Dhaka, Sept. 19 -- Bangladesh has lodged protest to the United Nations (UN) against Indian claims over the continental shelf of the Bay of Bengal.

The Bangladesh permanent mission to the UN headquarters in New York served two diplomatic notes on September 13 to the United Nations secretary general regarding the claims of India on the matters.

In April, India made some claims with the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) on Bangladesh's assertion on the continental shelf. New Delhi said that some of the areas claimed by Bangladesh belonged to India.

At that time, Bangladesh objected to the Indian claims, saying that there was no legal basis on the assertion made by India.

Reminding that the boundary was determined b...