Cumilla faces severe waterlogging due to heavy rainfall
Hundreds of residents in the low-lying char areas of Cumilla are facing severe waterlogging as the district has been drenched with 274 millimeters of rainfall over the past three days...
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But not for you, Palestinian
I HAVE a very intense relationship with water.聽 As a result of a long-term health condition, I am often feeling very thirsty and drained. I cannot go more than perhaps 15 minutes without having a sup of water until I start to feel uncomfortable. On average people in the UK use 149 litres of water per-day, and although there is poverty in this country...
Actions to be taken to save heritage wetlands: Rizwana
Adviser to the water resources and environment ministry Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday asked officials concerned to take urgent measures to prevent illegal encroachment of national heritage wetlands and rivers...
Govt cancels DWASA MD Taqsem鈥檚 job contract
The government on Thursday cancelled the contract with the long-serving Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority managing director Taqsem A Khan.
Sharing Teesta water with Bangladesh not possible: Mamata tells WB assembly
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee told the Indian provincial assembly on Monday that it was 鈥榠mpossible鈥� to share Teesta water with Bangladesh...
Parts of Dhaka under water 30hrs after rain
Water stagnation continued to hamper life and businesses in parts of the capital even on Saturday, a day after a heavy rain deluged the city.
IUB, PwC sign contract for digital transformation
Independent University, Bangladesh partnered with renowned consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Bangladesh to implement a comprehensive university management system...
Authorities must deliver to save Dhaka from water stagnation
A MODERATE to heavy rain still submerges large parts of Dhaka, including most of its roads, despite the authorities having spent hundreds of crores on projects to mitigate water stagnation problems. Most areas of the city went under water, causing immense sufferings to city dwellers, on July 12, after a rainfall measuring 130 millimetres in six hours...
Heavy rainfall in short duration impacts water drainage: DSCC CEO
The chief executive officer of Dhaka South City Corporation, Md Mizanur Rahman, said that due to heavy rainfall in short duration, there had been some delay in the receding of water from the areas under the jurisdiction....
UK鈥檚 biggest water supplier piles on debt
Britain鈥檚 embattled Thames Water on Tuesday said its debt continues to rise despite increased revenues, leaving the group with cash reserves taking it through only until May next year...
Floodwater rushes to upazila towns
After ravaging villages for about a week floodwater now surged towards upazila towns sweeping away embankments built to protect them in some of the flood affected...
Teesta water flowing near danger level
Due to an onrush of water from upstream in India and a torrential downpour, the river water at Teesta barrage point was flowing near the danger level on...
Teesta, connectivity聽to dominate Bangladesh-India talks
The Teesta development project, signing of the long pending Teesta water sharing deal, renewal of the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty signed in 1996 and connectivity of the...
Water resource management workshop held
Bangladesh Water Development Board, Institute of Water Modelling and Centre for Environmental and Geographical Information Services jointly organised a workshop on...
HC declares DMD鈥檚 dismissal illegal
The High Court on Monday declared the dismissal of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority鈥檚 deputy managing director Syed Mohammad Golam Yeazdabni on June 22, 2023, illegal...
Prolonged flood in Sylhet worsens livelihood, food, water crises
At least 540 people could not leave flood shelters in Zakiganj till Saturday afternoon as floodwater receded slowly in parts of Sylhet district.
Unplanned roads, grabbing of canals, siltation behind water stagnation
Sufferings of flood-hit people deepened as water remained stagnant in many remote parts of Sylhet, although the overall flood situation continued improving in the north-eastern district on Friday with the water level further dropping in the major rivers...
Some Gazans drinking sewage water: WHO
Some Gazans are now reduced to drinking sewage water and eating animal feed, the WHO鈥檚 regional chief said on Tuesday, pleading for increased aid access immediately to the besieged territory...
Flash flood in Bangladesh feared to linger
The flash flood in north-eastern Bangladesh is feared to linger amidst forecasts of heavy to very heavy rain continuing, particularly in the upstream in neighbouring India...
Over 450 textile, RMG units cut freshwater usage by 35b litres
Over 450 textiles and readymade garment factories in Bangladesh under IFC-led programme 鈥楶artnership for Cleaner Textile鈥� have reduced freshwater consumption by 35 billion litres and cut wastewater discharge by 29 billion litres annually...
Uttara people face acute water crisis
Residents in several sectors in the capital鈥檚 Uttara and its adjacent areas are facing an acute water crisis.
Not enough reason for DWASA to increase water tariff
THE increase in the tariff of supply water for Dhaka by 10 per cent, which will take effect on July 1, would be another burden on people, especially from low- and fixed-income groups, who have already been constrained by soaring inflation...
DWASA to raise water tariff by 10pc from July 1
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authorities has decided to raise the water tariff by 10 per cent to be made effective from July 1...
Ctg people still suffer due to water stagnation
Chattogram city dwellers continued to suffer on Tuesday due to water stagnation caused by Monday鈥檚 heavy rainfall triggered by cyclone Remal that submerged most areas in the port city...
Daylong rain causes suffering to city people聽
Thousands of people from all walks of life, mostly school going children and office goers suffered immensely from water stagnation in the capital on Monday due to heavy rainfall following the cyclone Remal...
Cyclone Remal-induced rainfall causes waterlogging in Dhaka
Dhaka experienced heavy rainfall triggered by cyclone Remal, resulting in waterlogging in different parts of the capital city of Bangladesh....
80pc of inland waterway workers suffer from different diseases: report
Due to the use of untreated water, 80 per cent of workers on vessels plying the inland waterways across the country are suffering from various types of complex intestinal diseases and skin infection...
Mayor Taposh fears water stagnation due to Hatirjheel earth-filling
Dhaka south city mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said on Wednesday that he feared that the people living in the Hatirjheel catchment areas might suffer for water stagnation in the forthcoming rainy season due to earth-filling at Hatirjheel project by the Dhaka Elevated Expressway authorities...
Be vocal to get justified water share from India: speakers
Politicians, academics and professionals on Saturday at a discussion in Dhaka said that the Indian government was depriving Bangladesh of the justified amount of water from the common rivers flowing between Bangladesh and India....
Workshop on industrial water use policy held
A workshop on 鈥業ndustrial Water Use Policy鈥�, jointly organised by Water Resources Planning Organisation and 2030 Water Resources Group, World Bank was held at the Multipurpose Conference Hall of Pani Bhaban on Green Road in Dhaka on Wednesday, said a press release...