Dhaka seeks 50-year water management master plan from Beijing
Dhaka seeks 50-year water management master plan from Beijing

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today (March 28) sought a fifty-year master plan from China to manage the river and water system in Bangladesh, which is crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers. The Chief Adviser made the call when Li Guoying, water resources minister of China, met him at a...

Govt approves 29 new projects under BCCTF to combat climate change
Govt approves 29 new projects under BCCTF to combat climate change

The government has approved 29 new projects under the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) to address the growing threats posed by climate change, reports UNB. The approval came at the 62nd meeting of the Trustee Board, held at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on...

Only 42% progress after 3 years!
Only 42% progress after 3 years!

The Teesta Irrigation Expansion Project, launched in January 2022 with a budget of approximately 1,500 crore taka, was originally scheduled to finish by June 2024. However, after three years, only 42% of the work has been completed. Mahbubur Rahman, chief engineer of the Rangpur Water Development...

Turongomi Repertory Dance Theatre to stage ‘Waterness’ on Jan 30
Turongomi Repertory Dance Theatre to stage ‘Waterness’ on Jan 30

Turongomi Repertory Dance Theatre will present its renowned production Waterness at National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital at 7:30pm on January 30. Waterness is a bilingual (Bangla and English) dance theatre performance, inspired by the life of Rabindranath Tagore...