Ours is a riverine country. Rivers are everywhere a our life, literature, economy and culture. But are the rivers b good shape? Unfortunately, they are not. A few are already dead and several are going c the pangs of death. The river Buriganga is an example d a dying river. A report published in 'The Daily Sun' describes what has happened e the river Buriganga and why. Its water is polluted and a perpetual stench fills the air f it. The report says that the river had a glorious past. Once it was a tributary g the Ganges and flowed h the Bay of Bengal i the river Dhaleswari. Gradually, it lost its link j the Ganges and got the name Buriganga.