Category : Bangladesh

NEW DELHI: The joint statement issued at the end of the India Bangladesh joint commission meeting on Tuesday, chaired by their respective foreign ministers, measured an exhausting 28 paragraphs. Clearly, S.Jaishankar and A.K.Abdul Momen were setting the tone for the Narendra Modi-Sheikh Hasina Virtual Summit in December. On the table was Covid19 for which India […]Read More

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