, June 23 -- Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Tuesday called on Asian countries to work together to address the escalating water crisis describing it as one of the most pressing challenges facing the world today.

"The water crisis has become so severe that for some countries including Bangladesh it has emerged as a matter of life and death," the Speaker said during a courtesy meeting with a high-level South Korean delegation led by Ha Sang Je, Secretary-General of the Asia National Assembly Water Consultative Board (AAWC), at his office at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

He said crisis has become particularly acute in South Asian countries including Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

Highlighting Bangladesh's longstanding efforts to secure a fair ...