India committed on land boundary, Teesta deals

Bangladesh need not get worried about India’s commitment to resolving the pending issues of the land boundary agreement and sharing of the Teesta river water, Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said yesterday. Wrapping up her four-day official visit...

Buddha attacks Mamata on Teesta

Speaking to journalists after a CPI (M) state executive meeting in Kolkata, the former chief minister raised the question about why Mamata was adopting a stand that could only bolster fundamentalist forces in Bangladesh and help to create unrest there. “We all want...

Brahmaputra, Teesta count the cost of climate change

The mighty rivers of Brahmaputra and Teesta have dried up at an alarming rate and almost turned into crop fields because of the adverse impacts of climate change. The Brahmaputra has now the lowest water flow in some narrower channels that caused emergence of hundreds...

Mighty Teesta turning into a narrow channel

Teesta, the second biggest river in Gaibandha, is drying up quickly and the drastic fall in its water level is impacting on agriculture, communication systems, employment and ecology in the region. Officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board said the water level...

Dipu Moni again says Teesta deal, LBA today or in 3 months

Reiterating her hope over the long-pending issues, former Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Thursday said the Teesta water sharing deal and Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) will be settled soon because of the government’s relations with the neighboring country.Read...