Managing Director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) Taqsem A Khan today asked residents of the city to boil supplied water before drinking it.

Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has again increased water tariff for residential and commercial use.

Terming Dhaka Wasa’s proposal of tariff hike “unjust and unacceptable”, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) demands to set the tariff through public hearing with experts of the concerned sector.

The High Court today observes that the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is the concerned authority to control and stop 68 underground drains and sewerage lines connected to Buriganga River.

The High Court comes down heavily on Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) for not complying with its 2011 directive over sealing all sewerage lines to Buriganga River and for making an untrue statement about sewerage lines connected to the river.

Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) Managing Director Taqsem A Khan yesterday came under fire by a parliamentary body for his failure in providing safe drinking water to citizens, dealing with the waterlogging problem and allegations of widespread corruption against DWASA officials.

The High Court wants to know expert opinions on two separate test reports on the water supplied by Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).

The High Court yesterday observed that Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority would get appreciations if it could solve all its issues and supply safe drinking water to citizens.

The High Court directs Dhaka Wasa to supply pure water to residents in the capital and take immediate steps in this regard.

The High Court yesterday ordered Dhaka Wasa to explain why its water was contaminated with bacteria.

The High Court asks Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority to submit an explanation before the court on contaminated water supplied by Wasa in four, out of 10 zones, in Dhaka.

Wasa water in the capital’s four out of 10 zones are contaminated with arsenic and chlorine, according to a government report submitted to the attorney general’s office. The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development collected Wasa water

The High Court wants to know the steps taken to implement its 2015 directives for stopping cultivation of fishes in Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority’s (Wasa) lagoon in Dhaka’s Kadamtoli, as its water and fishes are poisonous and harmful.

A month after boasting about its water quality, Dhaka Wasa yesterday revealed that its water is polluted in 57 city areas because of broken-down supply lines. The official water supplier in the city made the admission in a report submitted before the High Court.

Amid widespread outcry over safe water, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Estimate recommends to split the Dhaka Wasa into two parts to ensure supply of safe and drinkable water for the city dwellers.

Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has submitted a report to the High Court saying that water supplied by Wasa to 57 areas of its 10 zones are polluted.

The High Court yesterday expressed dissatisfaction at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) for not complying with its order to examine the quality of water supplied by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) through a committee.

The High Court yesterday asked a writ petitioner to inform the court by May 13 about the areas where water supplied by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is highly contaminated and unsafe. Supreme Court lawyer and writ petitioner Tanvir Ahmed

Water Supply and Sewerage Authority must shoulder the responsibility for supplying polluted water to city dwellers, a platform of people living in the capital’s Jurain, Shyampur and Kadamtali areas said yesterday at a mass hearing.

Dhaka Wasa’s Narayanganj Mods Zone Executive Engineer Mir Abul Hashem claimed that Wasa supplies safe drinking water, but activists from “Amra Narayanganjbashi” and “Wasa Hotao Sangram Committee” disagree, saying that “the engineer himself drinks bottled water, as is evident from the bottles kept beside his desk.”