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Technicians try to fix a groundwater pump in Gazipur after a drop in water flow. Groundwater is depleting at higher rates in some locations within the greater Dhaka city, Gazipur and the High Barind Tract areas. PHOTO: NOOR-A-ALAM
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Understanding the nuances of groundwater depletion

There is no question that the rate of groundwater depletion in Bangladesh is very high. But scientists now say this excessive abstraction may have inadvertently created space in some areas for...

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Environment

Water integrity management essential for proper use of water: Experts

Farmers pumping groundwater for irrigation might help reduce floods: Study
Environment

Farmers pumping groundwater for irrigation might help reduce floods: Study

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Bangladesh

2 arrested after TBS report on pond filling in Ctg

Are we preserving groundwater for the future?
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Are we preserving groundwater for the future?

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Environment

Groundwater is world’s insurance policy against climate change: Report

Agrabad Deba is one of the few extant waterbodies in Chattogram city. Most of the lakes, ponds and other waterbodies have become extinct over the course of time. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Mohammad Minhaz Uddin
Bangladesh

Tubewells deplete groundwater as ponds vanish in Ctg

A Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 16 November 2018. File Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Environment

Civil society, NGOs for banning plastic, groundwater use in Rohingya camp

Isotopic techniques helped finding groundwaters free of arsenic and sea water intrusion in Bangladesh. Photo credit: IAEA/Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC).
Bangladesh

New arsenic-free groundwater sources identified in Bangladesh

Dhaka Wasa looks to more groundwater extraction
Bangladesh

Dhaka Wasa looks to more groundwater extraction