B’desh, China to bolster co-op on Teesta river management

BEIJING, June 25: Dhaka and Beijing on Thursday agreed to strengthen cooperation on the management of the Teesta and other rivers and signed 13 agreements to bolster bilateral ties following talks between Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Chinese Premier Li Qiang. The understanding on cooperation relating to the Teesta may have implications for Dhaka-New Delhi ties given India’s sensitivity over the Teesta water-sharing issue. The understanding was reached at a meeting between Rahman, who is currently in Beijing, and Chinese Water Resources Minister Li Guoying, Spokesman of the Bangladeshi prime minister’s office Mahdi Amin told…