Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Bangladesh has urged India to take steps for sharing the water of all the common rivers and resolving the long-pending Teesta water-sharing deal. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen raised the issue at the 5th…
Category: Water
Transboundary climate adaptation with river basin orgs
Submitted by Christina Leb On Wed, 01/30/2019; co-authors: Sonja Köppel Water, climate, and finance know no borders. This brings both challenges and opportunities. When it comes to freshwater, a majority of the world’s surface water flows in transboundary basins, spanning…
2 killed in Turag River boat capsize near Dhaka
Savar, Feb 7 (UNB) – A madrasah student and an unidentified man died as a boat capsized in the Turag River here on Thursday afternoon. The madrasah student was identified as Towhidur Rahman, 11. Atiqur Rahman Khan Shanta, chairman of…
282 structures razed to rivive Buriganga, Karnaphuli rivers
Dhaka, Feb 6 (UNB) – Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) on Wednesday pulled down some 282 illegal establishments along the Buriganga River in the capital and the Karnaphuli in Chattogram. In the capital, the BIWTA mobile court bulldozed as…
100 illegal structures on Buriganga river demolished
Dhaka, Feb 05 – The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Tuesday has demolished around 100 structures that built illegally grabbing the river bank of Buriganga. The second face eviction drive of its 11-day programme has conducted at city’s Nababerchar…
Removing arsenic from groundwater: Let’s use the tools
HAMILTON, Canada, Feb 1 2019 (IPS) – Cost-effective technologies are available to remove arsenic in groundwater. Why then do tens of millions still fall ill to this chronic problem? High natural levels of arsenic are characteristic of the groundwater supply in…
Drive to free Karnaphuli riverbanks from grabbing begins
Chattogram, Feb 4 (UNB) -The district administration has started a drive to demolish the illegal structures on the banks of the Karnaphuli River in the port city. A team led by executive magistrate and assistant commissioner (land) of Patenga Tahmilur…
Disqualify river grabbers from elections bank loans
Dhaka, Feb 03 – In a landmark verdict, the High Court on Monday disqualified the grabbers of rivers and canals from contesting any election including local government and parliamentary polls. It directed the Election Commission to take steps to this…
Debar river encroachers from polls, loan: High Court rules
Dhaka, Feb 3 (UNB) – The High Court on Sunday directed the Election Commission not to allow any individual to contest any election, including the parliamentary one, if he or she is accused of encroaching on rivers. The High Court…
Delhi invites Dhaka business community to Maritime Conclave
Dhaka, Jan 31 (UNB) – India has invited Bangladesh business community, particularly those from shipping and waterways industries, to attend ‘Maritime Conclave 2019’ to be held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on February 14-15. “Besides presenting opportunities for investment in the maritime…
Bd HC landmark verdict declares Turag river as living being
Dhaka, Jan 30 – In a historic verdict, the High Court on Wednesday declared the Turag River as a legal/juristic person or a living being to save the river from illegal encroachment. In its partial judgment, the HC bench of…
Recognise rivers as living beings: Green activists
Dhaka, Jan 29 (UNB) – Mentioning that rivers are being killed through unplanned development, encroachment, pollution and climate change impacts, experts and green activists on Tuesday demanded that the rivers be recognised as living being for saving those. They made…
40 dead, many feared buried in mud after Brazil dam collapse
Brazil, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — Hope that loved ones had survived a tsunami of iron ore mine waste from a dam collapse in Brazil was turning to anguish and anger over the increasing likelihood that many of the hundreds of people…
Tourist ship Silver Discoverer arrives Sunday in Sundarbans
Bagerhat, Jan 26 (UNB) – Silver Discoverer, a cruise ship operated by Silver Sea Cruise, will reach the Mongla port here on Sunday with 53 tourists from five different countries to visit the Sundarbans, a Unesco world heritage site. They…
Scientists to explore Indian Ocean depths
Bremeverhaven, Jan 24 (AP/UNB) — Scientists prepared Thursday to embark on an unprecedented, years-long mission to explore the Indian Ocean and document changes taking place beneath the waves that could affect billions of people in the surrounding region over the…
Recast of Delta Plan 2100 based on local experience urged
Dhaka, Dec 12 – The Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 came under serious scrutiny at an international seminar organized in Dhaka on Friday. Speakers at the seminar said that a plan modelled on the Netherlands would not work in Bangladesh because…
One killed in Barisal ferry accident in Southern Bangladesh
A launch passenger was killed and three others were injured as a launch hit another anchored one in the Meghna River at Kaliganj in Mehendiganj upazila early Sunday.
Community people to become Sundarbans dolphin saviours
By Rafiqul Islam Dhaka, Jan 4 – The Bangladesh Forest Department has started forming dolphin conservation teams involving community people to protect the endangered aquatic species in the rivers of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.
Green tech to aid UNHCR supply of safe water to Rohingyas
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners have been turning to green and non-polluting technology, including solar power, to help provide safe and clean water to Rohingyas living in the crowded settlements in Cox’s Bazar district.
Bd political parties pledge on water in polls manifestos
Dhaka, Dec 25 – The International Farakka Committee (IFC) New York has noted with satisfaction that almost all the parties contesting the upcoming national election in Bangladesh have made mention of river-water and environment in their election manifestos. The commitments…
Nepal stops water project contractors from leaving country
Nepal’s government has stopped eight Italian contractors from leaving the Himalayan country in an effort to complete a critical but much delayed water supply project for the capital.
Time to adapt to changing climate: What it means for water?
by Greg Browder As COP24 in Poland reaches its mid-point, it is becoming distressingly obvious that reaching the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees Centigrade will be extremely challenging. Recognizing that millions of people…
Holy men fasting to death keep The Ganges alive
Over the past two decades, holy men in India have gone on dozens of fasts demanding governments honour their promise to revive the polluted Ganges, a river revered by Hindus. The recent death of one of the most prominent hunger…
California, here we come!
by Nate Engle “California, here we come!” I was singing this phrase in my head all morning a few weeks ago as I flew from Washington DC to Los Angeles to accompany a Government of Botswana study tour delegation. The…
Stop supply of unauthorised bottled water: HC
The High Court today ordered the authorities concerned to immediately check the quality of water sold and supplied through plastic bottles, jars and other manners across the country.
Water-responsible cos, key to ensuring global water security
By Karin Krchnak Over the past fifteen years, I have seen a rapid evolution in corporate actors in recognizing water risks to their operations. In response, some have taken measures to ensure that all water is returned to its originating…
3 hard truths about the global sanitation crisis
by Seema Thomas Today when you go to the toilet, be it in someone’s basic latrine in a rural village you might be visiting, in a public toilet where you work, or on a comfortable water-flushed ‘loo’ at home, take…
Watch two men leading camels in flooded Saudi desert
Dhaka, Nov 20 – Two men lead a herd of camels through a brutal sandstorm and a haze of rain in a dramatic video that’s gone viral for both its drama and its beauty.
Ganga Bill ready for introduction in in Indian Parliament
Ganga Bill is ready for introduction in the winter session of Parliament commencing on December 11, 2018, and concluding on 8 January 2019.
470 kms of rivers to be dredged with BD-India joint finance
The Cabinet on Monday approved ‘Addendum to the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade’ under which 470 kms of rivers will be dredged with joint financing of Bangladesh and India.