Bangladesh must act now on waste segregation, methane mitigation: Rizwana 

DP CleanTech representatives meet Chattogram City Corporation on 17 March 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

British company proposes waste-to-energy project in Chattogram

Chashma Canal in Chattogram is choked with plastic waste and debris. Despite large-scale projects to address waterlogging, waste management remains neglected. Temporary cleaning efforts take place before monsoons, but without a coordinated system, canals and drains continue to be clogged, worsening the city's drainage crisis. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Is coordinated waste management the missing piece in Ctg's flood puzzle?

Photos: Collected
Food

How to make your scraps a-peel-ing

A man wearing a mask walks past an open dumping site near the Bogura Sericulture Extension Office where waste spills onto the road. As the largest municipality in Bangladesh by area, Bogura generates at least 300 tonnes of waste daily. Despite the operation of 20 trucks for waste removal, improper dumping persists negatively impacting residents, biodiversity, and water quality. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Environment

Bogura faces disposal crisis in absence of modern waste management