WASA

Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (WASA)
Dhaka WASA MD Taqsem A Khan

Court rejects embezzlement complaint against Dhaka WASA MD, 8 others

A Dhaka court Thursday rejected a complaint of Tk 1.32 billion embezzlement filed against Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) managing director Taqsem A Khan and eight others after ...

Dhaka WASA MD Taqsem A Khan

Dhaka WASA MD, 8 others sued for embezzling Tk 1.32b

Dhaka WASA managing director Taqsem A Khan and eight others have been sued for embezzling Tk 1.32 billion

Dhaka WASA headquarters

Dhaka WASA Employees’ Association’s Tk 1.76b ‘misappropriated’

Sources from the Department of Cooperatives said they audited the financial transactions conducted between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2020 only

Chaos on the roads, WASA's whims, airport hassles and other grievances

Chaos on the roads, WASA's whims, airport hassles and other grievances

Chaos on the roads, WASA's whims, airport hassles are just a few of the grievances the people have amidst a host of trials and tribulations in every day life

Editorial

Diarrhoea outbreak in Dhaka Dhaka WASA cannot avoid responsibility

In 12 days, the number of patients with diarrhoea admitted to hospitals in Dhaka exceeded 13,483

World Water Day: Groundwater not being protected

World Water Day: Groundwater not being protected

Although initiative to set up a separate organisation on groundwater management was taken about two years ago, this remains at a standstill

Dhaka WASA building

Dhaka WASA's incompetence leads to water tariff hike

A total of 20 per cent of the daily volume of water produced by Dhaka WASA does not reach the customers. This is officially known as ‘system loss’. Dhaka WASA would not have to increase the water ...

Daily expenses: Miseries mount on poor, middle class

Daily expenses: Miseries mount on poor, middle class

This pressure on all sectors of spending has come at a time when a section of the people of the country is in distress economically due to the coronavirus

CAB president Golam Rahman

MD wants to impose the responsibility of WASA’s corruption on consumers: Golam Rahman

Dhaka WASA wants to increase the price of water once again. Golam Rahman, president of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), spoke to Prothom Alo on various issues, including the rationale ...

GM Quader

Water tariff hike to be an anti-people decision: GM Quader

Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader on Thursday opposed the government’s move to increase the water tariff of Dhaka WASA, saying it will be an anti-people decision.

Dhaka WASA building

Dhaka WASA wants to 'adjust tariff hike with production cost'

Dhaka WASA managing director Taqsem A Khan on Wednesday said there is a huge gap between the cost of water production and its sale price

Editorial

Step up market monitoring, sales in open market to relieve consumers

The government cannot turn a blind eye to the matter whether the price increased due to manipulation or due to extortion in transport sector

LGRD minister Md Tajul Islam

WASA for Sylhet to be established soon: LGRD minister

Sylhet WASA will be established soon to solve the problem of water and sewerage in Sylhet metropolis, said local government and rural development (LGRD) minister Md Tajul Islam

‘City residents need to be involved in sewerage management too’

Roundtable ‘City residents need to be involved in sewerage management too’

A roundtable on ‘Safe sanitation: Roadmap of Dhaka North City Corporation’, was organised by Dhaka City Corporation, UNICEF and Prothom Alo

Half capacity unused in Tk 36.7b Dhaka WASA project

Half capacity unused in Tk 36.7b Dhaka WASA project

Dhaka WASA built a water treatment plant in Lohajang upazila of Munshiganj, spending Tk 36.7 billion to supply purified water from the Padma river to the Dhaka city dwellers. But the agency didn’t ...

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