Kolkata: Stressing that people of Bangladesh wanted the Teesta water sharing accord signed with India, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Sunday hoped the pact will be inked, saying the two countries were continuing discussions on the issue. "We are hopeful that the Teesta water sharing accord will be signed. The two countries have continued the bilateral relation and communication that is needed for the accord to see the light...
01:57 AM, Apr 30, 2012
New York: Hailing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visit to Bangladesh as "really successful," Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina has expressed optimism that her country will be able to work out the Teesta water sharing agreement with India. India and Bangladesh had inked various pacts during Singh's visit earlier in September, but could not sign a deal on the Teesta water sharing. However, Hasina said she was not disappointed that the...
11:48 AM, Sep 21, 2011
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said India and Bangladesh will soon ink a pact on Teesta water sharing, but refused to specify any timeline for the landmark deal. "I will not mention any specific timeline for it. Rather, I will say that it is a matter of time. The two countries will ink the Teesta deal through discussion," Hasina told top leaders of the ruling Awami League in...
10:55 PM, Sep 17, 2011
Dhaka: India and Bangladesh tonight signed a long-term Comprehensive Framework Agreement on Cooperation and Development that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described as a "contemporary blueprint" encompassing all forms and sectors of cooperation ranging from security, trade, transit and river water-sharing. The broad sweep of the agreement, signed by Singh and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina at the end of their restricted and delegation-level talks here, sets out the vision, principles,...
12:55 AM, Sep 07, 2011
Dhaka: The failure to sign a deal on Teesta water sharing on Tuesday cast a shadow over the two-day visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Dhaka as Bangladesh summoned the Indian High Commissioner and bluntly conveyed its unhappiness on the issue. Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Mijarul Qayes called Indian envoy Rajeev Mitter to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday morning and sought a clarification on media reports about India deciding "at...
05:52 PM, Sep 06, 2011
New Delhi: The much anticipated first Prime Ministerial visit to Bangladesh in 12 years has literally run into troubled waters even before the visit began. Even after the government promised they won't go ahead with the Teesta River pact, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stays adamant, refusing to be a part of the delegation. It's not an auspicious start to the first prime ministerial visit to dhaka in 12...
09:36 AM, Sep 06, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday night and assured her that nothing will be done on the Teesta river water sharing issue with Bangladesh that will harm the interests of the state. The interests of West Bengal will be kept in mind and consultations with her will continue on the issue, Singh told Banerjee, a close aide of the Trinamool chief...
11:36 PM, Sep 05, 2011
Kolkata: The Prime Minister's Bangladesh visit seems to have run into troubled waters with West Bengal Chief Minster Mamta Banerjee backing out of it. She is said to be upset with final draft of the Teesta Water Sharing Agreement. After she decided to walk out of the visit, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, on Monday, made it clear that no agreement will be signed without the state's consent. "Anything agreed between...
08:38 PM, Sep 05, 2011
Kolkata: West Bengal's Left Front on Monday assailed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's decision to cancel her trip to Dhaka in protest against the final draft of the Teesta water sharing agreement, calling it a 'gimmick' and expressed apprehension that it would affect the sensitive India-Bangladesh bilateral ties. However, Banerjee's Trinamool Congress attacked the Left Front, saying the treaty was 'acceptable' to it during their rule, while the Congress was guarded...
05:49 PM, Sep 05, 2011
New Delhi: India will finalise the Teesta River water sharing agreement with Bangladesh only after consulting governments of the states which are going to be affected by the deal, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday. So the Teesta River water sharing agreement between the two countries is unlikely to be signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day trip on September 6-7 to Dhaka. The clarification by the ...
04:06 PM, Sep 05, 2011
New Delhi: India will finalise the Teesta River water sharing agreement with Bangladesh only after consulting governments of the states which are going to be affected by the deal, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday. So the Teesta River water sharing agreement between the two countries is unlikely to be signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day trip on September 6-7 to Dhaka. The clarification by the ...
03:43 PM, Sep 05, 2011
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has snubbed the Prime Minister by deciding not to accompany him on his visit to Bangladesh. Sources say she decided to call off the visit because of disagreements with the Centre over the water sharing agreement of River Teesta with Bangladesh. Sources in Writers Building have told CNN-IBN that Mamata is upset after the Centre agreed to provide 8 thousand additional of...
07:06 AM, Sep 05, 2011
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday backed out of the scheduled Bangladesh visit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Sources said the Chief Minister was upset after serious differences arose with the Centre in the proposed Teesta River water sharing agreement with Bangladesh. Sources told CNN-IBN that the Centre agreed to provide 8 thousand additional cusecs of the river water to Bangladesh, which is more than what...
08:05 PM, Sep 04, 2011
Movement urges a stop to building hydel projects on Teesta River. ...
06:42 PM, Apr 29, 2009
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