Photo/ministryof external affairs NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a meeting with the chief advisor to Bangladesh’s interim government, Muhammad Yunus, as both leaders discussed bilateral relations between the two nations. The meeting was held on the sidelines of Bimstec (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit, for…
Nepal’s PM KP Sharma Oli, PM Modi and Bangladesh chief advisor Muhammad Yunus (L to R) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus were spotted together at the BIMSTEC dinner table, sitting next to each other, amid the deteriorating ties between the two countries since the ouster of Prime Minister…
Despite persistent calls for steps to protect the rights of minorities, Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of Bangladesh has not acknowledged the “systematic persecution of minorities” and has sought to downplay the scale and nature of violence against Hindus across the country since the regime change in August 2024, foreign secretary Vikram Misri told a key…
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has reportedly informed a parliamentary panel that Bangladesh government has refused to recognise the systematic victimisation of minorities and has attempted to minimise the scale of violence against Hindus following Sheikh Hasina’s government’s departure, according to sources quoted by news agency PTI.During a presentation to the Standing…
DHAKA: A fresh controversy convulsed Bangladesh on Friday after the National Citizen Party (NCP), launched by Nahid Islam – man who led the anti-Sheikh Hasina movement – alleged that efforts are being made by the “army” to relaunch the Awami League under a new name, “Refined Awami League“, as part of an India-sponsored conspiracy. The…
A senior Awami League leader on Wednesday claimed that Sheikh Hasina will soon return to Bangladesh as its prime minister. Rabbi Alam, who is a close aide to Hasina, also thanked India for providing a safe space for the ousted PM.“Sheikh Hasina is coming back as the prime minister. The young generation has made a…
S Jaishankar (File photo) Foreign minister S Jaishankar met Bangladesh foreign adviser Touhid Hossain on the sidelines of Indian Ocean Conference in Muscat on Sunday amid tense bilateral ties over the presence of ousted ex-PM Sheikh Hasina in India since last August.While Jaishankar said the conversation was focused on the bilateral relationship and cooperation under…
DHAKA: Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma Sunday said both nations are important stakeholders in “peace and development” of Bay of Bengal, and collaboration between the two is vital to address shared challenges of environmental sustainability & climate change.India’s partnership with Bangladesh must benefit people on both sides, he said. “As a neighbour with…
DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to receive its first consignment of rice imported from India since the formation of the new interim govt even as it looks to be drawing closer to Pakistan than to its immediate neighbour India, which stood beside Bangladesh in 1971 through shared sacrifices.Bangladesh had witnessed ships coming from Karachi twice in…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar, while responding to supplementaries of members during question hour in Lok Sabha on Friday, said Indian security forces would be going to all patrolling points in Depsang in Ladakh and also to the eastward limit which have historically been India’s patrolling limit. “Those disengagement agreements (with China) also…
