BNP blames AL for Bangladesh鈥檚 failure to secure fair share of Ganges water
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday blamed the Awami League for the country鈥檚 prolonged failure to secure its fair share of Ganges water from India....
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Farakka barrage: time for strategic legal action
IN 1975, India constructed the Farakka Barrage near the Bangladesh border, diverting water from the Ganges River into the Bhagirathi-Hooghly River to enhance the navigability of Kolkata Port. While this might have initially served India鈥檚 economic interest, the consequences for Bangladesh have been devastating. Ecological degradation, agricultural disruption...
Dhaka seeks cooperation from New Delhi in renewing Ganges water treaty: Khalilur
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser鈥檚 high representative Khalilur Rahman sought optimum cooperation from India on Tuesday in renewing the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty as it will expire in 2026.
Declining Padma water flow calls for early interventions
A GRADUAL decline in the water level of the River Padma, the eastern and main stream of the Ganges that flows southwest for 365 kilometres to its confluence with the River Meghna near the Bay of Bengal, in Bangladesh鈥檚 northwest is worrying. Researchers believe that the situation has resulted from intensified groundwater depletion in the High Barind Tract, which is known...
Govt concerned about low water flow in Ganges
Bangladesh has expressed concern over low water flow in the trans-boundary river Ganges...
Ganges Treaty renewal, challenges to bilateral ties discussed on sidelines in Muscat
Dhaka on Sunday raised the renewal of the 30-year Ganges water sharing treaty with New Delhi as Bangladesh foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain and Indian external affairs minister S Jaishankar held a meeting on the sidelines of a conference in Muscat in Oman.