To counter “Pakistan’s scare narrative” about Chinese dams on the Brahmaputra, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has pointed out that “65-70% [of the Brahmaputra’s flow] is generated within ...

June 2, 2025. DHAKA – Piles of sand are stacked high, excavators are busy dumping loads, and trucks move in and out. The land is enclosed by towering concrete walls and fences. The skyline across the ...

Similarly, rivers in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna basin may rise during this period without crossing critical thresholds. Follow bdnews24.com on Google News Heavy rain ...

The Brahmaputra River is called Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. It begins near Mount Kailash and flows through China, India, and Bangladesh before reaching the Bay of Bengal. For northeast, the river is ...

Bangladesh, often described as a land of rivers, is criss-crossed by more than 230 major and minor waterways. These freshwater lifelines are vital to the country's survival — fuelling ...

Suspended Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has charged supporters, Rivers people and Nigerians to thank President Bola Tinubu for his swift intervention to salvage the state from ...

In the 1970s, the USSR used nuclear devices to try to send water from Siberia's rivers flowing south, instead of its natural route north. The project was a grand failure – but 50 years on, the ...

As sea levels climb and weather grows more extreme, coastal regions everywhere are facing a creeping threat: salt. Salinization of freshwater and soils adversely affects 500 million people around ...

Technically, China has the capability to stop the water flow of these rivers since they originate in Tibet. China has built hydroelectric plants like Senge Tsangpo and Ngari Shiquanhe near the Indus’ ...

Storm-hunting planes chase atmospheric rivers through the sky from Japan to the US, revealing new insights into these powerful storms and how we can keep ourselves safe.