By respecting Bangladesh’s sovereignty and prioritising dialogue, India can strengthen its position as a reliable partner.
Gen Z should keep in mind that the US cannot afford to overlook a partner like Bangladesh given the country’s pivotal position in South Asia’s economic landscape.
Indian news outlets and social media platforms have been spreading various types of disinformation about the persecution of religious minorities in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh-India tensions rise as religious minority issues and democracy are scrutinised.
India is applying its own framework of sectarian politics to interpret and represent Bangladesh.
Only if somebody like J.D. Vance wins the next presidential race will the radical right be able to propel the country in a decisively new direction.
The Bay of Bengal holds a great strategic value as about half of the world's container traffic passes through this region, and its seaports handle around one-third of world trade.
Bangladesh desperately needed global attention to reap gold out of this moment of change.
For now, the best bet is to manage the volatilities and imbalances and better understand the intricacies of the Bangladesh-India-US chemistry.
The new president is an ordinary citizen in social terms with no pretensions to public display of power, taste, wealth or grandeur.
Dissanayake's presidency presents an opportunity to reimagine Sri Lanka’s economic strategy.
However, regardless of the nature of international involvement, the ultimate responsibility for a stable Bangladesh lies with its own people.
Sri Lank's neighbours have to come to terms with the fact that AKD was the democratic choice of the mass people.
The symbolic value of the visit and its timing cannot be overemphasised, this being the first such visit since the change of guards in Dhaka on August 5.
Nasrallah and Hezbollah have thrived with an image of invincibility after confronting Israel in 2006.
India's vision and support of regional governments are rooted in a supremacist mindset by the country's current ruling party, which has all but paralysed SAARC.
