A 22-day nationwide ban on ilish fishing, aimed at protecting mother ilish and jatka (juvenile fish), has left thousands of ...

A large part of Bangladesh, the country with the highest number of rivers, is a delta formed by sediments carried down by rivers from the Himalayan region. The population’s most significant ...

Seventeen fishermen have been held by the Coast Guard for violating a government ban and illegally fishing in the Meghna ...

On March 4, the irrigation department of the government of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal acquired around 1,000 acres of land to dig an additional two canals under the Teesta Barrage Project ...

Bangladesh's defence force said it has deployed warships and patrol aircraft as part of a special surveillance operation to ...

Despite intensified monitoring to protect mother hilsa during the 22-day fishing ban, illegal fishing continues unabated ...

Defying the government ban on catching hilsa during the breeding season many fishermen in Faridpur and Rajbari have continued fishing in the Padma River, citing delays in receiving government ...

The trickling sound of the Naf River, which separates Bangladesh from Myanmar, echoes through the verdant lanes leading to Mohammad Siddiqui's hut. Just opposite his quarters in the Bangladeshi border ...

Assam's Cachar district has taken new measures to curb illegal activities at the India-Bangladesh border. Restrictions ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently concluded his visit to Bangladesh after participating in celebrations commemorating the 50th year of Bangladeshi independence and the centenary of ...

DHAKA/NEW DELHI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A controversial dam project by India on a common river with Bangladesh is threatening to cloud a visit by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to New Delhi ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - It was once the lifeline of the Bangladeshi capital. But the once mighty Buriganga river, which flows by Dhaka, is now one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh because of ...