JRC meeting deferred, Teesta deal uncertain

DHAKA: The fate of the much-talked-about Teesta water sharing treaty has become uncertain again as the upcoming meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) has been deferred. Sources said Indian Water resources and River Development minister Uma Bharti, in a letter...

Hope Mamata will see larger picture on Teesta: Bangladesh envoy

Tariq Karim has been Bangladesh’s envoy to India for the past five years, as a political appointee, and has steered the important agreement drafts of the Land Border Agreement and Teesta River water arrangement. Returning from Dhaka, where he had been a part of the...

Bangladesh raises Teesta water sharing, boundary issues with India

New Delhi: Bangladesh has raised the issue of two pending pacts with India, the Teesta waters agreement and the Land Boundary Agreement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hopes he will be able to deliver on them. In an interview to this newspaper on Tuesday, the...

India to consider land boundary, Teesta deals, Modi tells Shirin

India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (Tuesday) said that his government would actively consider signing Teesta water-sharing deal and land boundary agreement with Bangladesh.His assurance came at a meeting with Bangladesh Speaker Shirin Sharmin...

It’s India’s duty to ensure fair share of Teesta waters: Hasina

Bangladesh needs Teesta River water and it is India’s duty to ensure a fair share of it, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. ‘It’s the Indian government’s responsibility. This is not my headache, but theirs. Talks will continue. I need that...

Teesta dries up as India blocks downstream

The once-turbulent Teesta now has tuned into a dying canal as water flow in this river has come down to the lowest level as a result of unilateral withdrawal of water upstream by India. Read...