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Foreign Secretary Arrives In Dhaka To Hold Talks With Interim Government

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Foreign Secretary Arrives In Dhaka To Hold Talks With Interim Government

Dhaka: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrives in Dhaka on Monday morning to discuss bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh, officials said. This is the first high-level official visit after the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus took over in Bangladesh. The visit comes amid recent reports of rise in violence against minorities in Bangladesh and…

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Case lodged against Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, his followers in Bangladesh’s Chittagong

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Case lodged against Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, his followers in Bangladesh’s Chittagong

Activists of Hindu Jagaran Mancha participate in a rally to protest over arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das by the Bangladesh police, in Kolkata, West Bengal, on November 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI A case was lodged on Sunday (December 8, 2024) over a clash between police and followers of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das…

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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri To Visit Bangladesh On Dec 9 Amid Strain In Ties

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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri To Visit Bangladesh On Dec 9 Amid Strain In Ties

New Delhi: India on Friday announced that Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will travel to Bangladesh on Monday, a visit that comes amid increasing strain in ties between New Delhi and Dhaka over attacks on minorities, including Hindus, in the neighbouring country. It will be the first high-level visit from New Delhi to Dhaka after deposed…

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The arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Das in Bangladesh | Explained

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The arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Das in Bangladesh | Explained

The story so far: The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday (November 25, 2024) arrested Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Vaishnavite leader and one-time member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh, prompting protests demandng his release in Dhaka’s Shahbag neighbourhood and Chittagong, where he is based. Clashes have since intensified. On November 26,…

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Dhaka, Islamabad Inch Closer With Historic Sea Link. How It Impacts India

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Dhaka, Islamabad Inch Closer With Historic Sea Link. How It Impacts India

New Delhi: A Pakistani cargo ship docked at Bangladesh’s Chittagong port last week, marking the first-ever direct maritime contact between the two countries in over five decades. The vessel from Karachi has successfully unloaded its containers at Bangladesh’s southeastern coast, port officials told news agency AFP on Sunday, as both sides seek to rebuild ties…

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate new terminal at India-Bangladesh border on October 26 as cargo movement resumes

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate new terminal at India-Bangladesh border on October 26 as cargo movement resumes

Trade resumes through land ports along the India- Bangladesh border. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS As trade resumes through land ports along the Bangladesh border, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is all set to inaugurate a passenger terminal building and a friendship gate at Petrapole in West Bengal on Sunday (October 26, 2024). In an…

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Bangladesh to take necessary steps to extradite deposed PM Sheikh Hasina from India

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Bangladesh to take necessary steps to extradite deposed PM Sheikh Hasina from India

Bangladesh will take necessary steps to extradite deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh will take necessary steps to extradite deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India to try her on charges of mass killings during the student-led mass movement against her government, the newly-appointed chief prosecutor of the country’s International…

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India must engage with all sides in Bangladesh: Top policy analyst

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India must engage with all sides in Bangladesh: Top policy analyst

Major General A.N.M. Muniruzzaman (Retd.). File image: Special Arrangement The current state of relations between India and Bangladesh does not leave space for conventional diplomacy for Indian decision makers, a top policy analyst of Bangladesh has said. In an interview with The Hindu, Major General A.N.M. Muniruzzaman (Retd.), President of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security…

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Watch | Bangladesh protests: The trouble ahead for Hasina government

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Watch | Bangladesh protests: The trouble ahead for Hasina government

Nearly 200 are dead from violent student protests and firing by forces in Bangladesh – is PM Sheikh Hasina, who won elections just a few months ago, losing her grip on gen-next, and will the unrest India’s closest neighbour is grappling with, spill over? But first, Bangladesh is taking a pause from days of brutal…

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