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Country’s largest industrial water reuse project unveiled

The country’s largest Water Reuse and Improved Wastewater Management Demonstration Site were unveiled at Fakir Knitwears Limited in Narayanganj on Wednesday, aiming to promote the sustainability of the country's readymade garment industry...

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Smart water, secure food

IN A sunlit classroom at Bangladesh Agricultural University, final-year students gather around a miniature canal model, tracing the path of water as it flows towards a simulated paddy field. It may seem like a simple academic exercise, but for these young engineers-in-training, it symbolises a quiet revolution. This is where Bangladesh’s future is being engineered...

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Small farmers, big water choices

FOR millions of smallholder families, water remains a daily negotiation between hope and hardship. Whether tending boro rice on the dry soil of the Barind or collecting water for home use in flood-prone villages, such farmers balance survival against scarcity. Their water use reflects the resilience of rural Bangladesh and exposes systemic inefficiencies and an urgent need for smarter, equitable management...

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Hundreds protest over water shortages in Iraq

Hundreds of Iraqis protested Friday against severe water shortages exacerbated by the summer’s sweltering heat in the central province of Babylon, an AFP correspondent said.

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Sustainable planning in power sector urged

Bangladesh Society of Water and Power Engineers has recently held a seminar titled Sustainable Infrastructure and Strategic Planning: The Role of Engineers in Future Leadership at the Mukti Hall of the Power Building in Dhaka...

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Road management should be equally prioritised

DILAPIDATED roads and water stagnation are recurring woes for residents of Dhaka during the monsoon. A photograph published in ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· on July 19 showed covered vans and rickshaws paddling through dilapidated and muddy roads in the North Jurain area. In the past few days, similar situations of water stagnation were reported from other parts of Dhaka...

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Enayet Ullah made DG of BWDB

Engineer Md Enayet Ullah joined Bangladesh Water Development Board as director general on Monday...

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Water crisis is already here

BANGLADESH, long defined by its rivers and monsoons, is entering an era where water — once its greatest asset — is becoming its greatest vulnerability. This shift is not a far-off scenario; it is already unfolding in real time. Salinity, aquifer...

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India rules out restoring water treaty with Pakistan

New Delhi will ‘never’ reinstate a key water treaty it suspended with Pakistan over deadly violence in India-administered Kashmir, the interior minister said in an interview published Saturday.

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Battling for breath, water, soil

A THICK, dirty fog often settles over Dhaka by late morning. This vast, overcrowded metropolis, now home to over 20 million people, is grappling with a dire environmental emergency. According to the World Bank, in 2019, air pollution, contaminated water, poor sanitation and exposure to lead were responsible for more than 272,000 premature deaths in Bangladesh...

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Flood ruins Eid festivity in Sylhet

Over one lakh people were stranded in floodwater with scores of families moving to temporary shelters opened by the government as vast swathes of land remained under water in the northeastern region on Wednesday, two days before Eid-ul-Azha...

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Tidal surge warning issued for low-lying areas of coastal districts

Low-lying areas in coastal districts are likely to be inundated by tidal surges as the deep depression over Northwest Bay and adjoining areas move further northwards and start crossing the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

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Iraq’s water reserves lowest in 80 years

Iraq’s water reserves are at their lowest in 80 years after a dry rainy season, a government official said on Sunday, as its share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shrinks.

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100 acres of land in Mirpur Bheribandh reclaimed

The Bangladesh Water Development Board on Wednesday began its drive to remove illegal structures from the land acquired for the flood control embankment in Mirpur Bheribandh...

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Flash flood threat looms in Sylhet

Water levels of all major rivers in the Sylhet region have kept rising rapidly due to heavy rainfall for a few days, triggering fear of flash floods...

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India’s water withdrawal hits 6cr: experts

At least six crore people across Bangladesh are facing an acute irrigation and water crisis due to an arbitrary withdrawal of river water upstream across the border by India, river experts and researchers said at a press conference in Rajshahi on Thursday...

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Pakistan accuses India of altering Chenab flow

Pakistan on Tuesday accused India of altering the flow of the Chenab River, one of three rivers placed under Pakistan’s control according to the now suspended Indus Waters Treaty.

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Form monitoring body to stop Sitalakhya pollution: HC

The High Court on Tuesday directed the chairman of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority to form a monitoring committee to prevent industrial waste and polluted water from being discharged into the Sitalakhya River in Narayanganj...

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Alternate wetting, drying save irrigation water: farmers

Widespread adoption of the Alternate Wetting and Drying irrigation method can save significant volume of water and can markedly reduce methane emissions during rice cultivation, according to experts and farmers...

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Groundwater needs more focus

IN BANGLADESH, where rivers dominate the landscape and flood narratives shape public discourse, groundwater continues to flow silently beneath the surface — out of sight, out of mind. Yet this invisible resource is the true lifeline of our resilience to climate extremes, food insecurity, and water scarcity. It sustains more than 80 per cent of irrigation, provides 97 per...

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Water wars are no answer

HISTORY is a tireless teacher. It reminds us that wars between India and Pakistan have only hardened enmities, deepened poverty, and imperilled the broader region’s stability. Today, as tensions mount once again over the Indus Waters Treaty, a sobering truth confronts both New Delhi and Islamabad: peace is not an idealistic luxury — it is a survival imperative...