President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday urged India to take more effective steps in persuading Myanmar to take the Rohingyas back home from Bangladesh for resolving the issue. The president made the call when Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma met him at Bangabhaban. Verma became the first foreign envoy
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Indo-Bangla trade using rupee lieu of USD start soon
Bangladesh could soon start trading with India using rupee instead of US dollar, trial for which has been done by Bangladesh Bank recently. The ministry of commerce has placed a written recommendation at the last cabinet meeting regarding the possibility and opportunity of using rupee instead of dollar. Currently Bangladesh exports goods
Ukraine War Casts Shadow Over India’s Ambitions
Why the movement against Rampal plant in Bangladesh failed
Five years after a people’s movement to stop a power plant near the Sundarban, Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government has pushed the project through. Why did this movement fail where others in Bangladesh have succeeded? On 17 December 2022, the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project within the Khulna division, Bangladesh’s third-largest
India urges G-20 ministers to look beyond East-West crisis
Top diplomats from the world's major industrialized and developing nations on Thursday opened what are expected to be contentious talks dominated by Russia's war in Ukraine and China's moves to boost its global influence. Host India appealed for all members of the fractured Group of 20 to reach consensus on issues
No breakthrough in India-Pakistan ties
In December 2021, Pakistan’s first-ever National Security Policy (NSP) understandably hit the headlines in India, which was mentioned more than any other nation in it—at least 16 times. The 62-page document prepared after what was described as a seven-year ‘strategic thought’ referred to a policy of peace at home and abroad.
India’s G-20 Presidency and Opportunities for Bangladesh
The G-20 is the premier global forum for dialogue and cooperation on global economic and financial issues. It is over two decades old and holds the attention of experts and students alike for its intricate interaction between the geoeconomics and geopolitics of the contemporary world. India holds the presidency of
Why India’s crackdown on BBC has left foreign correspondents anxious
Dhaka wants Delhi to remove all tariff, non-tariff barriers
Bangladesh has expressed satisfaction with increasing trade with India and emphasised removing all tariff and non-tariff barriers to reduce the trade deficit. At the foreign office consultation (FOC) Wednesday, Bangladesh sought India's cooperation in resolving the pending issues, especially, concluding water-sharing treaties, including Teesta.Bangladesh also emphasised maintaining a predictable flow
Rising seas appear as ‘death sentence’ for some nations: UN chief names Bangladesh, China, India in particular
The United Nations chief warned Tuesday that global sea levels have risen faster since 1900 and their relentless increase puts countries like Bangladesh, China, India and the Netherlands at risk and acutely endangers nearly 900 million people living in low-lying coastal areas.In a grim speech to the Security Council's first-ever