Why are our rivers still dying despite so many projects?

In the mid-1960s, a survey conducted by a Dutch company for the East Pakistan Inland Water Transport Authority found 12,000 kilometres of navigable waterways across what is now Bangladesh. Today, at the height of monsoon, only about 4,500 km of these waterways remain navigable, which shrinks to 2,500 km during dry seasons—a loss of more … Read more…

International Rivers Day and the Crisis of Bangladesh’s Waterways

The fourth Sunday of September every year marks the World Rivers Day. People around the world celebrate rivers and recognize their ecological and economic importance (Sayuj, 2026). However, in Bangladesh the day highlights environmental crisis. Rivers are central to this country’s identity, economy and survival yet many of them are dying. A fisherman on the … Read more…