The 19th IWA International Conference on Sludge Management was held from 21 to 24 October 2025 in Kyoto, Japan, under the theme of “Toward Material Cycle and Low Carbon Society” with bringing together over 300 delegates from 40 countries around the world, including researchers, academicians, practitioners, and industry professionals.

The fourth session of SaniTalk Café, held on 21 October 2025, focused on the theme “Mentor Cities: Leading Changes from Sanitation Service to Sanitation System.”

Bangladesh is turning the tide in urban water management, showcasing innovation and inclusion at the 2nd Sustainable Water Management EXPO – 2025, held from 16–18 October 2025 at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB), Dhaka.

The functionality of Arsenic-Iron Removal Plants (AIRPs) to treat arsenic contamination across rural Bangladesh depends greatly on technical performance, socio-economic factors, and community acceptance.

More than 100 participants from Nepal, Bangladesh, and India came together virtually on October 08, 2025, for the Regional Learning and Sharing Meeting on Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS), titled ‘From South Asia to the World: CWIS Learning Forum’.

ITN-BUET has been conducting training for sector actors including DPHE officials since 1997. The journey has recently been fortified with Training Division of DPHE to regularly train DPHE officials as an integral part of training calendar.

The Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) has installed the first-ever Omni Processor (OP) plant in Bangladesh under the Emergency Assistance Project at Rohingya Camp-4, Cox’s Bazar.

The third session of SaniTalk Café, held on 9 September 2025, brought together more than 75 participants representing government agencies, municipalities, NGOs, academia, private sector operators, and international development partners. Representatives from 10 municipalities

On 26 August 2025, the inaugural session of City-San Connect successfully convened over 80 participants from municipalities, government agencies, NGOs, academia, private sector operators, development partners, and international experts.

A regional workshop on the Integrated Municipal Information System (IMIS) was held on 21–22 August 2025 at the Global Water & Sanitation Center (GWSC), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. Three key institutions, GWSC-AIT Thailand, Innovative Solution Pvt. Ltd. (ISPL) Nepal, and ITN-BUET Bangladesh, came together in the workshop to build stakeholder capacity for IMIS adoption.