India to dredge river in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Jan 6 Beginning next month, India will dredge Ichhamati river in Bangladesh and the south Asian neighbours will for the first time cooperate to protect the banks of the rivers they share.
Bangladesh has agreed to allow India to erect barbed wire fencing on the zero line in some slected places but turned down India's proposal to construct the fencing in entirety, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar told the state assembly today.