Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB)

Lessons we can learn from the recent Teesta disaster

We do need a Teesta megaplan, but not the one that the BWDB is proposing.

Stop constant onslaught on our rivers

We were dumbfounded to see the picture of one such river published in this daily yesterday, which shows a stretch of the Harihar River at Swaranpur village in Jashore’s Manirampur upazila that local influentials have occupied and divided into at least 50 small ponds by building dams for fish farming.

Take measures to combat river erosion

Government must help local communities become more resilient to such calamities

Can ruling party affiliates just grab government land?

Authorities must investigate the allegations and take stern actions

Will Ichhamati ever flow again?

Random projects cannot save our rivers, if commitment and coordination are lacking

Another river doomed to go extinct

Government must save Haridaya River before it’s too late

Training trips, or shopping excursions?

Government must restrain officials from going on unnecessary foreign trips

A hidden natural resource has transformed Bangladesh into a food-secure nation

As we move into uncharted territory as a consequence of climate change, it is crucial that groundwater responses to changes, not only in the magnitude, duration, and variability of monsoon rainfall but also our use of land and water, are better understood.