The prime ministers of Bangladesh and India on Tuesday made some progress on border negotiations, which have long marred relations between the South Asian neighbours, dpa reported. Indian and Bangladeshi officials agreed on a protocol to the 1974 and Boundary Agreement, which will alleviate tensions along the 6.5 kilometres of undemarcated and disputed border area. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that from now on, those living in Bangladeshi enclaves "will have 24-hour unfettered movements" through Indian territory. This was the first visit to Bangladesh by an Indian prime minister in more than a decade, and Manmohan Singh was accompanied by his cabinet ministers and the chief ministers of four Indian states landlocked behind Bangladesh. But the two countries failed to reach an agreement on the sharing of waters of the Teesta and Feni, two cross-boundary rivers.
