Water

Water

File photo of LGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam

LGRD minister calls for differentiated pricing of water for rich and poor

Water can be given at a subsidised price for low-income earners but not for the aristocrats living in elite areas, the minister remarked

Every year the groundwater levels continue to deplete and the cost of maintaining pumps amidst the depletion is not economically viable. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

Digging our way to a drought

Freshwater disputes and people’s right to water

Freshwater disputes and people’s right to water

Naomi Larsson. Illustration: TBS

The mystery of a disappearing lake and the struggle over water rights in Chile

Photo: Collected

New water research project proposed while 4 existing bodies yield little

Representational image. Picture: Pixabay

Wasa proposes minimum 20% hike in water tariffs

Desalination holds the answer: Beza’s own study shows the way

Desalination holds the answer: Beza’s own study shows the way

A shot of the polluted Banani lake. Over 100 fishes are dying every day in the lake due to toxic water. The photo was taken on Thursday. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed

Fish dying in toxic Banani lake

People clean debris following volcanic eruption and tsunami, in Nuku'alofa, Tonga in this picture obtained from social media on January 20, 2022. Photo :Reuters

Some money services reopen in Tonga, drinking water the priority

Energypac ensures safe water access in the village of Chunkuri through its two submersible water pumps which supports 200 families with 10,000 litres of water a day. Photo: Courtesy

Energypac: How one CSR is solving the water crisis for 200 families in a Khulna village

Buffaloes are seen in the Chebayesh marsh, Dhi Qar province, Iraq, July 7, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. Photo :Reuters

'Our whole life depends on water': Climate change, pollution and dams threaten Iraq’s Marsh Arabs

Hindus form the biggest minority community in Pakistan. According to official estimates, 7.5 million Hindus live in Pakistan. Photo :AFP via Hindustan Times

Outrage as Hindu family tortured in Pak for fetching drinking water from mosque

Gandharbapur plant to supply 500m litres of water daily to Dhaka North

Gandharbapur plant to supply 500m litres of water daily to Dhaka North