India says floods in Bangladesh primarily caused due to large catchments downstream of Dumboor dam. ‘Still, we have tried to maintain communication through other means,’ says MEA.
Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, member of BNP’s International Affairs Committee, adds for India-Bangladesh ties to prosper, ‘bogeyman narratives of hopelessness without Hasina have to stop’.
Indians are conditioned to think of Bangladesh as battleground for 2 diametrically opposed ideologies. But, Daud's story shows that things were & are considerably more complicated.
The statement, issued on her behalf by her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, describes the recent violence in Bangladesh as 'terrorism' and recalls the 1975 assassination of her father.
In 2017, there was a controversy over the statue of the Lady Justice placed in Bangladesh's Supreme Court. It was removed after religious hardliners objected to it.
The rise of fundamentalist Islamists in the region had become a headache for both India and Bangladesh, with Sheikh Hasina’s government using brute force to target such groups.
Congress expressed concern over reports of targeted attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh & hoped interim govt would ensure they continue to lead their lives with dignity.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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