Shitalakkha River

Shitalakkha River

Fire Service and Civil Defence diver Md Sadik, whose body was recovered from the Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj this evening after he went missing while cleaning water hyacinth near a fire jetty. Photo: Collected

Fire Service diver's body recovered from Shitalakkha river after 8-hour search

Md Sadik fell from a speedboat while clearing water hyacinth near a fire jetty in Narayanganj and was later found dead during a rescue operation involving multiple agencies.

Lauti, a local canal that flows down to Khiru River, has pitch-black water with an oozing, horrid odour from the liquid waste of local factories. Photo: Mehedi Hasan.

How Bhaluka factories are damaging rivers - from Khiru to Shitalakshya

Industrial effluent of a textile dyeing factory is discharged into the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj’s Kanchpur. Factories on both sides are continuously polluting the river by discharging untreated chemicals killing the river. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Shitalakshya: Watching a river die

Photo: TBS

Shitalakkhya launch capsize: Death toll rises to 7

5 bodies recovered as launch capsizes in Shitalakshya. Photo/TBS

5 bodies recovered as launch capsizes in Shitalakshya