Additional secretary joins on deputation, replacing Md Aminul Islam

It is disappointing to learn that, despite a 25-percent increase in the allocation for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in the proposed budget, the most essential facilities remain inaccessible for too many people nationwide.

Bangladesh will begin their five-match Twenty20 International series against Zimbabwe today at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on an outfield that has certainly seen better days.

The Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is in trouble as tidal saline water has entered the Halda river, water of which Chattogram Wasa uses to supply the city.

Some of the places remain under stagnant water for years, while some lack basic civic amenities, including proper roads or pure drinking water. None of these neighbourhoods has a single playground. Such are the states of the three wards in zone-9 of Dhaka North City Corporation.

The Anti-Corruption Commission will seek information about WASA Managing Director Taqseem A Khan's wealth in the US.

Sewerage lines of 2,265 out of 3,830 houses in Dhaka's Gulshan, Baridhara, Niketan and Banani are connected to lakes and drains.

Jurain resident and activist Mizanur Rahman was taken to the DB Headquarters in Dhaka’s Minto Road for interrogation, officials said.

Managing Director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) Taqsem A Khan today asked residents of the city to boil supplied water before drinking it.

Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) Managing Director Taqsem A Khan yesterday came under fire by a parliamentary body for his failure in providing safe drinking water to citizens, dealing with the waterlogging problem and allegations of widespread corruption against DWASA officials.

Residents of Jurain area in the capital Dhaka stage a demonstration demanding supply of safe and drinkable water by Wasa.

The High Court yesterday expressed dissatisfaction at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) for not complying with its order to examine the quality of water supplied by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) through a committee.

The Dhaka Wasa is taking up a Tk-550 crore project for canal development to solve the capital's water-logging problem.

The government is going to hike water, gas and electricity prices soon.

City dwellers will have to pay more for using running water from tomorrow as Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has decided to hike the price by 5 percent only eight months after the previous price increase.

With a heat wave sweeping the country for more than two weeks in the absence of rain, sufferings of the residents in several parts of the city have worsened due to an acute crisis of water for the last few weeks.

The Anti-Corruption Commission today arrests seven people including a former engineer of Wasa from different parts of the country in connection with various graft cases.

Policymakers would do well to pay heed to the call of the DNCC mayor to bring Rajuk and Wasa under the jurisdiction of the city corporations in order to tackle the city's worsening waterlogging problem.

Mayor Annisul Huq wants Rajuk and Wasa under the jurisdiction of the city corporations to get rid of the city's waterlogging problem.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon urges different government institutions to carry out awareness campaigns to promote cleanliness in the city.