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April 2025
How India Alienated Bangladesh
In June 2017, Indian and Chinese troops stared each other down on the windswept Doklam plateau in Bhutan, beginning a standoff that lasted for 73 days. The trigger was a Chinese road construction project that came perilously close to India’s vulnerable Siliguri Corridor—sandwiched between Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal—and brought home a chilling reality: The fate of India’s northeast could hinge on this sliver of land and the goodwill of its neighbours.Sushant Singh

Institutionalizing locally led adaptation across sectors in Bangladesh
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) in partnership with the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) and the Centre for Participatory Research and Development (CPRD), and with support from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the Government of UK is collaborating with BPATC to develop a comprehensive course module on “Institutionalizing Locally Led Adaptation across sectors in Bangladesh”. The module is being designed for embedding within BPATC’s core training programs for government officials.