Dhaka prefers India over China
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...
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PM welcomes India鈥檚 interest
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...
Mamata warns Modi of movement if water given to Bangladesh
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday warned prime minister Narendra Modi of waging movement across the country if Teesta water was...
China, India in tug of war over Teesta project in Bangladesh
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 should have no role to play in Teesta development plan
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...
No deal yet, India for Teesta management
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...
Child drowns, seven missing as boat capsizes in Teesta
A Child drowned and seven others went missing as a boat capsized in River Teesta in Kurigram鈥檚 Ulipur upazila on Wednesday evening...
Teesta water flowing near danger level
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...
Teesta, connectivity聽to dominate Bangladesh-India talks
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...
Bangladesh Railway suffers from lack of policy attention
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...
Wood, bamboo used in Teesta rail bridge repair work
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...
Dhaka shouldn鈥檛 entertain Delhi鈥檚 Teesta project finance proposal
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 wants to fund Teesta project amid Bangladesh's worries over water flow, treaty
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...