The biggest problem for sustainable development in Bangladesh now is climate change, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud says.

Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud has said about 40 percent pollution of Buriganga River has reduced due to removal of leather industry from the city's Hazaribagh area.

Water resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud has warned of a possible, large-scale flood in the country late next month and instructed the deputy commissioners to prepare to tackle it.

Jatiya Party Presidium Member Anisul Islam Mahmud says that party chief HM Ershard appointed him as the party’s acting chairman after the 1/11 political changeover in 2007 in a bid to avert arrest.

Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud says the government has taken two mega projects worth over Tk 2,898 crore on reconstruction and maintaining of river bank protection across the country.