India, Nov. 15 -- The recent India-Bangladesh meeting has been hailed as being highly successful with the signing of several major agreements and treaties. A few days later, as a reader of thirdpole.net, an article on the murder of a Dhaka student caught my eyes. He was killed for criticising the recent deals between India and Bangladesh including the treaties on water-sharing.

He took to Facebook to specifically talk about the Feni river deal which was signed by Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and Indian PM Narendra Modi on October 5, 2019. This deal will also allow India to withdraw 1.82 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water from the Feni River for usage in the state of Tripura. Feni is a transboundary river that finally flows into Banglad...