China, India in tug of war over Teesta project in Bangladesh
Beijing and New Delhi are on a collision course after India鈥檚 latest proposal to finance the Teesta river restoration and management project when China has already offered...
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India should have no role to play in Teesta development plan
INDIA鈥橲 announcement to send a technical team to Bangladesh to discuss the conservation and management of the River Teesta appears farcical. India, which has since 2010 put on hold the signing of an agreement on the sharing of the water of the cross-border Teesta...
U-loops built on riverbeds, canals disrupt water flows
The Roads and Highways Department has earth-filled at least 20 rivers and canals crossing different highways across the country to construct U-loops.
Child鈥檚 body recovered from Chaktai canal
The body of a child was recovered from Chaktai Canal near Karnaphuli River on Wednesday morning after two children went missing there on Tuesday in the port city...
Scientists find pyramids built along lost branch of Nile
Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile river that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how ancient Egyptians transported the massive stone blocks to build the famous monuments.
JS body recommends raising wages of river vessel workers
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Labour and Employment Ministry on Tuesday recommended increasing the wages of the river vessel workers...
Dhaka shouldn鈥檛 entertain Delhi鈥檚 Teesta project finance proposal
INDIA which has since 2010 put on hold the signing of an agreement on the sharing of the water of the River Teesta has now offered to finance a large-scale project of Bangladesh for the comprehensive management and the restoration of the river in which China has already...
India wants to fund Teesta project amid Bangladesh's worries over water flow, treaty
India on Thursday expressed its willingness to support a mega development project on the transboundary River Teesta inside Bangladesh, where China had already shown its interest and completed a survey...
NSU holds int鈥檒 confce on transboundary rivers of South Asia
The inaugural session of the two-day long international conference on 鈥楾ransboundary Rivers of South Asia: Fostering Regional Collaboration for Environmental Sustainability鈥� successfully commenced on Tuesday at North South University...
Body of missing SSC examinee recovered from Padma River
The body of a 17-year-old boy was recovered from the Padma River, three days after he went missing while bathing in the river in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj....
Brick kilns on river question govt鈥檚 will to protect rivers
The sorry state of rivers is blamed, among others, on an unabated grabbing of river land by entrepreneurs and individuals enjoying political and moneyed clout. Some entrepreneurs setting up brick kilns, as a photograph with...
Shortage of skilled drivers must be urgently addressed
UNSKILLED and unlicensed drivers are named as main reasons for increased fatalities on the road, but no effective action is taken to improve the situation. There are around 71.61 lakh driving licences against 59.98 lakh registered motor vehicles...
Unskilled, unlicensed drivers prowl roads
Many efforts to improve drivers鈥� skills and regulate unlicensed ones have failed over the years, resulting in a high number of road accidents that kill...
Authorities must address water crisis in cities, coastal areas
THE persistent water crisis and increased salinity in supply water in Chattogram amidst the ongoing heat wave show the failure of the authorities to address an issue that has affected people鈥檚 lives for...
Two drown in Padma River
Two people, including a school student, drowned in the Padma River in Rajshahi while taking a bath on Sunday...
5 sent to jail after 3-day remand
State minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said on Monday that if the surveyors of the Bangladesh Water Transport Authority were found to be negligent in the Dhaka River Port accident, they too...
Dying rivers in independent Bangladesh
DURING the liberation war, people of this land chanted, 鈥榌The River] Padma, Meghna, Jamuna is our destiny (Padma, Meghna, Jamnuna, tomar amar thikana鈥�). Bangladesh 鈥� the birth of the nation...