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
Jakir Hossain, a resident of Shahjalalbagh of South Dania, has been worried about his four-and-half-year-old daughter who contracted typhoid several months back.
Jurain resident Mizanur Rahman, who came under the spotlight following a unique protest against murky Wasa water on Tuesday, alleged that Wasa officials misbehaved with his family members when they went to his residence to collect water samples yesterday.
Authorities at state-run water supply company Wasa say that its supply water gets polluted in the pipelines before reaching the consumer level.
It will take Dhaka Wasa a few more years to complete the third phase of the surface water treatment plant in Sayedabad because of the delay in construction of a pipeline.
Dhaka Wasa managing director yesterday boasted that Wasa water “is 100 percent pure” while also admitting that sometimes he himself boils the water at his home.
Nearly 45 percent service seekers in the capital don’t get the desired amount of water from Dhaka Wasa, Transparency International Bangladesh said yesterday citing its survey.
A parliamentary body asks the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to set up necessary number of water hydrants in the capital city to fight fire accident.
