Teesta River
Lessons we can learn from the recent Teesta disaster
We do need a Teesta megaplan, but not the one that the BWDB is proposing.
Teesta rises 16cm overnight in Kurigram, flowing 23cm above danger level
The Teesta river's water level has risen by 16cm since last night, and the river was flowing 23cm above the danger level at 6:00am today at Kaunia point of the Teesta Barrage
Teesta flooding should be a wake-up call
Bangladesh must push India to sign the treaty
Teesta flowing 41cm above danger mark; thousands marooned in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
Teesta river continues to swell due to the incessant rains and onrush hilly water
Youth grow crops in Teesta's sandy chars with group efforts
The members of a co-operative organisation brought success in group farming by using unused sandy chars of Teesta river
New canals from Teesta / The hydro-hegemony in South Asia
India also gets to exploit Bangladesh based on its technological projects.
'Teestar Kanna' brings Teesta shoal residents to tears
Poet and writer Ishor Dulon Roy, author of Teestar Kanna, told The Daily Star that many of his relatives live on the Teesta shoal. Once they were all rich, all now lost to the river erosion.
Teesta / The Name of a Plundered River
West Bengal is planning to dig two new canals to divert more water from the Teesta River for irrigation, and set up two hydropower projects on its tributary.
Teesta sorrows everflowing
When Bangladesh and India were about to ink a deal on sharing the Teesta water in 2010, people living by the river in Rangpur region dreamt of better days.
Dried up Teesta hits livelihood
“We used to have bumper crops here,” says farmer Mahir Uddin of Char Kalmati village in Lalmonirhat. “The Teesta River used to flow year-round but nowadays there's not enough water in winter for optimal agriculture.”
India has achieved its strategic aim – have we?
A very wise man had said, “To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”
Optimising water transit
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.
Has Mamata lived up to our expectations?
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.
“There is still hope for a Teesta deal during this visit"
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.
Teesta being discussed behind the scene: Foreign minister
Discussions between Bangladesh and India relating to sharing of Teesta waters is being discussed behind the scene, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says.
Teesta: Sand in winter, flood in monsoon (video)
Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bangladesh visit, people living by the Teesta River are hopeful that the Teesta water sharing agreement will be signed during his visit.
Teesta water sharing: Experts for UN intervention
Bangladesh government should appeal to UN to solve Teesta river water sharing issue since there has been no progress in signing the deal bilaterally, water and environmental experts say.