River Talkie 5 – “The Role of Rivers in the Liberation War of Bangladesh”
Location: Kayetpara Bazar, Khilgaon, Dhaka Date: 23.12.2021 To celebrate the 50th year of Bangladesh’s victory against Pakistani occupants, the WKB consortium purposively organized the River Talkie 5 with the theme “The role of rivers in the liberation war of Bangladesh”. Speakers of the river talkie discussed how the rivers supported
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Buriganga River Festival on 26 November, 2021
Buriganga River Festival on 26 November, 2023 Cycle Rally on the Occasion of Buriganga River Festival On the occasion of the Buriganga River Festival, a bicycle rally was held on 26 November 2021. The bicycle rally started from Manik Mia Avenue, went around various roads along the Buriganga River, and
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Data Validation Workshops on 18 November, 2021
As part of the anti-pollution advocacy project, the ‘State of Dhaka Environment’ report will be finalized through subsequent data validation workshops. In this connection of advocacy activity for the project WKB consortium planned to organize the first data validation/report launching workshop. Waterkeepers Consortium lead Sharif Jamil chaired and moderated the
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Community Meeting on Pollution of Balu River and Remedies
Community Meeting on 31 October 2021 WKB organized a fourth community meeting on 31 October 2021 to increase awareness and organize community members to advocate to reduce water, air, and noise pollution in Dhaka city. The community meeting was organized jointly by Barogram Unnayan Sangshta and Waterkeepers Bangladesh Consortium. Presided
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River Talkie 4 – Water Pollution and Problems of Women
River Talkie 4 - Water Pollution and Problems of Women On 14 October 2021., the WKB consortium organized the fourth iteration of River Talkies at Itkhola, Trimohini by the riverside of Balu, on the topic of “Water Pollution and Problems of Women” WKB consortium lead, Sharif Jamil anchored the show.
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Community Meeting on Pollution of Buriganga River and Remedies
Community Meeting on 18 September 2021 WKB consortium organized the third community meeting as part of the advocacy process of the anti-pollution advocacy project. The meeting was organized at Nawabganj Park, Lalbagh, Dhaka on 18 September, 2021. Sharif Jamil, coordinator of Waterkeepers Bangladesh and general secretary of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan
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Community Meeting on Pollution of Buriganga River and Remedies
Community meeting held on 14 September 2021 Venue: The west side of Sheikh Jamal High School, Kamrangirchar WKB consortium organized the second community meeting as part of the advocacy process of the anti-pollution advocacy project. The meeting was presided over by the consortium lead Sharif Jamil. Nure Alam Choudhury, Councilor,
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River Talkie 3: “Youth and River”
River Talkie 3: "Youth and River" Date: 31st August, 2021 Venue: organized at Madhyerchar, Washpur, Hazaribagh. Guest speakers of the talkie were Professor Dr. Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder, Dean, Faculty of Science, Chairman, Department of Environmental Science, Stamford University Bangladesh, and Founder and Director, Center for Atmospheric Pollution Studies (CAPS); Ahmed
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WaterKeepers Bangladesh consortium organized a community meeting to formulate a coalition of the CBOs/NGOs in the Buriganga Riverbank
The community meeting to form the coalition was held on 21 August 2021. The meeting was held physically at Bosila, Mohammadpur on the bank of river Buriganga. In the meeting, CBOs of the river Buriganga formed a coalition of the CBOs to save their river. A total of 28 members
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River Talkie 2: “Influence of Rivers on Culture, Art and Artist”
River Talkie 2: “Influence of Rivers on Culture, Art and Artist” Date: 22nd June 2021 Venue: Khagail Durga Mandir, by the right bank of Buriganga in Kamrangirchar, Dhaka. WKB consortium lead Sharif Jamil anchored the show. The river talkie show had four guests namely Hasan Masood, Bangladeshi actor and social
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