ROAD submerged in rainwater causing extreme public suffering remain a perennial crisis for Dhaka. A photograph published in 抖阴精品 on September 15 showed how public buses are wading through rainwater collected on a road in the Mirpur area of the capital. Pedestrians are walking in knee-high water. In addition to traffic congestion and suffering for commuters...
Speakers at a recent seminar said food security, rural livelihoods and climate resilience in Bangladesh depend on how effectively water resources are managed.
BENEATH Bangladesh鈥檚 rivers and canals lies a latent economic promise capable of reshaping how the nation moves, feeds, energises and sustains itself. Inland water resources 鈥� including rivers, streams, and canals 鈥� function not only as lifelines for transport but also as engines of growth, yet their full potential remains constrained by neglect, mismanagement...
Environment, forest and climate change affairs adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday said that Dhaka would survive if its water bodies were restored and protected...
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority has temporarily halted the launch services on 20 internal river routes of Bhola due to inclement weather and monsoon wind...
THE High Court鈥檚 recent directive to restore the River Dhaleshwari and hold encroachers and polluters accountable is a welcome step. The river is under severe threat from unchecked encroachment and industrial pollution. The High Court directed the National River Conservation Commission, the deputy commissioner of Dhaka and the Inland Water Transport Authority...
Politicians, academics and professionals have called on the government to approach relevant international forums, if it fails to secure just share of water of the common rivers for Bangladesh through bilateral discussions.
More than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely-managed drinking water, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that progress towards universal coverage was moving nowhere near quickly enough.
PICTURE a tranquil afternoon in a Himalayan village. The mountains are draped in mist, the air feels crisp and the clouds seem to drift without purpose. Then, in an instant, the heavens rupture. Sheets of water cascade with an intensity that defies belief. Rivers rise like unleashed beasts, hillsides collapse, homes vanish and people flee for their lives. This is no ordinary...
Director general of the Bangladesh Water Development Board Md Enayet Ullah said that the government had initiated a feasibility study to resolve the long-standing water stagnation problem in Beeldakatia.
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority on Wednesday demolished an illegally constructed bungalow of former state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu on the banks of the Buriganga River...
Md Rafius Sajjad joined Bangladesh Water Development Board as additional director general on Tuesday.
WATER runs through the veins of Bangladesh 鈥� shaping our land, feeding our people and sustaining our economy. With more than 700 rivers and a maze of wetlands, ponds, canals and coastal ecosystems, the country is blessed with extraordinary freshwater and marine wealth. Yet this abundance is underappreciated, undervalued and increasingly under threat. As...
While the centre of Rajshahi city gleams with new roads, street lights and public works, residents of its slums and suburban neighbourhoods face immense sufferings during the rainy season due to flooding and water stagnation, exposing a stark disparity in development...
Director general of Bangladesh Water Development Board Md Enayet Ullah held an exchange of views with all levels of officers and employees of the BWDB at Pani Bhaban on Green Road in Dhaka on Wednesday...
FOR millions in Bangladesh, water is far more than a daily need, it is the frontline of the climate crisis. From the chars of Gaibandha to the saline deltas of Satkhira and the arid Barind plains, communities now face water stress as a daily burden. Salinity seeps into ponds, floods contaminate wells and prolonged droughts leave tube wells dry. For families living on the...
The advisory and convening committees of the Bangladesh Water Development Board Engineers鈥� Association have recently been formed...
WATER has long been a source of both hardship and nourishment in Bangladesh鈥檚 coastal deltas and riverine plains. With more than 700 rivers, this low-lying country has long relied on its plentiful water supplies for human use, agriculture and fishing. However, the same water systems that formerly supported development are currently under attack from institutional...
The country鈥檚 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...
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鈥檚 future is being engineered...
WaterAid Bangladesh organised an event to disseminating the findings of a study titled 鈥業mpacts of WASH on AMR and strategies to control AMR through WASH Interventions鈥� at a city hotel in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Torrential rain under the influence of an active monsoon and a low-pressure system caused severe waterlogging across several areas of Chattogram city on Monday, disrupting daily life and mobility for thousands of residents...
A recent study has revealed that the Dhaka city has lost half of its trees and 60 per cent of its waterbodies over the past 44 years...
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...
Hundreds of Iraqis protested Friday against severe water shortages exacerbated by the summer鈥檚 sweltering heat in the central province of Babylon, an AFP correspondent said.
June鈥檚 heatwave has caused snow and glaciers in the French Alps to melt faster, causing water shortages at mountain shelters just before the summer tourist hiking season gets into full swing...
A severe heatwave sweeping Iran has disrupted water and electricity supplies in much of the country, with reservoir levels dropping to their lowest point in a century, state media said Tuesday...
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...
DILAPIDATED roads and water stagnation are recurring woes for residents of Dhaka during the monsoon. A photograph published in 抖阴精品 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...
Engineer Md Enayet Ullah joined Bangladesh Water Development Board as director general on Monday...