Two decades ago Nurul Islam, 70, earned his living by fishing in the Buriganga river that flows southwest of the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and was once its lifeline. Now, with hardly any fish to ...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country’s longest bridge, which took eight years to build and was plagued by delays, political conflict, high costs and graft allegations.

It's good news that the government is taking action. Man hit with severe penalty after officials uncover destructive activity ...

Rescue workers in Bangladesh are having to cope with their third river disaster within a week. In the latest incident, a fishing boat carrying passengers sank in the Meghna river estuary in southern ...

Springing from the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is a burgeoning megacity. Already one of the biggest and most densely populated cities in the world, Dhaka is ...

Bangladesh and India share at least 54 such rivers in common and agriculture, navigation, inland fisheries and other economically significant activities are hugely dependent on these rivers’ waters.

New Delhi — India and Bangladesh reached an agreement on sharing the waters of a common river and pledged to boost trade links as they reaffirmed close ties Tuesday during a visit to India by ...

Four dead as boat sinks in Bangladesh's Buriganga river. Reuters. Updated Sun, July 16, 2023 at 5:03 PM UTC. 1 min read ...

DHAKA: Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and killed two, submerging vast areas and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials from the ...

DHAKA – Two decades ago Nurul Islam, 70, earned his living by fishing in the Buriganga River, which flows southwest of the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and was once its lifeline.