Hundreds of residents poured onto the streets of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka last week to protest against the lack of available drinking water.

Fed up with queuing for meagre supplies everyday, the people defied a ban on demonstrations to show their patience was wearing thin with the Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority's inability to match output with demand.

On this occasion the demonstration passed off peacefully, but in the past, similar events have turned violent.

The problem faced by Bangladesh is a complex one. There is a water shortage because there is a power shortage and there is a power shortage because there is a natural gas shortage. ... Read full article