Tens of thousands of people converged on dried-up riverbeds of the Teesta as a 48-hour demonstration demanding a fair share of water from India and implementation of a government master plan to save the river continued yesterday.
The programme with a slogan 'Jago Bahe, Teesta Bachai', began yesterday and is set to conclude today
The BNP yesterday set a precondition for India to be a friend of the people of Bangladesh: It must resolve the Teesta water-sharing issue first.
The demonstration is being held simultaneously across five districts—Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Nilphamari, and Gaibandha
West Bengal moves to divert more water from the river
The next stage of Bangladesh-India relations should involve long-term, innovative projects.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's India trip “will further strengthen the multifaceted relationship between the two countries,” Indian External Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said today.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accepts an invitation of the West Bengal state government for a reception in her honour.
Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.
Tens of thousands of people converged on dried-up riverbeds of the Teesta as a 48-hour demonstration demanding a fair share of water from India and implementation of a government master plan to save the river continued yesterday.
The programme with a slogan 'Jago Bahe, Teesta Bachai', began yesterday and is set to conclude today
The BNP yesterday set a precondition for India to be a friend of the people of Bangladesh: It must resolve the Teesta water-sharing issue first.
The demonstration is being held simultaneously across five districts—Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Nilphamari, and Gaibandha
West Bengal moves to divert more water from the river
The next stage of Bangladesh-India relations should involve long-term, innovative projects.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's India trip “will further strengthen the multifaceted relationship between the two countries,” Indian External Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said today.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accepts an invitation of the West Bengal state government for a reception in her honour.
Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.
Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran says there has been progress over the long-pending Teesta issue behind the scene quietly and confidently.
