Centre to bear 80 per cent cost of dredging work of Meghna river in Bangladesh side: Biplab Kumar DebOf the 90-km stretch from Sonamura in Tripura's Sepahijala district to Daudkandi in Bangladesh, around 40-km river bed is needed to be dred...
16 Feb, 2022, 05.57 PM IST
Centre sanctions over Rs 24 crore for dredging in Gomati river to boost Indo-Bangla waterway project: OfficialOnly 1.5-km stretch in India and 14-km in the neighbouring country are proposed to be dredged to improve navigability in the transboundary ...
13 Feb, 2022, 03.48 PM IST
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh discusses various issues with Assam GovernorAssam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi expressed his happiness on the present Indo-Bangla relations. He said that Assam will play a more import...
09 Sep, 2021, 08.31 PM IST
North-East India buyer-seller meet held in GuwahatiThe meet was organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce in association with the external affairs ministry.
23 Mar, 2021, 12.54 AM IST
Permanent jetty would be built on river Gomati at Sonamura: Mansukh MandaviyaUnion Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said a permanent jetty and other infrastructure would be built soon on the river Gomati at Son...
06 Feb, 2021, 03.46 PM IST
India, Bangladesh traders demand trial run of vessels through protocol route on Gomati river this monthA high-level team of officials of the Bangladesh Shipping Ministry surveyed the specified waterway on Gomati river on Tuesday, Sonamura sub...
12 Aug, 2020, 01.41 PM IST
First ever container cargo to Assam via Indo-Bangla water routeThis will be the first ever containerised cargo movement on this Inland water transport (IWT) route and the ship will carry 21 containers o...
03 Nov, 2019, 06.45 PM IST
Tech Mahindra sees "stable growth" market in BangladeshTech Mahindra receives more than 5% of its overall business from India currently, and is looking to create more opportunities in neighbouri...
15 Jul, 2019, 08.04 AM IST
Cruise to Bangladesh, northeast likely from March 2019A transboundary river cruise operation is expected to commence from Kolkata in March next year through Sunderbans to Bangladesh and then to...
25 Nov, 2018, 04.44 PM IST
NTPC teams up with IWAI for transporting fly ash through inland waterwaysThere is a huge demand for Fly Ash but due to the limitation of transporting it through only railway system, not enough can be utilised.
24 Aug, 2018, 05.51 PM IST
India and Bangladesh meeting next month on transit protocolOnce the PIWTT SoP is in place, inland waterways will boost trade to the north eastern states and Bangladesh from Kolkata.
18 Mar, 2018, 12.01 PM IST
CII to begin Indo-Bangladesh joint initiative on Tetulia corridor issueTetulia will be in our prime agenda to discuss with Chamber and Commerce of Rangpoor in Bangladesh to start joint initiative if possible.
05 Oct, 2017, 10.43 PM IST
Opening up shipping routes: Bangladesh pact to make travel to northeast easierIndia and Bangladesh share 54 rivers and the two have a pact, the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT), in op...
19 Jul, 2016, 06.01 AM IST
Tetulia resurfaced as election issue in West BengalThat’s the situation of Tetulia corridor, a proposed Indo to India passage via Bangladesh, that always remained a well churned election iss...
05 Apr, 2016, 03.56 PM IST
Numaligarh refinery inks MOU with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation for exporting petroleum productsBPCL's Assam based refinery, Numaligarh Refinery has inked MOU with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) for export of petroleum products.
22 Apr, 2015, 08.38 PM IST
India-Bangladesh Maitree Express firebombed in troubled BangladeshPassengers on the Indo-Bangla 'Maitree Express' had a narrow escape when opposition activists hurled petrol bombs on the train coming from ...
08 Feb, 2015, 10.00 PM IST
Hopes rise for solution to old Indo-Bangladesh water sharing dispute if BJP comes to powerDespite national level agreement between the two countries to have it resolved, the dispute remained under knots following strong oppositio...
07 May, 2014, 04.19 PM IST