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Bangladesh PM Confident Of River Deal With India
September 21st, 2011
Via Terra Daily, an update on ongoing discussions between India and Bangladesh over a water-sharing agreement on the Teesta River: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina voiced confidence Tuesday at reaching a water-sharing agreement with India after a summit failed to clinch a deal seen as vital to her nation’s farmers. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger Reaches Out To Bangladesh
March 14th, 2011
Courtesy of The Eurasia Review, a look at India’s water relations with Bangladesh. As the article notes: “…Recently the Planning Commission of India, in association with the Ministry of Water Resources, has proposed a major policy change. It has decided to include social-workers and anthropologists in the study of any water-related development projects. This is […]
Read more »Bangladesh: Water, Security, and Migration Concerns
February 20th, 2010
Via Strategic Forecast, a detailed look at Bangladesh’s water, migration, and security concerns. As the article notes: “…Bangladesh shares around 4,095km of its border with India. Over the years cross border migration from Bangladesh to India has taken place owing to a combination of economic and political factors. Currently, an estimated 20 million Bangladeshis illegally […]
Read more »Arguing Over The Ganges
January 16th, 2010
Via Bangladesh’s New Nation, an article on the sharing of rivers between India and Bangladesh. As the report notes: “…Bangladesh was deprived of about 21 thousand cusecs of water during the 1-10 January period this year. Under the provisions of the 1996 Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, Bangladesh was supposed to get some 68 thousand cusecs […]
Read more »India and Bangladesh Hoping To Cooperate On Water Sharing Issues
January 5th, 2010
Via Thaindian news, a report that Bangladesh and India recently began talks to thrash out a pact on the sharing of Teesta river waters. As the article notes: “…Water sharing of the Teesta river will dominate the two-day secretary level talks of the Joint Rivers Commission, The Daily Star reported Monday. Bangladesh is hopeful of […]
Read more »Melting Ice On The Roof Of The World
December 8th, 2009
Via AFP, continued bad news from the roof of the world, namely the glaciers in the Himalayas that sweep through Pakistan, India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, and which provide headwaters for Asia’s nine largest rivers, lifelines for the 1.3 billion people who live downstream. As the article notes: “…Scientists predict that most glaciers will be […]
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