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July 10, 2023 5:25 AM
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The shipping company that owns Sagar Nandini-2 had repeated accidents with its vessels leading to several deaths and pollution – but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. A grim track record lies beneath the surface
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February 17, 2023 5:02 AM
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"Oil spilled after a train derailed in Chattogram has started spreading in the Mahesh Khal, which leads to the Karnaphuli River, raising concerns about its impact on the environment...."
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March 28, 2022 5:41 AM
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The barriers and other devices to soak oil from the water have been installed to prevent oil from spreading into the water
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October 28, 2019 5:47 AM
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An oil spill on a river in southeast Bangladesh has threatened the breeding ground of the critically endangered Ganges dolphin, environmentalists said Sunday, describing it as a "major disaster" for the mammal.
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January 26, 2018 10:22 AM
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Wastes released by Faridpur Sugar Mills have been polluting the Chandana river in Madhukhali, Faridpur, during the crushing season for the past seven years.
According to a Prothom Alo investigation, the mill disposes liquid wastes in a 600-metre sewer.
But, it is found, the liquid wastes containing deadly chemicals spill over into a branch of the river and get mixed with the river wate
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January 15, 2016 9:16 AM
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Despite signing a pact in 2010, Dhaka has only now started formulating a contingency plan after three disasters in the past year.
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January 23, 2015 5:43 AM
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Last month, an estimated 350,000 liters of oil spilled into the delicate delta of the Sundarbans, between Bangladesh and India. Cleanup is slow.
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January 9, 2015 10:04 AM
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Although the government developed oil spill response capacities 12 years ago after a slick in the Sundarbans in 1994, it utterly failed to utilise its know-how in last month’s Sela River spill, experts said.
After the Sela spill, the harmful effects of which have been debated by members of cab
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January 9, 2015 9:28 AM
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Le 9 décembre, les côtes du sud du Bangladesh ont été dévastées par une marée noire. Un mois après, la population continue d’essayer de s’en sortir. Reportage.
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December 29, 2014 8:47 AM
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The food chain of aquatic species living in the world’s single largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, has been severely disrupted by the Sela River oil spill, a study report says.
The study report conducted by Khulna University (KU) said the presence of primary food producers like phytoplank
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December 22, 2014 9:14 AM
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An expert team of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is on its way to Sundarbans to assess the extent of damage in the world’s largest mangrove forest due to...
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December 22, 2014 4:20 AM
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La LPO (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux) est aujourd’hui l’une des premières associations de protection de la nature en France. Elle agit au quotidien pour la sauvegarde de la biodiversité, à partir de sa vocation de protection des oiseaux.
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December 16, 2014 7:43 AM
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Armés de seaux et de chiffons, les habitants tentent de protéger cet écosystème classé au patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco depuis le naufrage d'un pétrolier, la semaine dernière.
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July 3, 2023 9:06 AM
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On a new voyage, the oil tanker Shagor Nandini-2 has suffered an explosion that injured nine crew members, six months after sinking and causing an oil leak before being salvaged.
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February 16, 2023 5:23 AM
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About 40,000 liters of diesel fuel spilled on land as three tank wagons derailed at Chattogram Goods Port Yard (CGPY) in Halishahar area on Wednesday (February 15) evening. Environmental pollution is feared by spilling the fuel into the nearby canal.
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October 30, 2020 9:03 AM
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A new report by Mongabay highlights the danger posed to the Sunderbans delta by India’s export of fly ash to Bangladesh: Eight shipments of fly ash have capsized in the Sunderbans delta over the past two years.
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July 2, 2018 10:36 AM
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Kolkata: The MV SSL Kolkata, marooned nearly 18 km off the Sunderbans and close to the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) with Bangladesh, no.
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March 25, 2016 3:23 AM
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The third major disaster in 15 months highlights the menace of commercial shipping in the fragile mangrove forest and Dhaka's failure to regulate the industry.
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February 26, 2015 4:59 AM
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No action has been taken yet against oil tanker ‘OT Southern Star 7’, which had spilled a huge quantity of oil in the Sundarbans' Shela River in December last year, the shipping minister has told Parliament.
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January 15, 2015 3:03 AM
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The U.S. Coast Guard is well known for its ability to handle oil and other hazardous material spills, but what isn’t well known is that the service often works with other countries to assist with their marine pollution incidents. In this case, the spill was in the Eastern Sundarbans Reserved Forest in Bangladesh.
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January 9, 2015 9:46 AM
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Bangladesh's Sundarbans forest, home of incredibly rich biodiversity, is under unprecedented threat, writes ASMG Kibria. The recent oil tanker capsize on the Shela river puts the forest at risk of widespread biodiversity loss, but just this week, the authorities re-opened the Shela river to shipping with no restrictions on hazardous cargoes.
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December 30, 2014 11:07 AM
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Sundarbans, un site classé à l'Unesco, touche à présent plus de 350 km2, soit plus de trois fois la superficie d'une ville comme Paris. Quinze jours après le naufrage du pétrolier à l'origine de l'accident,...
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December 23, 2014 4:30 AM
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The United Nations team to help Bangladesh clean up the oil spill in the Sundarbans will start their work in the area from today. Meanwhile, a separate investigation committee of the BNP that v...
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December 22, 2014 4:22 AM
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"A tanker and another vessel have collided, spilling more than 350,000 litres of oil into the waters of the Sundarban tidal mangrove forests in Bangladesh...."
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December 18, 2014 3:04 AM
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Ce qui s’annonce comme une catastrophe écologique majeure se déroule actuellement dans une indifférence quasi-générale. Suite à la collision, dans la journée du 9 décembre, d’un petit pétrolier et d’un autre navire dans la rivière Sela, au Bangladesh, environ 350 tonnes de fuel se sont déversées dans la mangrove des Sundarbans, formée par le delta du Brahmapoutre et du Gange.
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