Powerful sand mafias were destroying rivers like the Meghna River, the Dhaleshwari River and Someshwari River. The Bangladesh government has launched a nationwide ‘Operation Clean River’ against river encroachments and illegal dredging. Without any political influence, the sand mafia’s dredgers are being burned and the encroached river banks are being......

Illegal timber trade is one of the leading causes of deforestation worldwide. From the Amazon to Africa’s Congo Basin, traffickers cut down precious trees and smuggle them into developed countries — a major environmental crime. Smugglers often disguise the origin of timber with fake documents. But scientists’ new technology, Isotope......