At least 43 people were killed in a major fire today that broke out on Thursday night in a multi-storey building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The fire broke out in a restaurant in a seven storey building, which contained clothing and mobile shops. Officials said that the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, […]Read More
The US government has pointed out to the increasing security risks from the Rohingya refugee crisis for Bangladesh and India amid the ongoing conflict between the army in Myanmar and rebel groups, Bangladesh’s newsportal bdnews24,com reported In a discussion organised by the US Institute for Peace, Donald Lu, the US assistant secretary of state for […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The 12th Bangladesh general elections threw up no surprises. The results of Sunday’s voting haven’t been declared yet but the ruling Awami League by all accounts is headed for absolute majority. Unofficial results say the party has won over 220 seats in the 300-member parliament. Independents come a distant second, with a little […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There has been no let-up in subversive activities in the run-up to January 7, the day Bangladeshis will vote in the 12th general election. At least four people died after miscreants set some coaches of the Benapole Express, a passenger train, ablaze in Dhaka late on Friday. A fortnight ago, four people had […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India is a factor in every election in Bangladesh because “geography and God have given this to us”. This does not necessarily result in “anti-Indianism”, rather India’s close ties to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina provoke negative reactions in the public mind that are stoked by “mischievous elements” in the ruling Awami League and, […]Read More
DHAKA: Bangladesh is visibly and invisibly leaning towards the superpowers, including the United States, China and Russia. But it also has friends and allies in the Middle East. India has been a proven friend, which has partnered Bangladesh’s development. Bangladesh is now inching closer to embracing the Indo-Pacific strategy, despite the country’s professed non-aligned foreign […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh has a strong message for China—loans from Beijing cannot be used to arm twist the South Asian nation. China’s lending pattern has come under major scrutiny globally amid the economic turmoil pushing several countries into debt traps. Dhaka has asked China to relax several conditions that have […]Read More
DHAKA: Both Bangladesh and India are embarrassed over the immense delay towards a sustainable solution to sharing of the trans-boundary Teesta river, which remains a bone of contention between the two closest neighbours. This week Bangladesh raised fresh concern with New Delhi, after an Indian newspaper, The Telegraph, reported that West Bengal government has plans […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The recent instance of violence between the police and a group of people protesting against an Ahmadiyya community event that left 2 dead and at least 50 others, including policemen, injured, is only the latest in the slew of extremist violence targeting minorities in Bangladesh in the last decade. Throughout 2014-15, members of […]Read More
New Delhi: Bangladesh and India remain good friends despite irritants like the unresolved Teesta waters issue, illegal migration and so on, says Syed Badrul Ahsan, well known journalist and commentator from Dhaka. Answering questions on The Gist, Ahsan acknowledges that while the Modi government at the centre wants to settle the Teesta issue, it is […]Read More
New Delhi: On ‘The Gist‘, Ambassador Pankaj Saran, India’s Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Ex- Envoy to Bangladesh in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. Ambassador Saran says “China has been pursuing a fairly aggressive stance, vis-a-vis all our neighbors, particularly those which are contiguous to us. Sometimes, it is quite […]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
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: India came in for some praise from Bangladesh and also got a reality check from its junior foreign minister Shahriar Alam. At a webinar on Thursday, Alam, speaking from Dhaka, said the two countries are “witnessing a golden chapter in bilateral relations” with ties having matured but he also indulged in some plainspeak, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: You got to give it to the Chinese—they know how to strike when the iron is hot, especially when the goal is to win friends and influence people. As Bangladesh fights an uphill battle to contain Covid-19 and the consequent economic slowdown, Beijing stepped in granting, tariff-exemption on 97 per cent of the […]Read More
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