Khulna – Producing and bottling ‘mineral water’ in unhygienic condition has turned into a booming business across Khulna division. Sixteen business entities have been operating fraudulent water treatment and filtration plants throughout the division without having license from the Bangladesh Standards…
The government has formed a high-profile committee to prepare a master plan to restore the navigability of the rivers surrounding Dhaka, including the Buriganga, Turag, Sitalakhya and Balu, and the Karnaphuli of Chittagong port city.Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives…
Chittagong – Four lighter vessels, loaded with different goods, capsized in several points of the Bay of Bengal early Wednesday due to poor visibility.
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposed New Delhi visit will witness ‘new era of cooperation’ and signing of a number of important documents though a breakthrough on Teesta looks unlikely. The Prime Minister is scheduled to leave for New…
Dhaka – Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Wednesday stressed the need for stabilising the country’s major rivers to reduce riverbank erosion aiming to protect people’s land and belongings from its wraths. “Riverbank erosion creates a lot of…
Dhaka – The 18th meeting of the Standing Committee on Protocol on Inland Water Transit & Trade (PIWTT) between India and Bangladesh was held on Tuesday in Dhaka. Additional Secretary of the Bangladesh’s Shipping Ministry Md. Rafiqul Islam and Chairman…
Dhaka – Ferry Service on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma river was disrupted following dense fog early Tuesday.
(CNN)Celebrations, tears of joy, chanting and drumming rang out among thousands of protesters at the Standing Rock site after the US Army Corp of Engineers announced it will look for an alternate route for the Dakota Access Pipeline to cross…
Dhaka – Brahmaputra river bank erosion has taken a serious turn rendering at least 300 families of Nayachar Bazar and Kodalkati Bazar in Rajibpur upazila in Kurigram homeless in the last three weeks. During a visit to the areas mentioned…
Budapest (Hungary) – Dhaka and Budapest have agreed to work together for common prosperity alongside joining hands with the international community to fight against ‘terrorism and violent extremism’. “We’ve reached an understanding that there’s much scope for Bangladesh and Hungary…
Stressing the need for addressing issues like protection and utilisation of water resources comprehensively, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Monday shared a 7-point agenda with global leaders with a call for creating a Global Fund on water.“Financing is a…
Dhaka – Bangladesh should motivate the upper reparian countries like India and China to sign a water connectivity agreement, aiming to ensure the fair share of water of its trans-boundary rivers, says a water expert. “If we give a navigation…
Dhaka – A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane carrying PM Sheikh Hasina to Hungary has reached Budapest hours after making an emergency landing in Turkmenistan. The aircraft touched down at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport at 6:05pm local time (11:05pm BdST)…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here for Budapest on Sunday morning on a four-day visit at the invitation of Hungarian President Dr Janos Ader to attend the Budapest Water Summit 2016. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinsa is expected to commission a state of art survey vessel tomorrow as Bangladesh is set to launch next month an extensive study on marine aquaculture in extended territorial waters.
The Morung Express Imphal – The JAC against 190 MW Pabram Dam (JAC on Pabram Dam) and the Centre for Research and Advocacy, Manipur (CRAM) organized community meetings and awareness on protection of land, natural resources in Langpram, Khunphung and…
Dhaka – Bangladesh is willing to invest US$ 1 billion in the 1125-MW Dorjilung hydropower project under trilateral cooperation with India and Bhutan, said Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Tuesday, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Nepal’s army says it has finished draining a dangerous glacial lake near Mount Everest to a safe level, reports BBC. The Imja glacial lake, at nearly 5,000m (16,400ft) high, was in danger of flooding downstream settlements, trekking trails…
San Francisco (AP/UNB) — A blue whale that washed ashore near San Francisco had multiple skull fractures that were consistent with a collision with a ship.
ZEIST, Netherlands (BSS/AFP) – A majestic turquoise-and-gold tail splashes the surface of a public pool. Strange, beautiful creatures frolic in the water, occasionally peeking out from their masks and snorkels. Half-woman, half-fish. Since Disney’s Princess Ariel first hit the big…
Dhaka – The bodies of two workers, who went missing after a dredger sank in the Shitalakkhya River at Boroni in Shreepur upazila of Gazipur on Tuesday, were recovered from the river on Thursday, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Two schoolboys went missing as a boat capsized in the Padma River in Par-Ghorapakhiya area of Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Thursday, UNB news agency reported.
Richard Pearshouse and Amanda Klasing This week, Brisbane hosts the world’s first conference on water scarcity and drought. Of course, access to drinking water varies considerably around the world due to natural differences in geography and climate. But there is…
Dhaka – The government has planned to dredge 2100 kilometers of 24 major rivers alongside 690 kilometers river training across country over the next 15 years, aiming to increase and maintain their navigability, reports Golam Moin Uddin, UNB Staff Writer.…
Dhaka: Local Government and Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday said the government has set a target to provide legal water supply to the slum dwellers of Dhaka by next year. UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka: Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday stressed the need for taking appropriate plans and their implementation to properly utilise the country’s vast marine resources. “Blue economy has created an important area in our economy. Making suitable plans and…
Dhaka – For the first time, researchers point to areas in Africa where foreign agricultural companies’ choice of crops and management of fresh water are partly responsible for the increased water shortages and greater competition for water. This in turn…
Securing the slogan ‘Shusto Nodi, Shusto Nogor’ World Rivers day at Jahangirnagar University (JU) observed with fanfare and festivity here at the campus yesterday.
25th September is the World Rivers Day. This was initiated by a river loving environmentalist of Canada in the 90’s decade and eventually it was endorsed by the UNO and Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) took it up 4 years back.…