On July 26, PM Sheikh Hasina returned to Dhaka after her 3-day trip to Rome. She attended the United Nations Food Systems Summit along with some 2,000 participants from over 160 countries, including over 20 heads of state. The PM delivered a speech where she presented 5 proposals to the UN for transforming food systems […]
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went hysterical on the parliament floor on April 10, 2023. She perhaps sensed that the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called her foreign minister A K Momen to Washington on April 10 to insist on fairness and credibility in the election to be held in December 2023 or January 2024. […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Russia visit is closely watched by the international community. While much of the attention, especially for the West, is focused on China’s position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Xi’s primary mission is to further strengthen China’s ties with Russia. To China, this direction is likely to remain unchanged in the foreseeable future […]
Iran and Saudi Arabia are two of the most influential and rival countries in the Middle East. These two rivals have been engaged in a power struggle to establish their dominance in the region, and their rivalry has had far-reaching consequences not only in the region but also on the global stage. Recently, Riyadh and […]
After a two-day shutdown, firing has resumed in Myanmar across the Ghumdhum border in Bandarban’s Naikshyongchari upazila in Bangladesh since Tuesday (September 6) morning. Artillery and mortar shells are being fired intermittently. According to media reports, for 23 consecutive days till last Saturday (September 3), fierce fighting between Myanmar security forces and the Arakan Army […]
As a neighboring state and liberation wartime ally, Bangladesh considers its relationship with India to be inscribed in blood and difficult to break. To the same extent, Bangladesh is one of the most strategically required friends of India, given the geopolitical environment in this vicinity. Bangladesh has extensively emphasized multimodal connectivity schemes at bilateral, regional […]
Türkiye’s seemingly fractious relationship with Russia, which contains elements of both cooperation and conflict simultaneously, seems to be keeping many flabbergasted. As the human mind cannot stand contradictions, it tends to concentrate on one side of a given inconsistency in order to better make sense of things by simplifying them. The recent reactions to Ankara’s […]
Since the beginning of the Ukraine invasion by Russia to the arrival of the delegation lead by Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, the One China Principle seems to get a buzz on Taiwan and US-China diplomatic relations. Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island located near the south-east coast of mainland […]
During her 15-year autocratic rule, Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, never so openly exposed her pro-India identity as she did recently. Two associates of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made derogatory comments against the personal life of Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him), which obviously angered the Muslims community globally. There was obvious […]
The world is fast changing. International relations has become much more complex and multidimensional than any time in history. There has been a power transition process in place at regional and global levels over the past two decades. Bangladesh and its neighboring region have witnessed fundamental shifts in strategic and foreign policy priorities of regional […]