India and Pakistan have enormous social capital and the economic potential to develop themselves and make their mark in South Asia and the world. Yet their perpetual conflict over Kashmir, which has led to many wars, continues to keep them and the region mired in poverty and calamity. In 1998, this conflict assumed a nuclear […]
In March 2014, Malé decided to close its High Commission in Dhaka because of the reduction in the annual budget. At that time, Dhaka offered to pay the rent for the Maldives’ embassy office and bear other local official expenditures. Though the Maldives politely rejected this offer, this implies the closeness and depth of the […]
The name “Bay of Bengal” is a matter of pride for Bengalis! Large cities like Madras (Chennai), Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar. etc. in all areas or states in India are located on the shores of the Bay of Bengal. However, the bay is not named after them. It was named after Bengal. In the middle of Myanmar, […]
Bangladesh is a Southeast Asian country geographically but South Asian culturally. Myanmar and Bangladesh are bordering countries, just like Thailand and Myanmar are neighboring countries. There are close historical and geographical ties among Myanmar, Thailand, and Bangladesh. Trilateral relations amongst these countries has been good. The three states could benefit hugely from Myanmar-Bangladesh ties. However, […]
Nepal and Bangladesh can work together on the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees. Nepal can play role in resolving the Rohingya crisis as a regional country because the Rohingya refugee crisis is a regional problem for both South Asia and Southeast Asia. Nepal and Bangladesh are two of South Asia’s closest friends and peace-loving neighbors, […]
Self-proclaimed as the world’s largest democracy, India has no respect for the rights of its neighbors. It knows only how to take from others and does not know the meaning of giving to others. India has been deceiving Bangladesh for many years by not signing its promised Teesta water-sharing agreement with Bangladesh since 1983. India […]
The Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui’s recent meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was comprehensively covered in the media. It only shows the strategic significance of the meeting. The meeting has messages for the region, including some ominous signs for India, as it has the potential to change the entire regional […]
The martyred former President of Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman dreamt of the idea of forming a strong and viable forum comprising of the South Asian countries to secure their sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and economic prosperity by promoting cooperation in all sectors. All the countries, including India, welcomed President Zia’s proposal. But India virtually undertook a dilly-dally […]
Bangladesh seems to have denied its entrance to the four-nation military alliance, the QUAD ( The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue), consisting of the U. S., Japan, Australia, and India. These four countries have, since 2007, been aiming China and have separately conducted naval exercises in the South China Sea, and the Indo-Pacific region. The Quad is purely […]
Soon after Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began viewing the new government in Tehran as a grave threat. The ideology promoted across the Middle East by the Islamic Republic scared the Al Saud royals who had witnessed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini lead a popular revolution under the banner of Islam that […]