The rise and fall of cities are profound reminders of the fleeting nature of human civilization. Across the world, cities ...

Mohammad Shipon, a retailer in the Pallabi extension area of Mirpur, said he was selling potatoes ... According to the Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) office in Bogura, a major potato ...

The Mangla dam is a multipurpose dam on the river Jhelum in the Mirpur district of Pakistan. The 7th largest in the world, the dam is named after the nearby village of Mangla. It is used for ...

For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Located on the ground floor of Mirpur Stadium, the unassuming marketplace stretches around the oval-shaped arena -- hosting more ...

Former deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Mirpur Division Jasim Uddin has been arrested in connection with a murder case filed during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. He ...

After years of controversy and construction, British Columbia’s Site C dam has begun generating power. BC Hydro said Monday that the first of six generating units at the hydroelectric dam on the ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation’s latest weekly report revealed a significant decline in the country’s dam water capacity levels. 31 dams nationally recorded levels of under 50% of ...

MANILA: Floodwaters hit hundreds of houses in the northern Philippines on Monday (Nov 18) after water released from a dam following Typhoon Man-yi caused a major river to break its banks.

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from NNW to NW at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 56 °F (13.3 °C). Sunny with a high of 78 °F (25.6 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 9 mph (8 to 14 ...

But the message was still clear: "Un-dam the Klamath now!" That message became fact at the end of September when the final hunks of concrete were trucked away from the last of the four dams that ...

But incredibly, thanks to ancient Roman engineering which helped to direct the overflowing waters of the dam, the deluge was diverted down a hillside and away from the town of Almonacid de la Cuba.