Sabbir Mostafa Dhaka WASA’s new chair

The government has appointed Prof Dr Engineer Md Sabbir Mostafa Khan, head of the Department of Water Resources Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), as the new chairman of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Dhaka WASA) for a three-year term.

The appointment was announced through a gazette notification issued on Sunday by the Water Supply-2 Section of the Local Government Division under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives.

According to the notification, the appointment has been made under Section 7(1) of the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Amendment) Act, 2025, and takes effect immediately in the public interest.

Sabbir Mostafa is widely recognised as one of Bangladesh’s leading experts in water resources engineering, with nearly three decades of experience in teaching, research, consultancy and infrastructure planning.

His appointment comes at a time when Dhaka faces mounting challenges related to groundwater depletion, urban flooding, ageing water infrastructure, sewerage expansion and climate resilience.-UNB