Ex-foreign minister Mohd Hasan Mahmud & ex-IT minister Junaid Ahmed Palak were stopped at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Palak is reported to have tried to flee to Delhi.
While Hasina has a valid visa, indications are that the UK, which has called for a UN-led probe into the violence in Bangladesh, is not willing to give her asylum or temporary refuge.
Political reporter Rizwan Shehzad called the stifling of dissent under Sheikh Hasina ‘a ticking time bomb’, while columnist Uzair M Younus called Bangladesh’s Gen Z ‘politically engaged and tech-savvy’.
Khaleda Zia joined hands with Hasina to end military rule in 1990. But since then, their rivalry has defined Bangladesh politics, with the two alternating in power for 31 of past 33 years.
VHP president Alok Kumar says organisation received many 'distress calls' from Bangladesh, asks govt to not turn blind eye, while encouraging it to maintain good ties with neighbour.
Rahul Gandhi asked the external affairs minister about possibility of a foreign hand in Bangladesh crisis, it is learnt. Jaishankar said it was too early to comment on the same.
Giving shelter to Sheikh Hasina 'showed we uphold loyalty to old friends', experts said, adding that India had not burnt bridges with Bangladesh’s opposition either.
Bharat Climate Forum 2026 was convened as India faces a dual challenge: to meet ambitious climate goals while accelerating industrialisation, job creation and resilient development.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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