Jan 15, 2020
At the invitation of H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, H.E. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, paid an official visit to India on 05 October 2019. Apart from her official engagements in New Delhi,...
Jan 11, 2020
Introduction Feni River rises from the hill ranges of the Indian state of Tripura at 23°20’N and 91°47’E, flows southwest marking the boundary with the Chittagong Hill Tracts, then flows west, separating Tripura from Chittagong up to Aliganj and then...
Dec 14, 2015
Bangladesh seeks to build a massive barrage to reverse the damage of rising salinity in the Ganga basin The Bangladeshi government has reached out to India in building the Ganges barrage on the Padma river – as the Ganga is known in Bangladesh. The barrage will be a...
Nov 18, 2015
RANGPUR, Sept 3 (BSS): The flood situation deteriorated further following inundation of more areas due to further rise of water levels of major rivers in the Brahmaputra basin in 24 hours until Thursday morning. Officials at the Bangladesh Water Development Board...
Nov 18, 2015
Bangladesh Water Resource Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud arrives in New Delhi on Saturday evening for a crucial talk on Teesta water sharing and other relevant issues with his Indian counterpart Uma Bharati. A senior diplomatic official in the Bangladesh High Commission...
Nov 18, 2015
India has reassured Bangladesh that it is taking all necessary steps to clear the long-pending Teesta water-sharing agreement. “We are trying to take all stakeholders on board so that it (agreement) does not face any hurdles,” said a government official quoting Indian...