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...
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday warned prime minister Narendra Modi of waging movement across the country if Teesta water was...
Beijing and New Delhi are on a collision course after India鈥檚 latest proposal to finance the Teesta river restoration and management project when China has already offered...
INDIA鈥橲 announcement to send a technical team to Bangladesh to discuss the conservation and management of the River Teesta appears farcical. India, which has since 2010 put on hold the signing of an agreement on the sharing of the water of the cross-border Teesta...
India on Saturday announced to send a technical team to Bangladesh to discuss 鈥榗onservation and management of the Teesta River in Bangladesh鈥� as the bilateral talks between...
A Child drowned and seven others went missing as a boat capsized in River Teesta in Kurigram鈥檚 Ulipur upazila on Wednesday evening...
Due to an onrush of water from upstream in India and a torrential downpour, the river water at Teesta barrage point was flowing near the danger level on...
The Teesta development project, signing of the long pending Teesta water sharing deal, renewal of the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty signed in 1996 and connectivity of the...
THE development of Bangladesh Railway has not been a priority of successive governments, as evident in the inadequate resource allocation and deflected policy attention from it. A large majority of its rolling stock, including locomotives, passenger carriages, freight wagons, and relief cranes...
The Bangladesh Railway is using wooden and bamboo sticks instead of iron equipment at rickety Teesta Rail Bridge in Lalmonirhat, posing high risk of fatal accidents...
INDIA which has since 2010 put on hold the signing of an agreement on the sharing of the water of the River Teesta has now offered to finance a large-scale project of Bangladesh for the comprehensive management and the restoration of the river in which China has already...
India on Thursday expressed its willingness to support a mega development project on the transboundary River Teesta inside Bangladesh, where China had already shown its interest and completed a survey...
