water shortage

Northern region drying up amid freshwater loss

Freshwater, both surface and groundwater, from northern Bangladesh has been declining steadily for the past two decades, reveals a new global study.
12 September 2025, 18:13 PM

Water crisis deepens in Khulna

Till last year, every morning before dawn, Nimai Chandra Roy’s house in Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila used to be a gathering point for his neighbours -- not for any festival, but for survival.
13 May 2025, 18:01 PM

Fire in the hills; locals surviving on leaves, wild herbs

Locals are claiming that a fire caused by the LAMA Rubber Industries on land used for jhum farming in Bandarban is now causing food and water shortage in the remote areas of Lama upazila.
5 May 2022, 11:20 AM

Waste of water, way to disaster

The next world war will be over water. And Bangladesh appears to be most oblivious of all amidst the grim global forecast.
21 March 2019, 18:10 PM

Reaching everyone, everywhere

Last year, we met Subita Rani in a tea garden in Sreemangal. A former tea garden worker, Subita walks over half an hour each day,
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

The thirsty land

When Kajol Rekha's primary-school-aged son starts playing with water his mother gets annoyed. It's a source of tension in the
21 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Sylhet city crippled

We are at a loss to understand why the authorities are assuming such a lacklustre attitude in solving the water scarcity in Sylhet...
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM