Bangladesh braces for another heavy rain spell
Dhaka, Jun 19 – Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at places…
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‘Flash’ deep depression breaks up over Bangladesh
A prevailing low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal beat all forecasts to intensity with…
193 nations urge action to protect oceans: US protests
United Nations, Jun 10 (AP/UNB)- The 193 U.N. member nations issued an urgent call for…
Changing the way the world views and manages water
The High Level Panel on Water and Connect4Climate announced Thursday that the winner of the…
CSIRO kicks off biggest marine pollution survey
The CSIRO has begun what it says is the world’s largest marine pollution survey, in…
‘Water resources require topmost crisis management’
Dhaka – The policymakers and water experts at a meeting on Wednesday acknowledged that water…
Fight against illegal mining in River Ganga
Bhim Singh Rawat Finally on World Environment Day, Swami Shivanand has withdrawn his fast unto…
Over 1 lac marooned following heavy rainfall in Moulvibazar
Dhaka – The flood situation of three upazilas in Moulvibazar have remained unchanged as floodwater has…
Saving the oceans is saving future
The oceans’ health is only getting worse and the cycle of decline must be reversed,…
Industrial waste destroys Narsingdi rivers
Dhaka, June 6 – Industrial chemicals and wastes have destroyed most rivers including Shitalakhkha, Brahmaputra…
BAU female students stage demonstration for water
Mymensingh – Female students of a residential hall of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) demonstrate for…
Why we need to save our oceans now—not later
By José Vicente Troya UN, Jun 1 (IPS) – What if the blue fades way…
The ‘water-employment-migration’ explosive nexus
By Baher Kamal Rome, May 30 (IPS) – Water–everybody talks about it, warns against its…
The Ocean Conference: An integrated vision must be delivered
By Jan Kellett UN, May 24 (IPS) – In March 2015 at the Sendai World…
Valuing water beyond the money
By Paula Fray Johannesburg, May 29 (IPS) – Amid the worst drought in a century,…
Depression in Bay, rain bring relief to people
The well-marked low over southeast bay and adjoining central bay concentrated into a depression over…
Fall in groundwater level triggers water crisis in Jessore
Jessore – An immense shortage of safe water hit the district town due to the…
8 years after Aila, an intractable crisis of freshwater
Satkhira – Eight years have passed since the deadly Cyclone Aila struck the south-west of…
400 Dhaka RMG workers fall sick due to hot spell
Dhaka, May 25 – At least 400 employees of several garment factories fell sick due…
Growing ME urbanisation worsens water scarcity, food imports
By Baher Kamal Rome, May 24 (IPS) – Conflict and insecurity remain the key barriers…
Delhi wants Dhaka to tap sea resources together
India wants to work very closely with Bangladesh to exploit sea resources in the best…
People’s unity, world meet on water sought on Farakka Day
Dhaka – Expariate Bangladeshis at a discussion meeting in New York on 16 May underscored…
Defence of water right drives land reform call in Chile
By Orlando Milesi Santiago, May 18 (IPS) – Water at high prices, sold as a…
Cauvery suffers a slow death – urbanisation flourishes
(Editor’s (firstpost.com) note: This is the fourth piece in a multi-part series on the nature…
Tussle between Odisha and Chatrtisgarth over Mahanandi river
Laxmi Padhi, 75, has spent her entire life by the banks of Mahanadi. The mother…
Dhaka’s rice outpur shortfall 1.5m tonnes due to flash floods
Dhaka – The government is apprehending at least 15 lakh tonnes of rice production shortfall…
99 percent senitation coverage achieved: Dhaka
LGRD and Co-operatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday told Parliament that 99 percent of…
Haors inundated by rain not for damaged dams: Minister
Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Thursday claimed that the haor regions in different…
Haors inundated for rains, not for damaged dams: Minister
Dhaka – Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Thursday claimed that the haor regions…