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June 17, 2015
News Source: bdnews24.com By Staff Correspondent The government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Netherlands and two World Bank Group organisations for a sustainable management of the delta. The deal titled “Towards Resilient and Sustainable Delta Management for a Prosperous Bangladesh” was signed in Dhaka on Tuesday in which Finance Minister AMA Muhith represented […]
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June 17, 2015
News source: The Independent Bangladesh The Bangladesh government yesterday signed an agreement with the Netherlands and the World Bank Group, including its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), along with the 2030 Water Resources Group, to strengthen the management of the Bangladesh delta, Asia’s largest and the world’s most populated delta. The partnership […]
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June 17, 2015
News Source: Bangladesh Daily Sun Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lilianne Ploumen, World Bank Program Leader Lia Carol Sieghart, and Executive Director of IFC/2030 Water Resources Group Dr Anders Berntell are seen at a ceremony on signing a MoU on ‘Towards Resilient and Sustainable Delta Management for a Prosperous […]
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June 17, 2015
News source: Financial Express Bangladesh By kabirhuamayan10@gmail.com Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Tuesday Bangladesh is now giving priority to river water conservation for its best use although once the country was not so serious in this regard. “Sweet water across the world is very limited. We have to ensure its best use as our agriculture is very […]
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June 17, 2015
News Source: Xinhua English.news.cn By Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, June 17 (Xinhua) — “Annually about 30 percent of Bangladeshi territory is inundated by flooding. Extreme floods can even impact more than 60 percent of the country,” a senior Bangladeshi government official said Tuesday. In a brief presentation on “Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100”, Shamsul Alam, a member and senior secretary […]
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June 11, 2015
News Source: Monitor Global Outlook
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June 08, 2015
News Source: Macleans By Julie Smyth Category: Food and beverage – Soft drinks, packaged foods, restaurants Company: PepsiCo The multinational food and beverage company has made tackling global water scarcity a focus of its business. PepsiCo has a range of programs to manage its water intake throughout its supply chain. The company’s Colombian manufacturing plants, for example, […]
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May 05, 2015
News Source: OrissaDiary New Delhi, India – Water Resources Group (2030 WRG) and Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUF) are partnering to develop innovative, large-scale solutions for India’s water challenges. The solutions will focus on technology, finance, knowledge, and results-based implementation and will target the agriculture sector, which uses around 80 percent of the country’s water resources. […]
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March 19, 2015
News Source: Dhaka Tribune By Sheikh Shahariar Zaman India has expressed its concern over Ganga barrage mega project as it might cause backflow of water and siltation, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud said yesterday. “Now we are trying to address the problems and we can easily resolve it,” he said at a workshop on Multi-Stakeholder […]
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March 18, 2015
News Source: Prothom Alo – Bangladesh New Delhi has expressed concern over a mega project undertaken by the Bangladesh government for construction of a barrage in the Padma (Ganges) river, water resources minister Anisul Islam Mahmud said on Wednesday. He referred to India’s argument that if the Ganges barrage mega project is commissioned, it might cause […]