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This file handout photograph released by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) via Jiji Press on 13 November, 2019 shows the asteroid Ryugu after Hayabusa2 departed its orbit around a distant asteroid and head for Earth.

Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

The discovery offers new support for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space

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

Editorial

Illegal gas-water connection Why liable persons not caught

An illegal gas connection is not something anyone can get whenever they wish. Titas employees are the ones behind this

WASA MD not allowed to attend office online from US

WASA MD not allowed to attend office online from US

The government granted a six-week leave to Taqsem A Khan, managing director (MD) of Dhaka Wasa, to travel to the United States

Prime minister Shaikh Hasina talks to ANI during an interview

Problem regarding Teesta deal is in your country: PM Hasina to ANI

In a free-wheeling television interaction with ANI, prime minister Hasina, who is set to visit India on Monday, also lavished praise on the Modi government’s gesture of providing Covid-19 vaccines to ...

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.

WASA managing director Taqsem A Khan

BFIU seeks WASA MD's bank account details

BFIU has sought details of all bank transactions, including deposits and withdrawals, of Taqsem A Khan

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

This photograph taken on 23 August, 2022, shows boarding pontoons on the Serre-Poncon lake in Ubaye Serre-Ponçon, in the French Alps as water levels decreased 14 meters due to the drought

Europe faces strongest drought over last 500 years: Researchers

Europe is probably facing the most severe drought over the last 500 years, the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission said on Tuesday

Dhaka WASA MD Taqsem A Khan

HC asks for amount of WASA MD’s salary-bonus in 13 years

The chairman of Dhaka WASA board has been ordered to submit all the information within 60 days

Map of Satkhira district

Human chain for potable water in coastal Satkhira

Despite repeated requests, the protesters claimed authorities to be turning a blind eye to the issue

Editorial

Don’t increase water, power tariffs: Boost revenue by reducing corruption, waste

We want to say it clearly that in no way the prices of water and electricity can be increased at the moment and there is no alternative to hold the public tax funded institutions accountable for the ...

Dhaka WASA headquarters

Dhaka WASA proposes 25pc rise in water price

The board of Dhaka WASA has decided to raise the water price by 5 per cent for residential and commercial uses, but the Dhaka WASA management is not happy with the decision.

Students drinking water from a tube well at Khalishakandi Govt Primary School in Bogura's Shahjahanpur upazila.

Safe sanitation at primary schools 8.5m students affected due to lack of potable water

In June this year, a report of UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) said, one out of every five (19 per cent) schools in Bangladesh lacks safe drinking water. This is affecting 8.5 million ...

Government of Bangladesh logo

Avoid official transport for personal purpose: Ministry

The decision came at a meeting called to determine ways of saving electricity and fuel at the Pani Bhaban in the capital on Wednesday

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