Bangladesh is known as the land of rivers and flooding, despite almost all of its water originating outside the territory.

Peak water flows in parts of India's largest river basin have been falling by more than one-sixth every decade, according to ...

Natural and human factors are driving these changes. Climate change disrupts rainfall and dries soils, while earthquakes and ...

Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past February, and I'm now seeing the ...

Boats are a way of life on the Ganges River in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital. A major earthquake rerouted the Ganges 2,500 years ago in what's now Bangladesh, a new study found.

The Ganges river faces a lot of serious challenges, mainly because of the fast growth of cities, agriculture and industries in recent decades. Too much water is being removed for farming and other ...

The Ganges river is one of the world’s most sacred waterways—and one of its most polluted. To restore it, India is undertaking one of the biggest engineering programs in the history of sanitation.

A blue stream spews from beneath brick factory buildings in Kanpur, India. The dark ribbon curls down a dirt embankment and flows into the Ganges River. "That's toxic runoff," says Rakesh Jaiswal ...

This changed last year, when India's Antara Luxury River Cruises launched an epic itinerary down the Ganges and its sister river, the Brahmaputra. Covering nearly 2,000 miles in 51 days, it is the ...

Bangladesh is known as the land of rivers and flooding, despite almost all of its water originating outside the territory.

The Ganges river faces a lot of serious challenges, mainly because of the fast growth of cities, agriculture and industries in recent decades. Too much water is being removed for farming and other ...