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Recharging water, recharging hope: How Managed Aquifer Recharge system is saving the parched Barind Tract

An initiative funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) turns rooftops into ecological recharge zones, aligning local action with the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100. As a direct access entity (DAE) of the...

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

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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

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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

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

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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