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.
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
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.
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.
Teesta erosion: nothing left to lose
Residents in Kurigram’s Bajra union now below poverty line after losing all to erosion by Teesta river.