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When farmers manage their local khals, the results are immediate. Photo: Courtesy

Community-led water management for a resilient Delta in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh

The ‘SAFAL for IWRM’ project proves that the key to climate resilience lies not just in large engineering structures, but in the hands of the local community

Photo: Md Jahidul Islam

Tk31cr project to map 30,000 canals across country

Illustration: TBS

Canals, climate and continuity: BNP to revisit Zia-era idea, but with higher stakes this time

With no proper drainage system, stagnant water turned the area into a breeding ground for malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Photo: TBS

Shamasundori Canal: Rangpur’s 140-year-old lifeline dying in neglect

Photo: UNB

35 truckloads of waste removed from Hazaribagh canal under 'Cholo Khal Bachai' initiative

Photo: TBS

Protecting waterbodies key to Dhaka's survival: Rizwana

Footsteps Bangladesh, a development-based social enterprise that dared to take on the task of cleaning a canal, which many considered a lost cause. Photos: Courtesy/Footsteps Bangladesh

A dead canal in Dhaka breathes again — and so do Ramchandrapur's residents

On Sunday (27 April), a team from the ACC's Integrated District Office Chattogram-2 visited the CDA and CCC offices. Photo: Collected

ACC starts probe into Ctg authorities' negligence in death of child who fell in open drain

Chattogram City Corporation Mayor Shahadat Hossain speaks at a workshop at the city's Zilla Parishad auditorium on 25 February 2025. Photo: TBS

Canals being filled by garbage dumped from multi-storey buildings: Ctg mayor

File photo of the High Court division building of the Supreme Court in Dhaka. Photo: Collected

HC orders action plan for Rangpur Shyamasundari Canal restoration

Ctg Port Authority starts dredging canals to ease waterlogging in city

Ctg Port Authority starts dredging canals to ease waterlogging in city

An excavator removes waste from the Baunia canal in Dhaka, which stretches about 7.2 km from Mirpur-13 before merging with the Turag River in Uttara, recently. City corporation officials say given the current situation, apart from cleaning the waste from the canal, it is not possible to demolish or remove illegal structures. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam

Recovering Dhaka’s canals from encroachers won’t be easy – Baunia canal shows why

Efforts to recover Dhaka’s encroached, terminally degraded canals are not new. Photo: TBS

Canal restoration effort: What’s new this time?