The prospect of higher education is often a distant dream for many students hailing from rural areas, especially those residing in the remote shoals.

At least 1 billion tonne sediments are coming from upstream (from India) in the Jamuna River in Gaibandha and Bogura regions World Bank will provide Bangladesh a loan of $102 million to improve ...

Over 15 houses and other establishments went into the gorge of the Jamuna River in the last 10 days until Monday as untimely river erosion has taken a serious turn in Sariakandi upazila of Bogra.

Meanwhile, a 217-km long protective embankment along the western side of the river has been thrown into jeopardy as the ongoing erosion has forced the inhabitants of the affected areas to relocate ...

The water level in the Jamuna and Bangali rivers at Sariakandi in Bogra has been rising over the past few days. In the last 24 hours, the water level in the Jamuna River has increased by 7cm. As of ...

An untimely erosion by the river Jamuna in Sirajganj's Chouhali Upazila has frightened local people. An area of one and a half square kilometres in Baghutia Union’s Binain to Char Salimabad have been ...

A resident of East Bahuka village in Bangladesh’s Sirajganj district shows where land he used to own was lost to growing erosion along the Jamnua River. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Syful Islam As ...

The Jamuna River in Bangladesh regularly sweeps away entire villages. A team of researchers from Switzerland's ETH university is there studying what makes people decide to stay or move elsewhere, ...

A YOUNG boy looks upstream from atop a colossal, man-made spur jutting into the Jamuna river. This fortification was raised at great cost to control the river’s flow. It stands tall, but this branch ...

Bangladesh, one of the world's most populated countries, has completed an incredible construction of a huge railway bridge which is now the longest in the country. Jamuna Railway Bridge stretches 4.8 ...