At first glance, Dayaganj in the old part of Dhaka appears to be a typical city street scene.
Wasa sources said he submitted his resignation via email yesterday
Wasa's respected customers are hereby informed that the prices were adjusted due to inflation according to section 22 of the Wasa Act 1996
Government must take proper action after embezzlement of Tk 332 crore
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the recently completed modern and environment-friendly Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Dhaka today, the largest of its kind in South Asia.
What reasons do we have to believe that Wasa is anything but the MD’s personal property?
The government appointed Sujit Kumar Bala as the new chairman of Dhaka Wasa on Sunday and he would be taking up the role of Gholam Mostofa whose tenure expired six months ago.
Dhaka Wasa board Chairman Gholam Mostofa has said the orgnisation has become a “personal property” of its managing director, Taqsem A Khan.
Government must investigate its chairman’s allegations against MD Taqsem
The High Court asks Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority to submit an explanation before the court on contaminated water supplied by Wasa in four, out of 10 zones, in Dhaka.
Wasa water in the capital’s four out of 10 zones are contaminated with arsenic and chlorine, according to a government report submitted to the attorney general’s office. The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development collected Wasa water
The High Court wants to know the steps taken to implement its 2015 directives for stopping cultivation of fishes in Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority’s (Wasa) lagoon in Dhaka’s Kadamtoli, as its water and fishes are poisonous and harmful.
A month after boasting about its water quality, Dhaka Wasa yesterday revealed that its water is polluted in 57 city areas because of broken-down supply lines. The official water supplier in the city made the admission in a report submitted before the High Court.
Amid widespread outcry over safe water, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Estimate recommends to split the Dhaka Wasa into two parts to ensure supply of safe and drinkable water for the city dwellers.
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has submitted a report to the High Court saying that water supplied by Wasa to 57 areas of its 10 zones are polluted.
The High Court yesterday expressed dissatisfaction at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) for not complying with its order to examine the quality of water supplied by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) through a committee.
The High Court yesterday asked a writ petitioner to inform the court by May 13 about the areas where water supplied by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is highly contaminated and unsafe. Supreme Court lawyer and writ petitioner Tanvir Ahmed
Water Supply and Sewerage Authority must shoulder the responsibility for supplying polluted water to city dwellers, a platform of people living in the capital’s Jurain, Shyampur and Kadamtali areas said yesterday at a mass hearing.
Dhaka Wasa’s Narayanganj Mods Zone Executive Engineer Mir Abul Hashem claimed that Wasa supplies safe drinking water, but activists from “Amra Narayanganjbashi” and “Wasa Hotao Sangram Committee” disagree, saying that “the engineer himself drinks bottled water, as is evident from the bottles kept beside his desk.”
