NEW DELHI: India is likely to help Bangladesh conduct clinical trials of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca. Sources told StratNews Global that the Pune-based Serum Institute, which is involved in trials of the same vaccine in India, will work in concert with Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceuticals. India’s Covid assistance is also expected to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla referred to India’s “special and close relations with Bangladesh” when he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Tuesday but there are wrinkles in the relationship that need to be ironed out at the earliest. It’s the first visit abroad by Shringla since March with Covid19 […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A corrupt man being held to account? Or was former Bangladesh Chief Justice SK Sinha the victim of a political witch-hunt after he fell out with the powers that be? The truth may never be known. Late last week, Dhaka filed charges of money laundering against Sinha, the country’s first Hindu chief justice of […]Read More
“Now, plenty of critics, both sides, claim nothing has been done to retake forcefully or physically the South China Sea. Alam mo (You know), unless we are prepared to go to war, I would suggest that you better just call off and treat it as a diplomatic endeavour.” –Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines in […]Read More
NEW DELHI: When Tripura received its first consignment of cargo from Kolkata via the Chattogram (Chittagong) port of Bangladesh on Thursday, it marked the revival of a historic route that had been in disuse for over a century. With the first trial run on this route completed successfully, India is hoping it will mark the beginning […]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
NEW DELHI: Abdul Majed, one of the fugitive assassins of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was arrested by the Bangladesh police in Dhaka on Tuesday, could be hanged soon. Bangladesh home minister Asaduzzman Khan Kamal told StratNews Global on Thursday that Majed’s death sentence will be carried out once all the formalities are complete. “It […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much anticipated visit to Bangladesh for the birth centenary celebrations of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman is off after Dhaka postponed the inaugural ceremony slated for March 17 after three people tested positive for the Coronavirus in Bangladesh on Sunday. In a statement issued late Monday evening, the Ministry of External […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Returning to a country he described as his “second home”, India’s foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday sought to assuage concerns in Bangladesh on India’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Monday. The NRC would have no implications for Bangladesh, he insisted, with the local Daily […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There is an anti-Indian perception in Bangladesh which flows from the view that India has benefited more from the relationship than Dhaka. Key Bangladeshi concerns remain unaddressed including its share of Teesta waters. The Citizenship Amendment Act is another issue with Bangladeshi civil society taking exception to comments by senior Indian leaders. StratNews […]Read More
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