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Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Seminar highlights urgency of resolving India-Bangladesh river dispute

The event brought together experts, academics, and political figures to discuss the dispute’s complexities and explore potential solutions

Officials of BWDB said water levels of major rivers might continue to rise during the next few days, but will flow below their respective danger marks (DM) in the basin. Photo: BSS
Environment

Major rivers in rising trend in Brahmaputra basin

India and Bangladesh signed the Ganga water-sharing treaty in 1996, which is due to expire in 2026 but may be extended by mutual agreement. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

44 Teesta barrage gates opened as river swells

Environment, Forests and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan speaks to reporters during a visit to a flood-damaged embankment in Feni’s Parshuram Upazila on 22 September 2024. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

River water not just about politics; it's about diplomacy, economics too: Adviser Rizwana

At a special event held on 21 September at Bangladesh Tourism Corporation, on the occasion of World Rivers Day 2024 and the presentation of the River Award 2024. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Strict enforcement of laws to protect rivers: Environment adviser

Farzana Akhter’s brand ‘River Fish’ currently offers more than 80 varieties of local fish from rivers and haors. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

River Fish: From the rivers to your doorstep

Representational Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Rivers in Dhaka, Barishal and Khuna divisions may swell in 24 hrs: FFWC

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Embankments along Sitakunda coast damaged in four areas amid rough seas, heavy rainfall

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan (R) hold a meeting with ADB Country Director Edimon Ginting at the Bangladesh Secretariat on 20 August 2024. Photo: BSS
Environment

ADB to help Bangladesh in low-cost river cleaning projects: Rizwana Hasan

Representational image of a river. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Water level in 40 rivers rises, 68 falls: FFWC

Flood in Sylhet in 2023. Photo: TBS
Environment

Water levels in 59 rivers rise, 48 fall: Report

File photo of waterlogging in Sylhet. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Water levels of Surma, Kushiyara rivers in Sylhet again above danger level

A file photo of flood in Sylhet district in 2023. Photo: TBS
Environment

Flash floods likely in country's northeastern districts: FFWC