Bangladesh waterlogging

Clean up the canals before monsoon

And before waterlogging disrupts city life once again

SATIRE / Roshunbhora: The Case of a Waterlogged Paradise

"It’s like owning a house in Malibu,” says one resident

Overnight rain leads to waterlogging in Dhaka

Torrential monsoon rain from midnight to this morning has swamped many parts of the capital, disrupting movement and triggering traffic chaos.

Dhaka, Chattogram drowning in tide of development: Mosharraf

BNP Standing Committee Member Khondaker Mosharraf Hossain says the waterlogging in the country’s two major cities --Dhaka and Chattogram --is an “outcome of the government’s tide of development”.

Rain disrupts life in Dhaka city

A heavy rainfall inundates many areas of the capital Dhaka in knee-deep water, causing immense suffering to the city dwellers.

Wasa aims to tackle city's waterlogging

The Dhaka Wasa is taking up a Tk-550 crore project for canal development to solve the capital's water-logging problem.

A lesson not learnt

Dhaka would not be deluged in 2018. This was the promise the local government minister made last year. But his words did not translate into action.

Heavy rain disrupts life in Dhaka city again

A heavy rainfall submerges parts of Dhaka in knee-deep water, causing much suffering to city dwellers.

Waterlogging won’t recur next year: LGRD minister

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain says waterlogging in Dhaka city will not recur next year as the government has taken a lesson from this year.

May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023

Clean up the canals before monsoon

And before waterlogging disrupts city life once again

June 29, 2021
June 29, 2021

Roshunbhora: The Case of a Waterlogged Paradise

"It’s like owning a house in Malibu,” says one resident

July 20, 2020
July 20, 2020

Overnight rain leads to waterlogging in Dhaka

Torrential monsoon rain from midnight to this morning has swamped many parts of the capital, disrupting movement and triggering traffic chaos.

July 13, 2019
July 13, 2019

Dhaka, Chattogram drowning in tide of development: Mosharraf

BNP Standing Committee Member Khondaker Mosharraf Hossain says the waterlogging in the country’s two major cities --Dhaka and Chattogram --is an “outcome of the government’s tide of development”.

July 12, 2019
July 12, 2019

Rain disrupts life in Dhaka city

A heavy rainfall inundates many areas of the capital Dhaka in knee-deep water, causing immense suffering to the city dwellers.

May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018

Wasa aims to tackle city's waterlogging

The Dhaka Wasa is taking up a Tk-550 crore project for canal development to solve the capital's water-logging problem.

May 19, 2018
May 19, 2018

A lesson not learnt

Dhaka would not be deluged in 2018. This was the promise the local government minister made last year. But his words did not translate into action.

August 3, 2017
August 3, 2017

Heavy rain disrupts life in Dhaka city again

A heavy rainfall submerges parts of Dhaka in knee-deep water, causing much suffering to city dwellers.

July 26, 2017
July 26, 2017

Waterlogging won’t recur next year: LGRD minister

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain says waterlogging in Dhaka city will not recur next year as the government has taken a lesson from this year.