A large part of Bangladesh, the country with the highest number of rivers, is a delta formed by sediments carried down by rivers from the Himalayan region. The population’s most significant ...

STORY: The ‘Old Ganges’ in Bangladesh is a ‘dead river’. Fish have been replaced by human and industrial waste. But for many, this is home and they still depend on the toxic water to live, bathe and ...

Springing from the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is a burgeoning megacity. Already one of the biggest and most densely populated cities in the world, Dhaka is also ...

Bhola, in southern Bangladesh, has been called climate change’s ‘ground zero’, where its effects add to impoverishment and ...

A church official has called on Bangladeshi authorities to rescue fishermen kidnapped by river pirates in the south of the country on Sept. 14. A gang of 10-12 river pirates beat up 20 fishermen, ...

On March 4, the irrigation department of the government of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal acquired around 1,000 acres of land to dig an additional two canals under the Teesta Barrage Project ...

This video shows a small river island with dense trees, surrounded by fishing boats on a wide river in Bangladesh. Captured in the morning light with misty conditions. Filmed in 4K with ambient sounds ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - It was once the lifeline of the Bangladeshi capital. But the once mighty Buriganga river, which flows by Dhaka, is now one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh because of ...