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  • Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India
    Harun ur Rashid.    ·   30 Nov, 2009    ·    #3017    ·    Commentary    
    In Bangladeshi foreign policy, the “India factor” looms large because not only is India a neighbouring country but also because bilateral issues between Bangladesh and India, some of which directly affect the people in Bangladesh, have ...
  • New Beginning for Indo-Bangladesh Ties
    Smruti S Pattanaik.    ·   14 Sep, 2009    ·    #2967    ·    Commentary    
    The recent visit of Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni to India was the first official level after the Awami League (AL) assumed power. The joint statement issued after this visit includes many significant issues, such as, bilateral a ...
  • India, Bangladesh and Tipaimukh Dam
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman.    ·   17 Aug, 2009    ·    #2945    ·    Commentary    
    The Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydroelectric Dam Project which was commissioned by India in the year 2006, has been in the news recently as concerns have been raised by the Bangladesh government as well as civil society and environmental groups both in ...
  • Congress (I) Victory and Relations with Bangladesh
    Harun ur Rashid.    ·   25 May, 2009    ·    #2878    ·    Commentary    
    Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, is only the second Indian leader to win re-election after serving a full five-year term. Even though the election was fought primarily on domestic issues, the result has enormous implications for South Asia. ...
  • Bangladesh-India Maritime Boundary
    Harun ur Rashid.    ·   11 Feb, 2009    ·    #2805    ·    Commentary    
    The Bangladesh-India maritime boundary has been pending since 1974. Since the waters are not delimited in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh cannot explore and exploit certain areas because they are disputed. No foreign company would be willing to explore ...
  • Bangladesh Elections and the Future of Indo-Bangladesh Relations
    Sandeep Bhardwaj.    ·   11 Feb, 2009    ·    #2803    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 21 January 2009 Chair: Maj. Gen. (retd.) Dipankar Banerjee, IPCS  Speaker: Maj. Gen. (retd.) ANM Muniruzzaman, President, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies, Dhaka Dipankar Banerjee  ...
  • Insurgencies, Splits, Terror
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman.    ·   06 Jan, 2009    ·    #2772    ·    Commentary    
    The year 2009 started off with serial blasts in Assam's capital, Guwahati, following one of its worst terror strikes just two months earlier. The present strike was no less significant and held the attention of the country and the national medi ...
  • Awami League's Victory in Bangladesh and Relations with India
    Harun ur Rashid.    ·   05 Jan, 2009    ·    #2771    ·    Commentary    
    The Bangladesh national election on 29 December saw a stunning landslide win by the Awami League(AL)-led grand alliance. It was a fitting reply by an overwhelming majority of people to five years of misrule by the four-party government led by the B ...
  • Islamic Extremism and Bangladesh
    Kazi Anwarul Masud.    ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2724    ·    Commentary    
    The question periodically raised in the minds of the national and international community is whether Bangladesh can become a hub of Islamic extremism. Though the country has secular political parties, the efforts by some to establish Islamic rule o ...
  • Bangladeshi Politics: Rewind the Last Two Years
    Sandeep Bhardwaj.    ·   09 Oct, 2008    ·    #2700    ·    Commentary    
    "Political reforms can't be imposed," was the statement Bangladeshi Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed gave while talking at a press conference at New York, recently. He went on to argue that for a stable democratic politics, reforms ...
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