Nearly 3,000 houses in chars of the Teesta River have been inundated along with 10,000 hectares of land on Sunday after India opened 32 floodgates at the Gajoldoba barrage in West Bengal in the wake of extremely heavy rainfall, reports the Bangladesh Water Development Board...
The authorities have opened 44 gates of the Teesta Barrage to control flow as water levels in the River Teesta began to rise due to incessant rainfall and upstream mountain runoff...
Farmers are allegedly paying Tk聽1,000 an acre for irrigation water supply from the Teesta Irrigation Project although the government has set the rate at Tk 480 an acre throughout the year.
Planning adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Sunday said the prospect of a project on the trans-boundary river Teesta with Chinese assistance remains uncertain without an assessment of water availability from upstream India.
A clash between two groups of villagers triggered by allegations of harassing a woman and her daughter left at least 32 people injured in the remote char area of the River Teesta in Gaibandha on Thursday.
Bangladesh in a major development on Friday welcomed Chinese companies to participate in the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project, in which both China and India had earlier shown interest, as the top leaders of the two friendly countries...
Water resources adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan announced on Saturday that the government extended the feasibility study timeline for the Teesta River project by two more years under two specific conditions...
THE Teesta River is a vital transboundary river shared between India and Bangladesh, playing a crucial role in the agricultural, ecological, and socio-economic framework of northern Bangladesh. However, India鈥檚 unilateral withdrawal of water upstream, particularly during the dry season, has created significant challenges for Bangladesh, affecting agricultural...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan on Thursday told a senior leader of the Communist Party of China that if his party was elected to power in the next election, it would sign an agreement with China to implement the Teesta River water management project...
THE protests that thousands of people, mostly of Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari and Rangpur have held are a rightful reaction to India鈥檚 unilateral withdrawal of water of the River Teesta which causes a gradual desertification of Bangladesh鈥檚 north. The people have sat in for two days on the river bank in Lalmonirhat, marched along a four-kilometre stretch...
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday said that China was aware of the hardship of people living on the Teesta banks and wanted the planned development project on the trans-boundary river to start soon.
Thousands of people from different northwestern districts on Tuesday, the final day of the 48-hour sit-in programme, gathered on the bank of Teesta in Lalmonirhat demanding a fair share of Teesta鈥檚 water and the implementation of the Teesta Master Plan.
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday said that China was prepared to assist Bangladesh in implementing the Teesta River water management project whenever Dhaka decides to proceed.
A protest march of thousands of people rocked the riverbanks in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday, demanding fair share of the Teesta River water and implementation of the Teesta Master Plan.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged India to demonstrate goodwill towards the people of Bangladesh by ensuring a fair share of Teesta water, halting border killings and refraining from its 鈥榖ig brother鈥� attitude.
The High Court on Tuesday removed the state-appointed receiver from Teesta Solar Limited, a 200MW solar power plant operated by Beximco Group and the largest solar-based power station in Bangladesh, located along the Teesta River in Gaibandha.
SOUTH Asia鈥檚 rivers are its lifeblood, weaving through nations, nourishing cultures, and sustaining economies for centuries. In Bangladesh, these once-majestic waterways 鈥� symbols of abundance and vitality 鈥� are now embattled arenas where survival and sovereignty collide. Villages once thriving on the banks of rivers like the Teesta now grapple...
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said that Bangladesh and China were set to renew the memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries on the sharing of hydrological data on the River Brahmaputra during the flood season and the renewal of the MoU would pave the way for reopening talks on the Teesta project...
Two separate delegations of Bangladesh University Grants Commission have visited Teesta University in Rangpur and the University of Information Technology and Sciences in Dhaka...
Thousands of people living in low-lying chars (sandbars) in five northern districts have been left stranded as the Teesta River crossed its danger mark at Kaunia in Rangpur about two days after...
Member secretary of the National Citizens鈥� Committee and former social welfare secretary of Dhaka University Central Student Union, Akhter Hossen, at a rally on Sunday said that India used to open barrage on Teesta without prior notice...
The low-lying areas of Lalmonirhat district in Bangladesh have been inundated as River Teesta keeps swelling due to the onrush of water from the upstream and the torrential rainfall for the last several days, leaving 25,000 people stranded.
Tens of thousands of dwellers of the chars (shoals) dotting the Teesta River were asked to move to safer places after India had opened floodgates at the Gajoldoba barrage on Friday night following...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in an interview with the Press Trust of India said that he wanted India to resolve the issues pertaining to the Teesta water sharing that...
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday stressed some key issues with India like stopping border killing, concluding Teesta water sharing agreement, and ensuring supply of essential commodities...
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee told the Indian provincial assembly on Monday that it was 鈥榠mpossible鈥� to share Teesta water with Bangladesh...
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said she would like India to implement the Teesta project as it is related to the neighbouring country....
The flood situation in parts of the north might deteriorate today with forecasts of the Teesta and Dharla briefly flowing near their danger marks...
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud said on Sunday that Bangladesh would have to consider India鈥檚 proposal to implement the Teesta development project first since it was a...
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that it would be easy for Bangladesh if the Teesta restoration project received support from India, while China made a proposal on it after conducting a feasibility study...