Dhaka is in a dilemma; while a deal with India on the Teesta River remains elusive, Beijing wants it to make up its mind on a Chinese project on the river.

Originating from the Pahunri Glacier in the Himalayas, the Teesta River flows through Sikkim and West Bengal in India before entering Bangladesh and finally merging with the Bay of Bengal.

The Teesta River stretches over 309 kilometers, originating from the Pahunri (Teesta Kangse) Glacier, which rises to an impressive 7,068 meters (23,189 feet) in the Himalayas. The river carves its ...

Dhaka is in a dilemma; while a deal with India on the Teesta River remains elusive, Beijing wants it to make up its mind on a Chinese project on the river.

The decision to send an Indian technical team to hold talks on the conservation of the Teesta river within Bangladesh assumes significance as China was keenly eyeing the estimated USD one billion ...

A bridge on the Teesta river was washed away by the floods in Sikkim Rescue operations have entered the third day after flash floods in India's north-eastern state of Sikkim left over 100 people ...

which increased the height of the riverbed in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar (Teesta leaves Bengal and enters Bangladesh via Mekhliganj of Cooch Behar) by three to seven metres, the state government had ...