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Monday, September 29, 2025
TopicIndia-Bangladesh

Topic: India-Bangladesh

What Bangladesh’s ban on yarn imports via land ports could mean for Indian exporters

Trade data shows India exported cotton yarn valued at $3.57 billion in 2024, and Bangladesh was the largest recipient, accounting for about 45.9% of India's total cotton yarn exports.

India with ‘landlocked’ Northeast cancels Bangladesh’s transshipment pass citing ‘congestion’

Transshipment facility for Bangladesh was cancelled by India Tuesday after nearly five years of operation; move comes days after Modi-Yunus meet in Bangkok.

At meeting with Yunus, Modi raises safety of Hindus in Bangladesh, says vitiating rhetoric best avoided

The leaders met on sidelines of BIMSTEC summit. Yunus last week provoked New Delhi with statement that Bangladesh ‘only guardian’ of ocean in region as India’s Northeast ‘landlocked’.

‘Break up Bangladesh,’ says Pradyot joining Sarma, Sanyal in slamming Yunus for ‘landlocked’ remarks

Reacting to Bangladesh chief adviser Yunus's remarks on Northeast, BJP ally Pradyot says Chittagong hill tracts were always inhabited by indigenous tribes which wanted to be part of India.

Bangladesh & ‘reliable friend’ China agree to negotiate FTA as Yunus meets Xi in Beijing

Yunus on his 1st bilateral visit to China, breaking with tradition of visiting India first. New Delhi-Dhaka ties have been tense since the ousting of Hasina's govt last year.

Pakistan wants Bangladesh on its side, but history and prejudice stand in the way

The subcontinent's geopolitics is one of history completing a full circle—Muslim-majority Bangladesh, which parted ways from Pakistan, now finds itself uneasy with a Hindu-majority India.

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.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.