River communication waning due to siltation
Rural economy of greater Sylhet (Bangladesh) is facing setback as most of the rivers flowing through the region are fast drying up due to heavy deposition of
Bangladesh Observer (Dhaka)
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Myanmar official due Feb 1 to resolve border dispute
A senior official of Myanmar Foreign Ministry will visit the disputed area along the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar on February 1, official sources said. Trouble in the otherwise calm border
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Human right to water widely violated in Asia
New Year found the human right to water still widely fractured in Asia and the Pacific. "This (deprivation) is most acute in Asia where majority of the world's poor live," the Asian Development Bank
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PHED takes up massive scheme to install 281
Public Health Engineering Department has taken up a massive scheme to install 281 deep tubewells in the Pirojpur district of Bangladesh to ensure supply of pure
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WB stops fund disbursement to Saidabad water plant
The World Bank has finally stopped the disbursement of fund to Saidabad Water Treatment Plant of Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority throwing this 750 crore Taka project into a state of total
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Installation of 2 new units at Kaptai power plant uncertain
The Bangladesh government plan to install two 100 MW new power units at Kaptai Hydraulic Power Plant site has virtually become uncertain because some influential tribal leaders have been opposing
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The state of our rivers
Given the chaotic processes that characterise the turbulent flows of Bangladesh's rivers channel shifts are inevitable. During work on the Jamuna Bridge, vertical excavations in the bed of Jamuna of
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Interim accord for Teesta water-sharing reached
Bangladesh and India will make an interim arrangement for sharing waters of the Teesta river before reaching a long-term final agreement following a thorough scientific
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Proposed Ganges barrage to benefit neighbours, says PM
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the construction of the proposed Ganges barrage would benefit not only Bangladesh but also all the neighbouring countries including
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Dhaka, Delhi devising ways to fight floods
Bangladesh and India began talks in Dhaka for devising modalities of further cooperation economic use of the waters of common rivers and fighting floods that deluged both the countries in late last