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  2. Department of Environment (Bangladesh) - Wikipedia

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    Bangladesh faces both natural and man-made environmental problems. The main environmental problems of Bangladesh can be traced to the problems of overpopulation and poverty. These are: deforestation, deteriorating water quality, natural disasters, land degradation, salinity, unplanned urbanization, unplanned sewage, industrial waste disposal, etc.

  3. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)

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    From 1971 to 1989, the Bangladesh Forest Department was under the Ministry of Agriculture. During 1987-89, Forestry was a department of the Ministry of Agriculture, under a Secretary. The Department of Environment (DoE) was established in Bangladesh in 1977 under the Environmental Pollution Control Ordinance, 1977.

  4. Environmental issues in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Air pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues in Bangladesh, with the country frequently ranking among the most polluted in the world. [3] According to the World Air Quality Report, Bangladesh was the country with the worst air quality in 2020, a situation that has persisted over several years. [4]

  5. Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995 - Wikipedia

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    Though the act was established in the year of 1995, Bangladesh has not seen much improvement environmentally. In the year of 2011, the capital city of Bangladesh – Dhaka – had been ranked as the world's 2nd least liveable city in the world only beating Harare in Zimbabwe with an overall ranking difference of 1.2%. [6]

  6. List of mayors of South Dhaka - Wikipedia

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    The mayor of South Dhaka is the highest ranking official of the Dhaka South City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Dhaka south city. The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban; it has jurisdiction over all 75 wards of Dhaka South City.

  7. Annisul Huq - Wikipedia

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    As mayor, Annisul Huq promised to build Dhaka into a clean, green and safe city, [14] although he received some flak for his involvement of foreigners. [15] 20,000 illegal billboards were removed as part of the clean-up project. [16] Mayor Annisul Huq said he would not put up with resistance from vested interests in his clean-up efforts. [17]

  8. Green building in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Since 2008, Sustainable Built Environment Initiative – Bangladesh (later Bangladesh Green Building Council) founder, Sanwar Azam had worked to unify the stake holders towards a greener country, saying that with growing population in a diminishing land and rapid urbanisation to major cities, 'Going green' had become a marketing ploy for ...

  9. Chittagong - Wikipedia

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    It is headed by the mayor of Chittagong. The mayor and ward councillors are elected every five years. The mayor is Shahadat Hossain, as of December 2024. [80] The city corporation's mandate is limited to basic civic services, however, the CCC is credited for keeping Chittagong one of the cleaner and most eco-friendly cities in Bangladesh.