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.
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.
I am not sure if Mr Sengupta, his party people and followers have even thought of the implications of kicking out all so-called “anti-Indian” people from Bangladesh.
BNP blames Awami League-led government for failing to ink the deal on sharing of Teesta river water with India.
A very wise man had said, “To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
It is important to recognise that allowing 'coastal shipping' up to Ashuganj or even up to Pangaon, essentially seeking engagement in transit peration, would violate the existing protocol, approved by Bangabandhu, unless those vessels are owned by Bangladeshis.
By all indications from Delhi and Kolkata, it is now clear that there will be no deal on Teesta during Prime Minister Modi's visit to Dhaka.
Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Professor of International Relations at Dhaka University, talks to Nahela Nowshin of The Daily Star about contending issues between Bangladesh and India on the occasion of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh.
