River Talkie 5
Location: Kayetpara Bazar, Khilgaon, Dhaka Date: 23.12.2021 To celebrate the 50th year of Bangladesh’s victory against Pakistani occupants, 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
Read moreData 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 of
Read moreCommunity Meeting on pollution of Balu river and remedies
Community Meeting on 31 October 2021 WKB organized 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 over
Read moreRiver Talkie : 4
Topic: 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. The guest speakers
Read moreCommunity 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 the Nawabganj Park, Lalbagh, Dhaka on 18 September, 2021. Sharif Jamil, coordinator of Waterkeepers Bangladesh and general secretary of Bangladesh Paribesh
Read moreCommunity 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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Topic- “Youth and River Date: 31st August, 2021 Venue: organized at Madhyerchar, Washpur, Hazaribagh. Guest speaker 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 Reza, Jamuna
Read moreWaterKeepers Bangladesh consortium organized a community meeting to formulate a coalition of the CBOs/NGOs in the bank of river Buriganga
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
Read moreRiver Talkie : 2
Topic- “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 activist, Nazmun
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Topic: “Urbanization of Dhaka along the riverbanks”. Date: 08 June 2021. Venue: A small island at the confluence of the river Turag and Buriganga. Hazaribag Tannery Park is very close to spot. WKB consortium lead Sharif Jamil anchored the show.The river talkie show had two guests namely Dr. Adil Mohammed Khan,
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