Water crisis

People waiting in line with empty containers in hand to collect water. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Water crisis hits Malibagh residents hard

Some of the residents of the area alleged that the Wasa authorities could not supply water to the area to meet their basic needs since Saturday morning

3 billion people do not have access to running water and soap at home. Photo: AFP/Bloomberg
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid’s spreading fast because billions don’t have water to wash

Low income people of South Khulshi in the port city of Chattogram collect water from a tar amid severe crisis of drinking water at a time when the country is going through shutdown due to coronavirus pandemic. This photo was taken on Wednesday. Photographer : Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Chattogram Wasa rationing water as demand spikes amid lockdown

A water tanker primes the water for Syrian refugees in front of their homes in the Al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq near the border with Syria September 17, 2016/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Concerns over water shortages jump in Jordan amid lockdown

A Marma woman is collecting drinking water from a hole dug in a drying creek near Gherao Para in Rowangchhari upazila of Bandarban. Photo: TBS
Environment

Water crisis turns acute as jhiris dry up in remote areas of Bandarban

Photo: Rehman Asad
Thoughts

Rights to water and sanitation for slum people

The Phase 4 and Phase 5 gas refineries are seen in Assalouyeh, 1,000 km (621 miles) south of Tehran, January 27, 2011/ Reuters
Global Economy

Downstream Iranian energy projects disrupted by water crisis

A general view of Abadan oil refinery in southwest Iran, is pictured from Iraqi side of Shatt al-Arab in Al-Faw south of Basra, Iraq September 21, 2019/ Reuters
Global Economy

Iran's thirsty energy industry runs up against water shortage

Bangladesh among least water-stressed countries on earth
Environment

Bangladesh among least water-stressed countries on earth

Rajendra Litoria poses for a picture in Bangaon village of Bundelkhand, India on July 16, 2019/Reuters
World+Biz

No water, no wife

Groundwater level falls in Keraniganj; 2000 tube-wells turned useless
Bangladesh

Groundwater level falls in Keraniganj; 2000 tube-wells turned useless

In drought-hit Delhi, the haves get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop
World+Biz

In drought-hit Delhi, the haves get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop

FILE PHOTO: Local residents wait in a queue to collect drinking water from a municipal corporation water tanker on a hot summer day in the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 1, 2019/REUTERS
World+Biz

India suffers driest June in five years, fears for crops