Noticias sobre Bangladesh
Skyscraper-depth well brings clean water to Rohingya refugees
Under clear 36-degree Celsius skies, an exhausted Rafiq leans against his house, surrounded by his five children.
María Peña (ICEX): “Water is increasingly gaining more weight in our activities”
This week, a series of seminars on 'FAIR WATER: Tackling Global Water Challenges’ will be held in Washington, sponsored by the ICEX, the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade.
Arsenic in drinking water may change heart structure
Drinking water that is contaminated with arsenic may lead to thickening of the heart’s main pumping chamber in young adults, a structural change that increases the risk for future heart problems, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, an American Heart Association journal.
DEWA to dig 20 wells in drought-affected areas in 7 countries
DEWA will support Well of Hope by digging 20 wells in drought-affected areas in 7 countries.
Study identifies better, cheaper ways to stem arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh
In what has been called “the largest mass poisoning of a population in history,” some 40 million people in Bangladesh are drinking water that contains unsafe levels of arsenic.
Scientists see fingerprint of warming climate on droughts going back to 1900
In an unusual new study, scientists say they have detected the fingerprint of human-driven global warming on patterns of drought and moisture across the world as far back as 1900.
Arsenic-laced water may cause more young deaths
Article written by Muhammad Nabil.
Climate change threatens one in three children in Bangladesh
Devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change are threatening the lives and futures of more than 19 million children in Bangladesh, according to UNICEF.
Water, sanitation, health issues in conflicts must be addressed
On the 4 April 2019, at the opening of the Sanitation and Water for All Sector Ministers’ Meeting in Costa Rica, Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, presented a high-reaching goal to provide safe drinking water to 60 million more people by 2021 and to cut open defecation for 250 million.
Water under fire, the role of water in conflicts around the world
When you think of conflict, water likely wouldn’t be the first thing that comes to mind.
Smartphone test spots poisoned water risk
A smartphone device could help millions of people avoid drinking water contaminated by arsenic.
Water, symbol and metaphor
Our relationship with water goes beyond the survival of our body, beyond dignity and justice, it is spiritual.
Gender equality depends on water
Ahead of World Water Day, it is vital to point out that adults, young women and girls bear the brunt of the more than 2.1 billion people with no access to clean water and the 2.4 billion that lack adequate sanitation.
MoU with Ministry of Water Resources in Bangladesh
On 13 February 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and IHE Delft. Dr. Kabir Bin Anwar (Water Resources Secretary) and Prof. Dr. Eddy Moors (Rector of IHE Delft) signed the MoU.
Indian Sundarbans named as a Wetland of international importance
India has designated Sundarban Wetland as a Wetland of International Importance, its 27th.
140 million people have been drinking water containing arsenic at levels above WHO guidelines
A United Nations University study compares for the first time the effectiveness and costs of many different technologies designed to remove arsenic from groundwater — a health threat to at least 140 million people in 50 countries.
CEH leads £20m research to tackle nitrogen pollution
The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology will lead a major international research programme to tackle the challenge that nitrogen pollution poses for the environment, food security, human health and the economy in South Asia.
Collapsing glaciers threaten Asia’s water supplies
The ‘third pole’ is the planet’s largest reservoir of ice and snow after the Arctic and Antarctic.
Aqualia reinforces its position as a leading company in the Arab Emirates with two new contracts
The company will operate the sanitation system in the city of Abu Dhabi and in the islands of Al Reem, Al Maryah and Al Saadiyat.
Bangladesh: IUCN launch publication on cooperative governance in the Meghna river basin
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.