Half of tropical coral species face extinction: report
Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction 鈥� and climate change is the chief culprit, a new report said on Wednesday...
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Thousands take to London streets demanding cleaner water
Thousands of people marched through central London on Sunday demanding action on cleaning up Britain鈥檚 rivers and seas.
Unviable treatment plants turn albatross around DWASA鈥檚 neck
THE Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, which has continued to incur losses despite increases in water tariff for 15 times since 2009, when the Awami League assumed office to continue for consecutive tenures before its overthrow on August 5, and has struggled to improve the quality of supply water, has now run into a new problem. Two projects...
No end in sight to river grab, pollution as yet
THE River Buriganga, the ecological lifeline of Dhaka, faces a slow death. The photograph that 抖阴精品 published on October 30 shows unabated encroachment on the river land and the unchecked dumping of polythene bags and rubbish in the river at Islambagh in Dhaka. Untreated liquid industrial effluents discharged into the river indiscriminately has left...
WaterAid launches WASH Systems for Health
The WaterAid organised an inception workshop of 鈥榃ASH Systems of Health鈥� project at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in Dhaka on Saturday.
Water crisis threatening world food production
Inaction on the water crisis could put more than half of the world鈥檚 food production at risk by 2050, experts warned in a major report published Thursday.
Flood-hit people face scarcity of drinking water
The flood situation in Mymensingh division has started to improve although the flood-hit people were still prone to waterborne diseases amid scarcity of drinking water...
MJF holds event on women鈥檚 empowerment
Manusher Jonno Foundation held an event titled Women鈥檚 Empowerment: Women鈥檚 Voice and Leadership Bangladesh Project was organised at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in the capital, said a press release on Wednesday...
Bhabadah Movement Committee demands water-logging permanent solution
Bhabadah Water Mitigation Movement Committee on Sunday held a sit-in on the premises of the Jashore deputy commissioner office, demanding the solution to water strangulation problem...
People protest at Rajshahi WASA鈥檚 move
People from all walks of life on Saturday held a protest rally protesting at the Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority鈥檚 move to install pipelines on private properties without acquisition...
Khaiyachara waterfall temporarily closed after tourist鈥檚 death
The Khaiyachara waterfall at Mirsarai upazila in Chattogram has been temporarily closed following the death of a bank official due to falling rocks...
Bangladesh鈥檚 water security
WE CAN use the term 鈥榟ydrocide鈥� 鈥� short for hydrological genocide 鈥� to describe the deliberate manipulation of water resources in ways that systematically undermine the...
LGRD bars Shahid from acting as DWASA MD
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Co-operatives on Thursday directed Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority deputy managing director AKM Shahid Uddin to cease functioning as the organisation鈥檚 managing director....
Adviser orders ban of single-use plastic water bottles
Adviser for Ministries of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Road Transport and Bridges and Railways Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan issued two directives regarding the banning of single-use plastic water bottles and the formulation of recruitment and promotion policies for different entities under his ministries.
Govt challenges HC ban on DWASA MD鈥檚 holding office
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives on Wednesday filed a petition with the Appellate Division challenging a recent High Court order that barred AKM Shahid Uddin from serving as the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority...
Bangladesh, China to strengthen water management cooperation: adviser
The water resources and environment adviser to the interim government, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, said on Wednesday that China expressed its commitment to sharing expertise in water management, building a smart water conservancy system, and enhancing data sharing during floods...
Resolve Teesta issue as per int鈥檒 norms: Prof Yunus
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in an interview with the Press Trust of India said that he wanted India to resolve the issues pertaining to the Teesta water sharing that...
Bangladesh protesters to lead long march against India鈥檚 water aggression
Inqilab Mancho, an organisation of students from different universities, on Wednesday announced of organising a long march to Tripura鈥檚 Dumboor Dam on Friday to protest India鈥檚 water aggression.
Govt must attend to emerging health crisis in flood-hit districts
THE suffering of people from diarrhoea and other waterborne diseases in the flood-hit districts suggests that the government is not prepared to tackle the post-disaster health crisis. As flood water has begun to recede in Noakhali and Feni, two of the worst-affected areas, the district hospitals and other health facilities are struggling to attend diarrhoea patients...
Indian water aggression in Bangladesh condemned
Students and political organisations on Friday condemned Indian water aggression in Bangladesh by holding separate demonstrations in the capital.
One lakh people in Chandpur face shortage of food, drinking water
More than one lakh people living in Shahrashti and Kachua upazilas in Chandpur have been trapped in floodwaters for over a week, with no access to food or drinking water.
Immediate, equitable relief access a must
WITH half a million people living in shelters and five million more having been directly affected, public suffering in districts under water is worsening as relief has not yet reached remote areas. The disaster management ministry says at least 74 upazilas in 11 districts have been severely affected, the authorities have opened 3,834 shelters and 27 people have...
WASA gives 18,000 water bottles as relief
The Dhaka WASA provided around 18,000 bottles of 'Shanti' drinking water to the flood-affected people, said a press release.
Recalibrating Bangladesh-India water chronicles
IN THE inundated parts of Bangladesh and north-east India, at least 36 people have died as rivers on both sides of the border reached extreme levels a few days ago. Nearly 4.5 million people have been affected by the flooding in Bangladesh, which has forced hundreds of houses under water, leaving residents stranded on rooftops...
CPA for using Pangaon ICT amid flood
The importers and exporters have been forced to slow or stop the transport of cargo containers on the Chittagong-Dhaka-Chittagong road and rail routes in the current flood situation. The country's import-export is being hampered due to the arising reasons...
Embankments collapse, villages go underwater in Khulna
Several villages, fish enclosures and crop fields were inundated by heavy tides in Dakop and Paikgasa upazilas of Khulna after the river embankments collapsed.
India claims dam water released 鈥榓utomatically鈥�
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma, in a courtesy meeting with chief adviser to the interim government Professor Mohammad Yunus on Thursday, claimed that water was...
Water stagnation grips entire Ctg city
Water stagnation triggered by heavy rain gripped most of the Chattogram city areas on Thursday...
Rescue and relief operations remain pressing tasks
FLOODING in the east, north- and south-east that has so far affected about three million people in more than nine districts mostly in the greater Chattogram region warrants an early, serious attention. The flooding 鈥� which very heavy to extremely heavy rain that has continued in the affected areas and in the upstream Indian state of Tripura for about a week...
Dhaka Court imposes 60-day travel ban on Taqsem
A Dhaka court imposed a 60-day travel ban on Taqsem A Khan, the former managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA), on Thursday.