River Talkie 06: “Laws to protect rivers”
Date: 19 February 2022 Place: Washpur, Keraniganj, Dhaka. WKB consortium lead, Mr. Sharif Jamil anchored the show. He welcomed and briefed about the concept of the river talkie and project. The guest speakers of the sixth river talkie were Mr. Mohammad Golam Sarwar, Assistant Professor of Law, University of
Read morePress Conference on “River Pollution by Dyeing Industries and Measures”
Date:18 January, 2022 Place: Fire Station Ghat, Buriganga river, Shyampur, Dhaka. WKB consortium organized a press conference. The press conference was organized on boats. Photo of Press Conference 18 January 2022 Before the press conference journalists and other participants took part in a river inspection by boat from Doleshwar
Read moreDialogue with CSOs and Relevant Government Authorities On “River Pollution by Tannery Industries”
Date: 11 January, 2022 Venue: Bosila High School Auditorium, Bosila, Mohammadpur, Dhaka. WKB consortium organized its first Dialogue with CSOs and relevant government authorities as part of its advocacy process. The topic for the first dialogue was “River Pollution by Tannery Industries”. Moderated by WKB Consortium lead, Sharif Jamil,
Read moreRiver 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,
Read moreRiver Talkie : 3
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
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