Water

Bangladesh wants to negotiate a new water-sharing agreement with India on the Ganges rather than simply renew the existing treaty, Water Resources Minister Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee said on Thursday. He […]

A mineral water company in Rajshahi has been fined Tk10,000 for producing and selling packaged drinking water without the required quality certification from the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI). […]

China has opened a major canal linking its landlocked southwestern regions directly to the sea, cutting transport distances and costs as Beijing seeks to strengthen trade links with Southeast Asia. […]

The water level of the Padma River in Chapainawabganj has been rising rapidly due to an influx of upstream water, inundating several low-lying areas and raising fears of a worsening […]

Water Resources Minister Md Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie has said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will formally inaugurate the Padma Barrage project sometime next year. The minister made the remarks on Friday […]

Water levels at Kaptai Lake in Rangamati have risen to a dangerously high level, prompting authorities to reopen all 16 spillway gates to drain excess water. The gates were opened […]

Two youths, including a member of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), went missing after a section of the Meghna River bank collapsed while they were sitting with three friends in […]

The International Farakka Committee (IFC) has said that Indian leaders’ making centre-state negotiations on Ganges water a condition for extending the 30-year treaty with Bangladesh is alarming. The treaty will […]

CHATTOGRAM: The Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) has joined hands with Max Foundation Bangladesh and Max Social Enterprise Ltd to explore a new public-private partnership (PPP) model aimed […]

India has rejected a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ordering it to maintain the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, saying the tribunal has no […]