Dam building and pollution have turned these transboundary rivers into dirty sludge, unable to sustain life

Exclusive interview with Bangladesh’s former top diplomat on the Teesta, India-Bangladesh water relations, the Farakka Barrage, and the future of the Ganga Treaty

Amid all the talk of failure of the Teesta water sharing agreement between Bangladesh and India last weekend, few mentioned that the river has hardly any water now

Bangladesh and India are about to sign some important deals, but they may not include the Teesta water sharing treaty, the most important one from Bangladesh’s point of view

Bangladesh is once again hoping for a Teesta river treaty with India, following the Dhaka visit of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

During a goodwill trip, India’s new foreign minister assured Bangladesh the Teesta treaty would be signed, without saying how India would resolve its internal problems that had scuppered the deal earlier

Transboundary river Teesta is back to being almost dry after India released water for a day and hopes were raised in Bangladesh

A solution to the problem of sharing the Teesta waters continues to elude India and Bangladesh, pushing villagers in northern Bangladesh to the brink of desperation as the river dries up

Local people in Sikkim have been opposing the 24 dams being built on the Teesta river, which are disturbing their sacred mountain. The 2011 earthquake came as no surprise to these indigenous people

The controversial Tipaimukh hydro project on a transboundary river that flows from India to Bangladesh may be stalled again due to polls looming in both countries