Bangladesh-India relations

Column by Mahfuz Anam / The Indian media and Bangladesh-India relations

The bilateral relationship must be based on a "win-win" policy, rooted in mutual respect, non-hegemony, and the pursuit of shared prosperity and deeper understanding.

Column by Mahfuz Anam / Chief Adviser Yunus's UNGA trip a critical turning point

Now is the best chance for Bangladesh to strengthen international cooperation.

No Yunus-Modi meeting at UNGA; foreign adviser to meet Indian counterpart

Yunus will not be meeting Modi as the latter will depart New York before the chief adviser arrives there for the UNGA

What’s the harm if India given transit?

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangladesh cannot keep its doors shut in this era of globalisation and she wondered what the loss would be if India is given transit facilities.

The Bangladesh-India friendship dilemma

India’s current leaders along with big business oligarchy have been pursuing a one-sided foreign policy.

Bangladesh-India relations: An increasingly complicated friendship

Both Bangladeshis and Indians need to understand that they need each other in order to thrive.

‘Bangladesh will not feature in Modi-Biden meeting’

Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman, president of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS), talks about the agenda of the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden with Golam Mortoza of The Daily Star.

"It is an honour to have met Hon PM of Bangladesh"

Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi today (September 5, 2022).

Who is responsible for Abdul Momen?

The government does not want to take responsibility for his public statements. Nor does the ruling party.

August 16, 2022
August 16, 2022

What have we done with our strategic assets?

Strategic assets are those that demand attention from the highest levels of the state.

June 19, 2022
June 19, 2022

Flood crisis: India offers relief support to Bangladesh

India today offered its support to Bangladesh to help manage the unprecedented flood and relief efforts in the northern part of the country.

April 19, 2017
April 19, 2017

PM's visit to India: Modi failed to walk the extra mile

Bangladesh-India relations are not only multifaceted but also very complex. Currently, political understanding between Prime Minister...

August 6, 2015
August 6, 2015

A historical perspective

The success of a foreign policy lies in finding acceptable resolutions to outstanding problems and not in keeping them alive. There will always be distracters on the way who will find the glass half-empty no matter what.

May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015

Neither a big nor an elder brother be!

Bangladesh would like to see India as neither a big nor an elder brother but a gracious neighbour that delivers on its commitment.

May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015

Land Boundary Agreement and Bangladesh-India relations

The people living in the enclaves had no clear identity so far. They enjoyed none of the basic amenities and facilities such as schools, hospitals, etc.

March 31, 2015
March 31, 2015

Govt okays 600MW Indian power import

Government approves of importing additional 600MW power from neighbouring India at a cost of about Tk 1,600 crore via the electricity interconnectivity grid.

February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015

Indian foreign secy to visit Bangladesh Mar 2

India’s Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will visit Bangladesh on March 2, as part of his Saarc touraimed at restarting New Delhi’s neighbourhood outreach diplomacy

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