Good governance will have to be ensured based on accountability and transparency on water supply and sewerage management to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals, said the speakers at a meeting today
Water Resources and Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said today that China is committed to sharing expertise in water management, building a smart water conservancy system, and enhancing data sharing during floods.
The country’s main rivers, except the Meghna, were flowing below the danger level this morning, after days of flash floods that submerged vast tracts of the north- and south-eastern regions
BPDB says all 16 spillways will be opened to a height of six inches to release water in regulated way
A dead dolphin was recovered from Halda river’s Garduara area of Hathazari upazila of Chattogram today
Residents of the hilly areas on both sides of Chimbuk-Neelgiri road in Bandarban have been facing a severe water crisis amid the ongoing hot spell.
Policies alone are insufficient to ensure safe drinking water to people without enforcement, said a US embassy official today
At least 1 billion tonne sediments are coming from upstream (from India) in the Jamuna River in Gaibandha and Bogura regions
A total of 308 rivers in Bangladesh have lost their navigability while 931 are flowing as normal, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, the state minister for shipping, told the parliament yesterday.
Once upon a time, launches used to ply Mirpur’s Paris canal. In recent times, however, the condition of this canal deteriorated to such a level that even a person could not move through it on foot due to piled up garbage.
The High Court today issued an order of injunction restraining Millennium City, a housing company, from earth-filling in Totail Beel, a waterbody in Dhaka's Keraniganj
A portion of the Kumar river is being filled up with sand for construction of a permanent bus stand in Magura’s Sreepur upazila.
Water prices at Dhaka Wasa’s water ATM booths have doubled recently, much to the dismay of residents.
Once widely abundant, the freshwater for Dhaka dwellers continues to deplete at a dramatic rate and may disappear far below the ground.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to restore all the rivers and canals in and around the capital as soon as possible.
Bangladesh has described “encouraging and significant” the recent recommendation made by India's Parliamentary Standing Committee regarding Teesta water sharing agreement
The International Farakka Committee (IFC) today urged the government and all political parties to place greater importance on river and water issues in their manifestos as Bangladesh owes its origin to rivers and is dependent on them for survival.
Mitu Sana, a homemaker from Gunari village at Khulna’s Dakop upazila, has to go to the Union Parishad pond -- far from her home -- to fetch drinking water.
