Water salinity

Panorama

'Increased salinity is not just impacting human usage but also economic development'

Access to safe water and sanitisation is globally recognised as a human right but it is increasingly at risk in Bangladesh. The Business Standard spoke to Amaka Godfrey, the Executive Director of...

Economy

Fishermen depressed as salinity, heat jeopardise carp egg breeding in Halda

Bangladesh

Adaptation efforts must address salinity intrusion on a priority basis

The photo was taken recently. Photo: Mumit M

Environment

After coastal areas, salinity now invades Jashore’s water

Some 36,000 residents in the Pratapnagar union of Ashashuni upazila in Satkhira have been waterlogged in saline water for the last 18 months. Photo: TBS

Districts

Satkhira’s Protapnagar where woes know no bounds

Environment

Salinity rising in Barishal, Jhalakathi rivers

A pump of Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited on the Karnaphuli River. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Environment

Rising Karnaphuli salinity spells disaster for industries

Thoughts