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MNA Feature Desk: The World Water Day-2017 is being observed around the world today (Wednesday) in a befitting manner with the theme “Wastewater”. The United Nations General Assembly designated March 22 as the World Water Day since 1993, following a resolution taken in Rio, Brazil, in 1992 when demands were made to designate a special day for water resources. Focusing attention to the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources, the UN-Water co-ordinates the World Water Day campaign. President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday greeted the riverine people of Bangladesh ...

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