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Bangladesh's growing closeness with Pakistan: Implications for India (IANS Analysis)

New Delhi, Feb 2: The recent visit of four high-ranking ISI officials, including Director General of Analysis Maj Gen Shahid Amin Afsar, to Dhaka on January 21 marks a significant shift in Bangladesh-Pakistan relations. The two nations, historically estranged since the brutal 1971 Liberation War—wherein Pakistani forces are accused of massacring nearly three million people and violating 2,00,000 Bengali women—are now demonstrating signs of rapprochement.

Bangladesh : Awami League calls for general strike, blockade

Dhaka, January 29: Bangladesh's Awami League has announced a series of political programs, including a general strike and a nationwide blockade, in protest against what it describes as "false cases" against Sheikh Hasina and the ongoing persecution of religious minorities in the country.

India and Bangladesh need revitalised regional co-operation

New Delhi, Jan 11: The future of regional cooperation in South Asia is currently at a pivotal juncture, shaped by its historical context. While initiatives such as the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) have largely failed to achieve the anticipated pan-regional free trade, another important forum, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), risks facing a similar fate unless significant intervention occurs from its largest member states, namely India and Bangladesh.

The overlooked atrocities and EU's failure to act

New Delhi, Jan 6: On 31 October 2024, the EU-Bangladesh Sub-group on Good Governance and Human Rights met in Dhaka to discuss cooperation in strengthening human rights, good governance, and ongoing reforms under Bangladesh's interim government.