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Villagers transport drinking water on bullock carts near Darai village in the Bundelkhand region of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on 6 May 2008. File Photo: Reuters

Scorching summers intensify caste barriers to water in India's Bundelkhand

Residents and researchers say the worsening heat and water stress are intensifying long-standing caste divisions.

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Beza's flagship economic zone faces water uncertainty as Tk10,553cr pipeline plan stalls

Severe riverbank erosion threatens homes and infrastructure along the rising shoreline. Photo: UNB

Rising river water triggers massive erosion at 33 points in Kurigram

A cyclist cools off at a fountain at Madrid Rio park during the second day of the heatwave, in Madrid, Spain, July 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ana Beltran/File Photo

Which European countries are running out of water?

The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has decided to raise the price of water by 10% from 1 July. Photo: Unsplash

Chinese solar-powered desalination system could deliver water at lower cost than bottled water

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Teesta water rises again in Lalmonirhat, triggers flashflood fears

Photo: UNB

Teesta water level rises: Flood fears grow in 5 northern districts

An employee walks through a data centre of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) inside its office building in Bengaluru, India, 29 May 2026. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh/File Photo

AI data centres could use as much water as 1.3 billion people by 2030: UN report

Illustration: TBS

Water as a weapon: From Farakka to the Himalayas, South Asia’s new geopolitical tool

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Bangladesh inflation snapshot: March 2026

Major General Mohammad Moazzem Hossain. Sketch: TBS

The Bepza experience: From groundwater dependence to resilient systems

Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. Photo: Collected

Rizwana for strengthening regional cooperation on water governance in South Asia

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Rampal’s Christian community gets access to safe drinking water