Waste Management

Waste Management

With the Chattogram City Corporation handing over waste collection to private firms, residents and businesses will now be charged for the service. The photo was taken at the city's waste depot in Halishahar Anand Bazar, Chattogram. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Ctg City contracts private firms for waste collection amid controversy

Contracts have been awarded for 27 wards, with private enterprises set to be appointed in the remaining wards. These companies will collect waste from homes, businesses, factories, hotels, and...

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

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

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

Govt working to modernise waste management with Korean support: Rizwana

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photos: Collected

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