Bangladesh, May 23 -- The 90th meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) continued in Kolkata on Friday, with officials from both countries reviewing existing water-sharing arrangements and discussing the future of the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, which is set to expire at the end of this year.

Bangladesh officials said the discussions form part of the regular review process under the framework of the joint river management mechanism between the two neighbouring countries.

Speaking to The New Nation, JRC Director Md Abu Sayed said the meeting primarily focused on reviewing the functioning of the existing agreement and assessing technical issues related to river management.

"This is a Joint Committee meeting. We are...