On Friday, two prime ministers and a chief minister shared the stage for four hours at Shantiniketan, the institution set up by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. But in the end, silence spoke the loudest.

Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.

The Tripura government says that the Bangladesh government is keen to see the resolution of Teesta river water-sharing issue with India.

I am not sure if Mr Sengupta, his party people and followers have even thought of the implications of kicking out all so-called “anti-Indian” people from Bangladesh.

A very wise man had said, “To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”

It is important to recognise that allowing 'coastal shipping' up to Ashuganj or even up to Pangaon, essentially seeking engagement in transit peration, would violate the existing protocol, approved by Bangabandhu, unless those vessels are owned by Bangladeshis.

By all indications from Delhi and Kolkata, it is now clear that there will be no deal on Teesta during Prime Minister Modi's visit to Dhaka.

Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed, Professor of International Relations at Dhaka University, talks to Nahela Nowshin of The Daily Star about contending issues between Bangladesh and India on the occasion of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh.

Discussions between Bangladesh and India relating to sharing of Teesta waters is being discussed behind the scene, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says.

Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bangladesh visit, people living by the Teesta River are hopeful that the Teesta water sharing agreement will be signed during his visit.

Bangladesh would like to see India as neither a big nor an elder brother but a gracious neighbour that delivers on its commitment.