NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh are basking in a relationship that has never perhaps been better. That’s the word from Prof. Abdul Mannan, a former vice-chancellor of Chittagong University, and Pijush Bandyopadhyay, a stage, film and television actor, both from Bangladesh with a common interest in seeing the two countries come closer. A similar view […]Read More
Consumers Boycott H&M, Nike Over Xinjiang Cotton China’s public and e-commerce platforms are boycotting global brands H&M and Nike after they declared they would no longer buy cotton from Xinjiang, alleging the use of forced labour to harvest it. So far, Taobao, T-Mall and JD.com as well as online sharing platform Dazhong Dianping have cleared […]Read More
New Delhi: Myanmar’s Envoy to the UN, Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun hit screens across the world when he used the three-finger salute, that traces its origin to the ‘Hunger Games’ books and movies and is used as a symbol of protest worldwide, in his General Assembly speech. On ‘Talking Point’, the diplomat explains to StratNews Global Associate Editor […]Read More
NEW DELHI: This week 50 years ago, East Pakistan faced extreme brutality at the hands of the Pakistani army. Tens of thousands of Bengali Muslims and Hindus were killed, many more were forced to flee to save their lives. All this because the political elite in West Pakistan and the Pakistani Army refused to accept […]Read More
DHAKA: Beginning tomorrow Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, his first trip abroad since the pandemic struck. PM Modi’s visit comes at a time Bangladesh is celebrating the birth centenary year of its founder ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 50 years of the liberation war. StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin […]Read More
Packed Day 1 For PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a tight schedule on Friday, the day he arrived in Bangladesh on a two-day visit. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received him at the airport. His first stop was at the National War Memorial in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka. After placing a wreath […]Read More
The arrest of British arms dealer and middleman Christian Michel continues to generate headlines even today. A UN panel report which has accused the Indian government of “arbitrarily detaining” Michel who has been in jail since 2018 along with renewed attempts by his family urging British prime minister Boris Johnson to push New Delhi for […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Indonesia-China ties that completed 70 years last year can be described as both pragmatic and prickly. China is Indonesia’s biggest trading partner. But Indonesia, like other littoral states in the South China Sea, has often been at the receiving end of Chinese expansionism. There’s possibility that escalation of conflict in the South China […]Read More
DHAKA: Later this week, PM Modi is scheduled to embark on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, his first trip abroad after the pandemic struck. Ties between the two countries are unique and this year is very special for the bilateral relationship and for Bangladesh, says Vikram Doraiswami, India’s High Commissioner in Dhaka. This is the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: After a gap of over two years, India and Pakistan have held talks on sharing of the Indus waters. This comes at a time both the countries have been strictly adhering to a ceasefire along the Line of Control and the international boundary. Are these signs of a thaw after ties between the […]Read More
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