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IAF's aerial display recreates Tangail airdrop, other key missions of 1971 warThe Indian Air Force recreated key missions from the 1971 India-Pakistan War with an aerial display. Events like the Tangail Airdrop and Me...
Tripura mulls sourcing drinking water from Bangladesh’s Titas river for AgartalaTripura is considering utilizing water from Bangladesh's Titas River to supply drinking water to the Agartala Municipal Corporation areas. ...
First-ever survey finds over 6,300 river dolphins in IndiaIndia's first population estimation of riverine dolphins has revealed 6,327 dolphins in the Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Indus River systems. Th...
How IAF ops Tangail and Cactus helped India overthrow repressive Pakistan regime in 1971The 1971 war between India and Pakistan culminated in the creation of Bangladesh. Two pivotal operations, the ‘Tangail drop’ and ‘Operation...
India conducts first-ever riverine dolphin population estimation exerciseIndia has completed its first estimation of riverine dolphin populations across the Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Indus river systems. Conducted ...
New plant of Sun Pharma inaugurated in BangladeshIndian pharmaceutical company, Sun Pharma, inaugurated a new plant in Bangladesh, strengthening economic ties and promoting collaboration i...
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...
Bangladesh braces for massive floods; Brahmaputra flowing 55 cm above danger levelWeather officials in Bangladesh have predicted massive floods in the northwest and southeast portions of the country bordering India, as in...
Spot the tiger! The river cruise in Sunderban is intense & pulsatingOn this cruise you get to explore the biodiversity of the Sunderban Tiger reserve.
Bangladesh imposes 22-day ban on Hilsa fishingFishermen in 76 upazilas will be compensated with 20 kg of rice each by the relief and disaster management ministry.
With IWTTP in place, Tripura to get food, fuel via BangladeshHundreds of trucks have been stranded for almost a month, making it difficult to transport supplies to Tripura.
- Gangetic dolphins increase in Ganga and tributaries
The number of Gangetic dolphins has increased in Ganga and its tributaries. The dolphin census 2015 has counted 1,263 dolphins in the state.
- 52 Gangetic dolphin sightings reported
Around 52 sightings of Gangetic dolphins have been reported in the Ganga between 280km Hamirpur- Allahabad stretch by the state forest team...
Two Tripura rivers to be linked with Bangladesh's MeghnaThe Ministry of Water Transport and Shipping has asked the state government to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) to connect state's t...
Tripura seeks access to Chittagong port in BangladeshTripura CM Manik Sarkar said it would help further improvement of bilateral relations between the two countries.
Indian side not affected by Bangladesh oil spill: OfficialsIndia has not been affected by a massive oil spill in the waters of Sundarbans delta on the Bangladesh side, forest department officials sa...
Dolphins first to gain from project GangaThis is the first time we are doing a composite survey covering the whole of the Ganga. We are working on logistical details such as manpow...
- Biodiversity in river basins discussed
Experts from Bangladesh and different parts of the country participated in the symposium jointly organized by the International Union for C...
Dhaka proposes Basin regime approach for sharing river waterBangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni today proposed a Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin Regime that will go beyond the boundaries of Banglad...
- Habitat havoc
Last week four elephants died on rail tracks of Jalpaiguri.