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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicIndia-Bangladesh

Topic: India-Bangladesh

India, Bangladesh hold coordinated naval exercises in Bay of Bengal amid strained diplomatic ties

The 2025 Bongosagar exercise, which has been held annually since 2019, involved the participation of Indian Navy’s INS Ranvir and Bangladesh Navy’s BNS Abu Ubaidah.

Jaishankar says attacks on minorities in Bangladesh ‘impact’ Indian thinking, urges clarity in ties

EAM says Dhaka cannot expect normal relations with New Delhi while blaming India for its domestic issues, adds govt is looking into USAID activities in India.

‘Do not normalise terrorism’ by backing Pakistan, Jaishankar told Bangladeshi counterpart last week

Bangladeshi Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain sought Jaishankar’s support to revive SAARC last weekend. India boycotted a SAARC summit in Pakistan after 2016 Uri terrorist attack.

Modi and Yunus likely to meet in April in Bangkok on sidelines of BIMSTEC summit

The two leaders are yet to come face to face, while Jaishankar has twice met his Bangladesh counterpart amid fraying ties; other mechanisms like border talks have continued.

India-Bangladesh border friendship is under strain

The Bangladesh Home Adviser’s statement and BGB’s aggression toward BSF is problematic. It can disturb the equilibrium and cause innumerable problems for border residents.

Dhaka brings up renewal of Ganges Water Treaty during Jaishankar-Hossain meet in Muscat

Jaishankar met with his Bangladeshi counterpart on margins of Indian Ocean Conference in Muscat. This was their second meeting, following the first in New York City last year.

2 caste surveys in a decade, yet questions persist over Backward Castes in Revanth Reddy’s Telangana

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Yunus govt reacts to Hasina speech, urges India not to aid actions fuelling instability in Bangladesh

The interim govt condemns the demolition of Sheikh Mujibur’s residence, while accusing Hasina of insulting those involved in the ‘July Uprising’, saying that her remarks led to the protests.

JLF panelists unpack why Bangladesh is so suspicious of India when both ‘destined to work together’

At panel discussion called ‘Bangladesh: Ei Dike Oie Dike: This Side, That Side’, former high commissioner of India to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakraborty said nuanced diplomacy is key.

Bangladesh foreign secy meets Indian envoy, expresses concern over killing of citizen, fencing by BSF

According to a press note issued by Bangladesh's foreign ministry, a civilian was killed by the BSF at the border in Sunamganj last Wednesday.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.