PM's India Visit and Opposition's Unwarranted Criticism

Pranab Kumar Panday:  The visit of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India has been the subject of many conversations over the last few days. While the ruling party takes the PM's trip seriously, the opposition still seeks to discredit it. Experts agree that the bilateral negotiations between India and Bangladesh's heads of gover...

Why BNP’s tirade against PM Hasina’s India visit sounds hollow

Sukharanjan Dasgupta: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed that PM Sheikh Hasina is "unable to deal with India". Bangladesh's Islamist opposition too seems to be on an overdrive to belittle Hasina whenever she is on a visit to India. But these high-pitch allegations ring hollow. Let's ask Mirza Fakhrul what his party ...

Bangladesh, India to work towards zero deaths at border

Bangladesh and India have agreed to work towards ensuring zero deaths at the border, according to a joint statement. The two nations also expressed satisfaction that the number of incidents at the border has gone down significantly, according to a joint statement released today (September 7, 2022) after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held compreh...

Joint Statement of Bangladesh and India: Agreement to strengthen cooperation in connectivity, food security, energy, trade, rivers, water management, cyber-security and climate change

Bangladesh and India have agreed to further strengthen cooperation in the areas of connectivity, food security, energy, trade, common rivers, water management, cyber-security, and climate change. According to a joint statement issued by the neighbouring countries on Wednesday, Bangladesh sought a "predictable supply" of food items, growth in bi...

Bangladesh-India relations go far beyond strategic partnership: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the relationship between Bangladesh and India goes far beyond strategic partnership and has further strengthened during the last decade. "Having forged a strong partnership over the last 50 years, both countries are working on an increasingly wide range of sectoral collaboration," she said. Mentioning th...

Bangladesh has the most liberal investment regime in the region: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called Bangladesh the most liberal nation for investment, urging Indian investors to invest largely in her country's infrastructure, manufacturing, energy and transport sectors. "I would urge Indian investors to consider possible investments in infrastructure projects, manufacturing, in energy and transport secto...

Bangladesh and India Relations: Awami League is the only government to collect Bangladesh's fair share

The Awami League never compromises when it comes to demanding and collecting the country's fair share, despite India's historical debt to the Bengali nation for its role in the Liberation War. The Awami League-led government has managed to maintain friendly relations with neighbouring India while obtaining fair shares. It was once again the Awam...

Bangladesh, India sign 7 MoUs including water sharing of Kushiyara river

Bangladesh and India on Tuesday signed seven Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) demonstrating cooperation in a number of areas including water sharing of the Kushiyara River. One of the signed MoUs is the withdrawal of 153 cusec water from the Kushiyara River by Bangladesh under the upper Surma-Kushiyara project, Sylhet via Rahimpur Another Mo...

Statement of Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the Press Briefing

Statement of Hon’ble Prime Minister H. E. Sheikh Hasinafor the Press Briefing Hyderabad House, New Delhi06 September 2022 Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi,Members of the Cabinet from Bangladesh and India,Dear Friends from the Press and Media,Ladies and Gentlemen, Assalamualaikum, Namashkar and Good Afternoon! Thank...

India Bangladesh bilateral relations are known to be role model for neighborhood diplomacy: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called bilateral relations between Bangladesh-India role model for neighbourhood diplomacy, hoping all the outstanding issues, including Teesta Water Sharing Treaty, will be resolved soon likewise many issues solved in the spirit of friendship and cooperation. "I reiterated that India is the most importan...

India, Bangladesh should work together for better lives of people: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised on furthering India-Bangladesh relations and said that any problem can be solved with friendship. Hasina spoke at a reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on the second day of her visit to India. “India is our friend. Whenever I come here, it’s a pleasure for me, especially beca...