Water

The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has decided to raise the price of water by 10% from 1 July. Photo: Unsplash
Health

Common water disinfectant creates potentially toxic byproduct: study

Today, more than 113 million Americans rely on chloraminated drinking water, with the compound also in use across Canada, Asia, and Europe

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Tech

Scientists claim they can now turn lunar soil into drinking water

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. File Photo: TBS
Politics

Water aggression being used as a weapon: Fakhrul

A staff member assembles a model of Chang'e 6 lunar probe ahead of a press conference on Chang'e 6 mission of China's lunar exploration programme. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Chinese scientists use lunar soil to produce water

Hydropanels typically last around 15 years and produce around four to five litres of fresh water per day per panel. Photos: Collected
Tech

Atmospheric water generators: The tech-wizardry of making water out of thin air

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Science

Canned water produced from air and sunlight to hit US stores this year

Generally, in summer, we need 250-260 million litres of water per day. But this year, it is over 280 million litres. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

The future of Dhaka's water

Residential buildings, destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, lie in ruin, amid a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Gaza City November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Bassam Masoud
Hamas-Israel war

UNICEF says deal agreed with Israel to boost Gaza water supply

LGRD Minister Mohammad Tajul Islam. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Dengue hotspots under special surveillance: LGRD minister

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Bangladesh

Denmark finances €300m in water infrastructure in Bangladesh

Gulshan Lake. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

What is the quality of Dhaka's lake waters?

Water used in the tannery industry accumulated near a factory. File Photo: MumitM
Industry

Policy drafted with fees on industrial use of water

A woman walks back with empty pitchers after finding no water at the roadside tap provided by WASA in Pannitola, Old Dhaka, on Saturday. Many parts of the capital are experiencing water shortages because the ongoing heatwave is lowering groundwater levels. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

Dhaka's water consumption reaches critical levels, only heavy rain can bring respite