NEW DELHI/DHAKA: In what is likely to further aggravate India-Bangladesh tensions, Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman’s adviser Zahed ur Rahman flew out of Delhi airport in a huff, after a dispute with immigration authorities who held him for “verification” because of his controversial statements about India in the past.While Zahed exited taking a flight to Colombo…
The deepening defence pact between Bangladesh and Türkiye is emerging as the clearest indicator of Bangladesh’s recalibrated foreign policy in the post-Sheikh Hasina era. A high-profile visit to Dhaka by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan this weekend culminated in an agreement to establish joint committees on defence and foreign affairs, alongside institutionalising regular “two-plus-two” consultations….
Former Bangladesh President Zia-ur-Rahman DHAKA: India on Saturday recalled the historic radio broadcast of former Bangladesh President Zia-ur-Rahman, in which he, invoking Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, proclaimed the country’s independence and called upon the people to resist the Pakistan army amid a military crackdown marked by widespread killings and mass atrocities.On the occasion of Zia’s…
The results of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election indicate a structural shift in India’s eastern politics with consequences that extend directly into Bangladesh. The BJP has won 206 seats in a 294-member Assembly, while the All India Trinamool Congress has been reduced to a diminished opposition with just 81 seats. The thing that appears…
