DHAKA: It’s the golden jubilee year of Bangladesh’s formation, also 50 years of its diplomatic relations with India. Today, India-Bangladesh ties are in a ‘critically sweet spot’, says Tariq Karim, former Bangladeshi high commissioner to India. “We started off with a big bang, there was a lot of euphoria but the relationship then went up […]Read More
DHAKA: In the golden jubilee year of Bangladesh’s independence, its ties with India remain robust despite ups and downs. Last week, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a two-day visit to be part of the celebrations: this is Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary year as well. StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale who was […]Read More
NEW DELHI: While India-Bangladesh relations are at their best currently and New Delhi continues to be the closest partner with Dhaka, like elsewhere in the Indian sub-continent, China has made deep inroads in India’s eastern neighbour not just helping Bangladesh in undertaking massive infrastructure projects but also using soft power to bring on board a […]Read More
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
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
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: On Thursday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar heads to Dhaka to finalise the agenda for Narendra Modi’s summit with Sheikh Hasina later this month (March 26th). It will be the first physical summit for Modi post-Covid and will kick off celebrations marking 50 years since Bangladesh was liberated from Pakistan’s yoke. Jaishankar will […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s tough neighbourhood isn’t just about the permanent irritants—Pakistan and China—but also about countries like Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka that keep giving anxious moments if not more. Be it Nepal’s dalliance with China, the ‘terminal’ trouble and growing Chinese presence in Sri Lanka or the fear of radicalization in Bangladesh, India needs to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Fifty years ago, the liberation struggle in East Pakistan, actively assisted by India’s military might, led to the creation of a separate nation—Bangladesh. Yesterday, on India’s 72nd Republic Day, a 122-member Bangladeshi military contingent led the parade; some of them were from units that fought in the liberation war. This was the third […]Read More
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