September deadline set for signing Teesta agreement

The visiting Indian foreign minister Mr Salman Khurshid and his Bangladeshi counterpart Dr Dipu Moni and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, during their official level discussions today, set next September as the deadline for signing an agreement on Teesta when Sheikh...

Teesta accord with Bangladesh during President’s visit?

With an extradition treaty and a liberalised visa agreement inked this week, India and Bangladesh are set to give a huge impetus to their ties with a long-awaited agreement on sharing of Teesta river waters, most probably during the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee...

Mamata softens stance on Teesta agreement

India’s West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has apparently softened her stance on Teesta issue paving ways for signing a crucial deal for sharing its waters with Bangladesh, the UAE-based Gulf News reported Monday, reports BSS. Read...