Bangladesh’s accession to the UN Water Convention has a ripple effect that could cause problems with India
- Written by Pintu Kumar Mahla, Research Associate at the Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
A boat crosses the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 5, 2025. MD Abu Sufian Jewel/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhen Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to join the U.N.’s Water Convention earlier this year, it was presented as a win-win.
Signing up to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses...


