This publication explores the potential of the Meghna River as an alternative water source for Dhaka. It also describes the fragile state of the city’s current drinking water supply due to increasing demand
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently launched a report and preliminary study on benefit sharing opportunities in the Meghna Basin for Bangladesh and India. Governance based
This flood risk assessment and forecasting for the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins summarizes the technical findings, includes highlights of the work, and links to the full technical reports and
<p>This new study led by an Indian scientist Dr Roxy Mathew Koll, from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune, points out a significant decreasing trend in the summer monsoon rainfall over the central Indian subcontinent during the past century. It suggests an important role of the rapid warming in the Indian Ocean in weakening of monsoon circulation and rainfall.</p>
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal are connected by the combined system of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers, but erratic water supplies and pressures of population growth are leading to tensions
Hilsa catches from rivers are shrinking in spite of a rise in overall production, due to pollution and falling navigability. In fiscal 2012-13, hilsa catches from inland waters, mainly from rivers, stood
Climate change upsets life, livelihood alike; major rivers flowing below usual level The water level of the Jamuna has never dropped to this low in the last one decade. At Bahadurabad point on May 14
ADB will provide $250 million for a project of Dhaka WASA to develop an environmentally sustainable water supply system in the city. The government and the ADB signed a loan agreement in this regard
The four major rivers — Jamuna, Ganges, Padma and Meghna — may grab around 3,700 hectares of land leaving 36,680 people landless and homeless this year. A prediction report of Centre for Environmental
Experts from Bangladesh and different parts of the country participated in the symposium jointly organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Patna University, and University
