Md Arfanuzzaman

According to the recent Global Innovation Index 2018, published annually by Cornell University and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Switzerland is ranked as the world's most innovative country while Bangladesh ranked 116th, the lowest in South Asia.

Bangladesh shares 54 of its 57 transboundary rivers with India. Bangladesh experiences severe water crisis in the dry and lean season in most of the shared river basins due to upstream intervention by India, which impedes the livelihood options of the river dependent communities of the country.

After passing the Land Boundary Agreement in the Indian parliament, many had seen hope for the most awaited Teesta water sharing