Lyles, Duplantis test Olympic waters at world indoors

Noah Lyles, Karsten Warholm, Mondo Duplantis and Femke Bol head a star-studded line-up at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow as the best from track and field take an important first step towards the Paris Olympics. While the bigger goal might be gold in the French capital, the presence of

Workshop on water level held in Dhaka

Dissemination Workshop on “Determination of Standard High Water Level (SHWL), Standard Low Water Level (SLWL) and Re-Classification of Inland Waterways in Bangladesh” was held here Thursday Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) in association with Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) organized the workshop at Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB). State Minister for

LafargeHolcim opens rain water harvesting project

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited (LHBL), one of the leading building material solutions providers in the country recently inaugurated the project titled “Rain Water Harvesting for Safe Drinking Water for the Community” near its plant in Chhatak, Sunamganj. Availability of safe drinking water in Chhatak has always been a concern for the communities.

Building climate resilience through the lens of water

Representatives from the climate and water sector actors at a roundtable organised by WaterAid urged  proper attention to address climate impacts on water and Water Sanitation and hygiene (WASH). WaterAid also launched its upcoming flagship initiative titled the “Resilient Water Accelerator” The roundtable was held today at Sonargaon hotel on Monday. Road

Dhaka, Delhi to hold JRC meeting

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said the much-awaited Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) meeting between Bangladesh and India would be held later this month to discuss water sharing issues as the two countries share 54 rivers. "We are thankful to the Indian side as they agreed to my proposal

Water level falls in Surma, Kushiyara, rains continue

After a rise over the last two days, the water level of the Surma and Kushiyara rivers started falling again in Sylhet and Sunamganj on Friday. According to the Water Development Board, the water level of Surma River has gone down by 10 cm at Kanaighat Point and 4 cm at

Experts for increased allocation in water, sanitation, hygiene

Experts at an event Monday called for proper selection of projects in the annual development plan (ADP) and the need for reducing inequalities in allocations for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects between urban and rural or hard-to-reach areas. They made the call in a pre-budget press conference hosted by WaterAid