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  1. Bangladeshis Ill From Possible Water Contamination

    7 Jun 2013- 09:45 by Local Press Report DHAKA Telegraph Investigators from the government's health ministry were testing the water at the Starlight Sweater Factory for possible contamination, area civil surgeon Syed Habibullah said. The sick workers ...

    Local Press Report - 06/07/2013 - 09:45

  2. India, Bangladesh Should Adopt Integrated Approach to Regional Flooding

    5 Jun 2013- 09:48 by Local Press Report DHAKA The Assam Tribune With India and Bangladesh bearing the brunt of floods annually, a consequence of their location in the world's second-largest river basin, experts in both the countries are stressing on ...

    Local Press Report - 06/05/2013 - 09:48

  3. Nepal Wants Cooperation in Hydropower With South Asian Neighbors

    24 Apr 2013- 07:53 by OOSKAnews Correspondent dhaka, Bangladesh Nepalese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hari Kumar Shrestha said this weekend that Nepal is interested in cooperating with both Bangladesh and India in development of the country’s vast hydropower ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 04/24/2013 - 10:05

  4. $260 Billion Lost Each Year Due to Lack of Sanitation: World Bank

    19 Apr 2013- 09:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent washington, dc, united states An estimated $260 billion USD is lost every year from a lack of access to sanitation, according to the World Bank. “We have to fix sanitation if we want to end extreme poverty by ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/26/2013 - 16:07

  5. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India to Hold Tri-National Dialogue

    3 Apr 2013- 10:00 by Local Press Report dhaka bdnews24.com Dhaka is going to host a ‘brainstorming’ dialogue among Bangladesh, India and Bhutan this month to move forward the sub-regional connectivity and hydro power issues with Bhutan and Nepal via India ...

    Local Press Report - 04/03/2013 - 10:11

  6. India’s New President Encourages Teesta Agreement During Bangladesh Trip

    12 Mar 2013- 08:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent dhaka, Bangladesh India’s new president, Pranab Mukherjee, became the first Indian president to visit Bangladesh in nearly 40 years last week, with the goal of strengthening ties between the two countries and ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 03/12/2013 - 09:34

  7. Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Optimistic on Indian Water Sharing Agreement

    8 Mar 2013- 08:40 by Local Press Report dhaka AlertNet Bangladeshi Foreign minister Dipu Moni is nothing if not optimistic. Asked about the possibility of agreeing with India on the fair distribution of water from the Teesta river, she insists that “We ...

    Local Press Report - 03/08/2013 - 10:04

  8. India Offers Bangladesh Stake in Hydropower Projects

    25 Feb 2013- 09:43 by Local Press Report NEW DELHI The Indian Express Seeking to bring around Bangladesh to support the construction of two dams in Meghalaya, India is considering offering a stake in the two projects. India has planned construction of ...

    Local Press Report - 02/25/2013 - 10:30

  9. India Says Teesta Water Agreement With Bangladesh Possible This September

    19 Feb 2013- 09:30 by OOSKAnews Correspondent dhaka, Bangladesh An agreement between India and Bangladesh on sharing the water of the Teesta River could be reached this September when the Bangladeshi prime minister is next scheduled to visit India, ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 02/19/2013 - 10:09

  10. World Bank Funds Water Projects in Dhaka, Chittagong

    12 Feb 2013- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent dhaka, Bangladesh The World Bank last week announced it would provide funding for two water and sanitation projects in the cities of Dhaka and Chittagong. On February 11 the bank announced support for the $149 ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 02/12/2013 - 09:47

  11. India, Bangladesh Discuss Water-Sharing

    5 Feb 2013- 09:20 by OOSKAnews Correspondent dhaka, Bangladesh India and Bangladesh held talks late last week as part of their Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) to review the proposed cross-border hydropower Tipaimukh Dam. Bangladesh is concerned the dam will ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 02/05/2013 - 10:24

  12. Bangladesh Water Agency Plans Piped Network to Largest Slum

    30 Jan 2013- 09:55 by Local Press Report dhaka The Financial Express Bangladesh state-backed water agency has moved to provide piped water to the capital's largest slum Korail by the end of December this year, the executive head of WASA has said. ...

    Local Press Report - 01/30/2013 - 09:57

  13. Dhaka Water Authority Says It Won’t Renew Licenses for Water Bottlers

    7 Jan 2013- 09:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh's Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) at the beginning of the year suspended renewal of all licenses for bottled water marketing companies in an effort to curb ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 01/07/2013 - 10:17

  14. Saidabad Water Treatment Plant to Start Operations on December 13

    11 Dec 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent dhaka, Bangladesh The second phase of Saidabad Water Treatment Plant, Bangladesh, which has a daily production capacity of 225 million liters of water, will start operations on December 13. This phase of the ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 12/11/2012 - 09:59

  15. World Bank Looks to Mobile Technology to Solve Global Sanitation Crisis

    4 Dec 2012- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent united states, WASHINGTON DC The World Bank and its partners this weekend launched the first-ever Sanitation Hackathon, modeled on the successful Water Hackathon of October 2011, bringing together software ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/26/2013 - 16:07

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