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The Tigris river flows under the Ahrar bridge in the central Karkh district of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on 24 July, 2022

Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq's mighty river drying up

It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. But today the Tigris is dying

Water enters through the damaged part of the embankment

Tidal surges inundate low-lying areas as embankment collapses in Khulna

The front part of the newly constructed town protection embankment collapsed due to tidal surges caused by depression in the Bay of Bengal

Political lessons of the prime minister's India visit

Political lessons of the prime minister's India visit

There is a prevalent perception that we give India more and get less. Surely no one had expected that this visit would change that perception in any way

Giving more, getting less -- let relations with India be balanced

Giving more, getting less -- let relations with India be balanced

The message that has gone out to the global community is that the competence of Bangladesh's professional diplomats in determining foreign policy and vision is not up to the standard. Under these ...

Bangladesh state minister for water resources Zahid Faruk (right) and India’s union minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat exchanges a memorial greetings in New Delhi on Friday.

JRC meeting Draft MoU finalised to withdraw water from Kushiyara

A draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been finalised to withdraw water from Kushiyara river flowing from India to Sylhet in Bangladesh.

Flags of Bangladesh and India

JRC meeting Bangladesh, India reach consensus on Kushiyara water sharing

The development came at a secretary-level meeting at Delhi on Tuesday

Former foreign secretary Shahidul Haque addresses a programme ‘Special Lecture on Bangladesh’s Foreign Policy’ organised by Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), at Sapru House, New Delhi on 23 August 2022

PM Hasina to visit India Dhaka, Delhi eye positive results

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina agreed to visit New Delhi on 5-6 September at the invitation of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, said foreign minister AK Abdul Momen

A member of the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB) inspects a dried field amid an intense drought in the country in Herzeele, northern France on 2 August, 2022 France saw its driest July on record, the weather agency said, exacerbating stretched water resources that have forced restrictions

Scientists call for more research into ‘climate endgame’

What is less well explored is the cascading impact of certain events, such as crop failures and infrastructure loss due to extreme weather events, which are made likelier to occur with every degree ...

State minister for disaster management and relief Md Enamur Rahman and others at a roundtable in Dhaka on Thursday.

'Govt to dredge rivers, set up 1,000 cyclone shelters to combat flood'

State minister for disaster management and relief Md Enamur Rahman came up with the disclosure while addressing a roundtable

A Manta family eats their evening meal on the boat they live on, floating on the Meghna river, in Lakshmipur district, Bangladesh on 12 April 2022.

Without land, Bangladesh's Manta people live and die on boats

Today, Begum's entire community -known as the Manta people - live aboard small boats on two of the nation's major rivers. It's a challenging way to survive - but one more Bangladeshis may be driven ...

Water levels at 18 river stations monitored marked rise while 79 stations recorded fall, says Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre

No risk of flood in major river basins in next five days: FFWC

Water levels at 18 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 79 stations recorded fall

The Meghna river

Robbery in trawler on Meghna river

When the water vessel reached the Lalboya area, seven to eight robbers boarded the trawler and started beating the traders mercilessly

Different spots of Sylhet-Gowainghat road has submerged once again following heavy rain for two days and flash flood. The photo is taken at Salutikar area in Gowainghat upazila, Sylhet, on 30 June 2022

Northern, north-eastern districts Flood likely to linger due to heavy rains

North-eastern and northern parts of Bangladesh may witness prolonged flood as record breaking rainfalls were recorded inside Bangladesh and upstream states of India during the ongoing flood

Members of BD Clean are cleaning a lake in Sheikh Russel Nagar Park in Narayanganj. Many visitors litter polythene, packet of chips at the lake

Is the government promoting the use of polythene?

Bangladesh could be a pioneer in leading the world away from the harmful plastic-culture that stands as a threat to world civilisation. Instead of taking that path, why are we opting to promote ...

Receding waters of Jamuna river has eroded at least 400 homes in four villages in Sirajgan jdistrict

Jamuna erodes 400 houses in Sirajganj

Around 400 houses of four villages in Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj have been devoured by the Jamuna river in the last one week

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