Water levels at 64 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) have marked rise while 53 stations recorded fall. Among the 116 monitored river stations, water levels at two ...

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on sharing of the waters of the Kushiyara river, a distributary of the Barak river which flows through Assam, and then on to Bangladesh. The ...

Amit Hasan Rahin tends to his family’s farmland at Zakiganj’s Barathakuri Union in Sylhet. He only grows Aman rice across almost 4.66 hectares of land in a single season. Rahin is unable to ...

Among the seven pacts signed Tuesday, the one that will be welcomed the most in Dhaka is an agreement to share waters of the Kushiyara River. It is the first such deal the two countries have inked ...

Though the north eastern district of Sylhet has experienced light rainfall throughout the day, water levels in the Surma and Kushiyara rivers swelled above the danger mark, causing tension among ...

The MoUs cover a wide range of topics. The first allows Bangladesh to withdraw 153 cusecs of water from the Kushiyara River at Rahimpur. The second promises scientific cooperation between the ...

"Since I was 12, I've been hearing that a bridge over the Kushiyara river will be built here," said Nepal Ranjan Das, 55, a resident of Bilbari in Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar. "Whoever comes ...

More than 90 Durga idols were immersed in the Kushiyara river, which divides India and Bangladesh, during the Vijaya Dashami celebrations. The immersion brought together people from both countries ...

Floodwaters from the Kushiyara River have severely damaged Karimganj, Assam, washing away the only route to the village. While the BSF saved 60 families, locals criticise the district ...

India and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed an interim water sharing agreement for Kushiyara river, the first such pact since the signing of the Ganga water treaty in 1996. IMAGE: Prime Minister ...