transboundary rivers

India, Bangladesh launch key talks on renewing Ganges Water Treaty

India and Bangladesh have begun critical negotiations on renewing the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, focusing on river flow, minimum...

Ganges water-sharing talks held in Dhaka amid dry season worries

Bangladesh and India review Ganges water-sharing treaty in Dhaka, addressing dry-season shortages, data gaps, and climate pressures ahead of...

Drying Teesta River triggers irrigation crisis in Northern Bangladesh

As the Teesta River shrinks during the dry season, farmers across northern Bangladesh face worsening irrigation shortages, exposing delays...

West Bengal, GIZ join to restore rivers with Bangladesh

West Bengal has signed an MoU with GIZ to prepare a basin-based master plan to restore the Ichhamati and...

India, Bhutan discuss shared rivers, hydropower and rising climate risks

India and Bhutan have launched high-level talks on shared rivers, hydropower projects and rising Himalayan climate risks, aiming to...

Bangladesh’s water reform drive faces a critical test amid Teesta pressures and political transition

Bangladesh’s new BNP-led government expands water governance reforms, targeting erosion, dry-season scarcity and transboundary river disputes, as experts warn...

Bangladesh faces water diplomacy, climate tests

Bangladesh’s new government confronts urgent water diplomacy and climate challenges, as treaty talks with India, river management reforms and...

Teesta runs dry as politics and water crisis grip north

With polls looming, Bangladesh’s Teesta River runs dry, deepening water scarcity, hurting farmers and fishers, and turning transboundary river...

River fair in north Bangladesh highlights climate risks

Thousands join a river fair in Kurigram as communities, experts and officials call for climate resilience, erosion control and...

Transboundary river pollution hits India-Bangladesh border

Pollution in shared rivers across the India-Bangladesh border is destroying fisheries, threatening public health and livelihoods, and revealing urgent...

RRRF 2026 opens in Colombo as climate water risks mount

The Rivers, Rights, Resilience Forum 2026 begins in Colombo, gathering experts and communities to boost cross-border river cooperation, climate...

Bangladesh reshapes JRC amid ganges treaty uncertainty

Bangladesh has reconstituted its Joint Rivers Commission committee as uncertainty grows over renewing the 1996 Ganges Treaty, with experts...