12 August, 2025

SaniTalk café session–2: Highlights safety and dignity for sanitation workers

26 August, 2025

City-San connect kicks-off with first webinar on Climate-Resilient WASH

09 September, 2025

SaniTalk Café Session–3 explores pathways to self-reliant FSTP in Bangladesh

21 October, 2025

Sani Talk Café session 4 highlights leadership and learning from Bangladesh’s CWIS mentor cities

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.” Organized as a special event to celebrate National Sanitation Month 2025, the session brought together more than forty-five participants representing municipalities, NGOs, academia, and development partners.

15 July, 2025

Sanitalk cafe kicks off with powerful dialogue on inclusive sanitation

The inaugural session of SaniTalk Cafe, a new monthly knowledge-sharing initiative under the SaniRepo platform, was successfully held on 15 July 2025, drawing participation from around 90 professionals across government agencies, NGOs, academia, development partners, and private sector organizations.

14 January, 2025

The South and South Southeast Asia CWIS forum emphasizes capacity building for accelerating sanitation in the region

Innovation in sanitation is in great demand for ensuring public health, protecting the environment, and achieving sustainable development goals. Achieving safely managed sanitation for all requires continuous innovation, collaboration, and context-specific solutions. ITN-BUET set the stage for innovation by hosting a technical session on “Fostering Innovation to Accelerate Safely Managed Sanitation for All.”.

26 February, 2025

Sanitation journey achieves new heights in the toilet conference 2025

To redefine the future of sanitation, ITN-BUET proudly convened the Toilet Conference 2025 jointly with WaterAid Bangladesh, UNICEF Bangladesh, and SNV, which was held at the InterContinental Dhaka, Bangladesh, from February 25 to 26, 2025. The conference had more than 500 participants from 28 countries, among which 40% were youth and 38% were female.

26 February, 2025

ITN-BUET advocated modern technologies and inclusion at Toilet Conference 2025

ITN-BUET jointly organized the Toilet Conference 2025 with WaterAid Bangladesh, UNICEF Bangladesh, and SNV. The conference was held at the InterContinental Dhaka, Bangladesh, from February 25 to 26, 2025. There were 4 dedicated Plenary Sessions with prominent experts in the specialized fields as keynote speakers, including 13 technical sessions and 6 oral presentation sessions where a total of 32 research papers were presented.

23 February, 2025

Innovations in WASH Technologies for climate resilience and emission reduction spotlighted at ICWFM-2025 side event

The session, chaired by Prof. Dr. Rowshan Mamtaz, Director of ITN-BUET, highlighted the need for climate-smart sanitation solutions. Prof. Mamtaz stressed that while addressing emissions is essential, the primary goal of sanitation systems should remain focused on public health, ensuring access to safe sanitation for all, especially in low- and middle-income countries.