Once the Lifeline of Dhaka, 'Old Ganges' Is Now a Dead River - New Delhi Times - India Only International Newspaper
Two decades ago Nurul Islam, 70, earned his living by fishing in the Buriganga River that flows southwest of the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and was once its lifeline. With hardly any fish to be found in the now dead river, thanks to pollution from widespread dumping of industrial and human waste, Islam sells street…