Dhaka seeks 50-year water management master plan from Beijing
Dhaka seeks 50-year water management master plan from Beijing

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today (March 28) sought a fifty-year master plan from China to manage the river and water system in Bangladesh, which is crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers. The Chief Adviser made the call when Li Guoying, water resources minister of China, met him at a...

'Fair share of Teesta's water is rights, not anyone's mercy'
'Fair share of Teesta's water is rights, not anyone's mercy'

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said the fair share of Teesta Rivers water is Bangladeshs rights and it is not a matter of mercy or generosity. The water-deprived people of the Teesta basin in the northern region want to inform the entire world that the fair distribution of water from the...

Huge turnout in Teesta march
Huge turnout in Teesta march

On the second day of the 48-hour sit-in movement demanding a fair share of Teesta River water under the slogan Jago Bahe, Teesta Bachai (Wake Up, Save the Teesta River), a large crowd took part in a march along the Teesta riverbanks. Today (February 18), at 11 am, thousands of participants began...

Students on Teesta banks to demand fair share of water
Students on Teesta banks to demand fair share of water

A 48-hour sit-in program has begun in Lalmonirhat from Monday demanding fair share of Teesta river water, adoption and implementation of a master plan. The Teesta River Protection Movement has called for this program with the slogan Jago Bahe Teesta Bachai. Students from various schools and...