Rajshahi people demand safe, drinkable water
People from all walks of life on Saturday formed a human chain in the Rajshahi city, reiterating their call to ensure safe and drinkable water in the city at fair prices.
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Mizanur joins BWDB as additional DG
Joint secretary Molla Mizanur Rahman joined the Bangladesh Water Development Board as additional director general (administration) on Tuesday...
Cancellation of lease of parks, playgrounds demanded
Twenty-four environmental organisations on Thursday formed a human chain, demanding the North City Corporation cancel leases of parks and playgrounds to protect citizens鈥� rights...
Safe water supply and sewage treatment
BANGLADESH has around 180 million people living in a small land and ranks number 8 in the world by population. Though the GDP of the country was $2.528 trillion in 2023, the country has neither established any sewage treatment system nor a safe water supply system for the entire nation. Still, waterborne diseases and dengue are the main diseases in...
Atikur Rahman鈥檚 1st death anniv observed
Politicians, academics and professionals at a commemorative meeting in Dhaka on Thursday said that people should follow the ideals of the late Atiqur Rahman Salu for getting justified water sharing of the common revers from India...
Safe water and sanitation for all
THE world is facing a serious water crisis, with 26 per cent of the global population still lacking access to safe drinking water, and a staggering 46 per cent are deprived of basic sanitation facilities. These alarming statistics, revealed in the UN World Water Development Report 2023, serve as a grim reminder of how far we are from achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6, which aims to ensure safe water...
Dhaka鈥檚 development plan should be based on water flow: seminar
Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, the director general of Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes, and Settlements, at a seminar on Thursday emphasised that Dhaka鈥檚 development plan should prioritise water flow...
Ningbo Cixing hosts 鈥楤angladesh Night鈥�
Ningbo Cixing Company Limited hosted 鈥楥ixing Bangladesh Night Products Promotion Meeting鈥� at the Radisson Blu Water Garden in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday...
Integrated initiatives stressed for water from common rivers
Politicians, academics and water experts on Saturday at a seminar in Dhaka stressed the need for integrated initiatives to get justified share of water from 54 common rivers flowing between Bangladesh and India.
Water crisis along the coast
SAFE drinking water insecurity is a global issue, particularly severe in Bangladesh鈥檚 coastal regions. Frequent cyclones, storm surges, breached embankments, coastal flooding, and rising salinity levels contribute to the contamination of both groundwater and surface water sources. According to the Bangladesh Environment and Development Society...
RWASA should, rather, address non-revenue water loss
THE Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority tripled the water tariff in February 2022 to cover losses in the production cost. The supply water agency spends Tk 8.90 on the production of a unit of water, or 1,000 litres, and sells it to household consumers for Tk 6.81 a unit and to commercial consumers for Tk 1.366 a unit over a supply network spanning...
Rajshahi WASA loses Tk 41cr in 5 years for system loss
Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority incurred a loss of Tk 41 crore in the past five years due to non-revenue water loss, according to the audit report of the state-run organisation...
Neighbours need to be engaged to solve water sharing issues
Solutions to the unsettled issues of transboundary rivers between Bangladesh and India lay in bringing the other countries, particularly the South Asian neighbours, into the discussion, said politicians, researchers and...
Travel ban imposed on ex-DWASA MD Taqsem聽
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday imposed a permanent travel ban on former managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority Taqsem A Khan over allegations of corruption...
Youths urged to protect rivers, water bodies
Speakers at a discussion in Brahmanbaria have urged the youths to take effective measures to protect the rivers and water bodies of the country...
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...
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...