Jun 12, 2015
In her first official engagement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, chief minister Mamata Banerjee shed her famed belligerence and extended all help to the Centre in honouring the India-Bangladesh Land Border Agreement while taking a rather soft stand on the...
Apr 21, 2015
‘Dhaka has addressed Indian concerns but New Delhi has not properly reciprocated. It would help relations if India delivered on its promises’ Sheikh Shahariar Zaman: Dhaka will discuss the Teesta water sharing agreement and Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) during the...
Apr 21, 2015
In a significant development in which India failed to take-up issues with the Chinese government, Bangladesh has dared to push the issue relating to both the neighboring countries. According to a media report Chinese government planned to construct several mega dams...
Aug 27, 2014
NEW DELHI: The 1,200 MW Teesta III hydel project in Sikkim, that has been delayed due to multiple factors, is now expected to be commissioned in June 2015. The project, which has six units of 200 MW capacity each, was to be originally commissioned by September 2012....
Aug 27, 2014
New Delhi: India and Bangladesh will hold a meeting of Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) here on September 20 during which a number of bilateral issues including the contentious Teesta water agreement and the Land Boundary pact are likely to figure. Addressing a...
Aug 27, 2014
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...
