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Can Prime Minister Tarique Rahman Overcome Past Obstacles to Reset Bangladesh-India Relations?
Prerana Priyadarshi. · 03 Mar, 2026 · #5905 · Commentary
As Bangladesh prepares for its political transition under the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman, following nearly eighteen months of being led by an unelected interim government, early signs point to a po ...
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Special Commentary
Managing Displacement: A Critical Examination of Bangladesh and the Rohingya
Fiona Raval. · 28 Apr, 2025 · #5889 · Commentary
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited Bangladesh from 13-16 March to address the ongoing Rohingya crisis. The Secretary-General shares Dhaka’s concerns about the severity of the issue and its far-reaching implications for the refugees and ...
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Rohingya Repatriation: Caught between State Failure and Armed Resistance
Krishna Kumar Saha. · 07 Jun, 2023 · #5852 · Commentary
Bangladesh and Myanmar have recently
initiated a repatriation programme
to return Rohingya refugees to their homeland—of whom over a million live in
overcrowded camps in Bangladesh. These initiatives have drawn support from
other countries in t ...
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In Context: India’s Renewed IOR Outreach
Dr. Sripathi Narayanan. · 17 Dec, 2020 · #5746 · Commentary
The simultaneous November 2020 visits by India’s
External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishakar and National Security Advisor
(NSA) Ajit Doval to island-states in the
Indian Ocean Region (IOR) took place in the backdrop of the recently-concluded ...
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Maritime Matters
Bangladesh Boosts Bay of Bengal Blue Economy
Vijay Sakhuja. · 01 Dec, 2020 · #5744 · Commentary
The stage is set for the development of
the deep
sea Matarbari Port Development Project (MPDP) in Bangladesh. The Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to provide
US$ 25.4 million in financial assistance for the project and a J ...
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Neighbourhood First Series
Bangladesh: Foreign Policy and Public Opinion on the Delhi-Dhaka Relationship
Shahab Enam Khan. · 15 Sep, 2020 · #5725 · Commentary
Indian media analysis of Bangladesh-India
relations tends to be hyperbolic, reductive, and misleading. Such coverage
usually dilutes its complexity and sets an unrealistic bar for the
relationship. What the Indian public remains deprived of as a r ...
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Neighbourhood First Series
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla's Visit and India-Bangladesh Relations
Smruti Pattanaik. · 15 Sep, 2020 · #5724 · Commentary
India and Bangladesh share a very
close relationship. India played an important role in Bangladesh's liberation,
and hosted 10 million refugees who escaped Pakistani brutality and took refuge
in India. The relationship is based on strong people-to ...
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Bangladesh’s Response to COVID-19
Alok Kumar Gupta. · 08 May, 2020 · #5685 · Commentary
Bangladesh’s healthcare infrastructure
has in large part developed as a result of the country’s continued exposure to
disasters as well as in pursuit of MDG4 goals. As with countries across the
world, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe med ...
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Transboundary River Management
India-Bangladesh Basin-wide Management: An Ecological Approach for Economic Growth
Joost Fidder. · 25 Nov, 2019 · #5633 · Commentary
On 5 October
2019, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, visited India to engage
with India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on a range of topics, including
boosting land, water and air connectivity. The Joint Statement issued post th ...
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Special Commentary
Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings and the Need for a Regional Counter-Terror Strategy
AS Lamba. · 19 Jul, 2019 · #5603 · Commentary
On 21 April 2019, Sri Lanka witnessed
its largest terrorist attack since the end of its brutal 26-year civil war.
These Islamic State (IS) attacks targeted Easter celebrations and luxury hotels
in Colombo, killing Sri Lankan and foreign nationals. ...
