Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Everybody knew, more or less, that there would be no breakthrough over the long-pending Teesta water sharing agreement right at the moment. In fact, the relationship between Bangladesh and India today is not confined within Teesta issue only. India's relationship with Bangladesh is growing, widening and broadening on all fronts with no progress on Teesta front. It, the lack of desired progress over Teesta issue, truly hurts the people of Bangladesh what I believe Indian central leaders do understand, too.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, during her meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on October 5, had rightly pointed out the Teesta issue before Bangladesh and India signed an...