Dilip Deodhar, a well-known Nagpur-based RSS researcher, said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have tried to leave their differences behind, and the fall of the Hasina government in Bangladesh had a huge role to play.
"The Sangh had apprised the BJP leadership of its concerns that a regime change that took place in Bangladesh through street protests could also happen in India. Many of the Opposition leaders had spoken after the Bangladesh results that a similar thing was needed in the country. So, the concerns were not unwarranted. Both the Sangh and the BJP know that there are external forces that do not want India to have its own foreign policy."
Things between the BJP government at the Centre and its p...
1st-ever Yunus-Modi in-person meet April 4
Bangladesh Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 4, officials in Dhaka and Delhi confirmed on Wednesday afternoon.
"I can tell you that the meeting will take place," a senior official in Dhaka told the media without elaborating further. Meanwhile, New Delhi also hinted positively about the meeting. "It is expected that they'll meet," a source in New Delhi informed.
Dhaka urges BIMSTEC to finalise FTA
Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin today urged all the BIMSTEC member states to extend their full cooperation to ensure the timely finalization of six fundamental agreements on trade.
“Realisation of the FTA is paramount for our region's collective economic advancement,” he said in the 25th BIMSTEC Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Bangkok, in a press release by the foreign ministry.
The six pendin...
Jashim Uddin is leading a five-member Bangladesh delegation in the SOM.
Bear message of Eid-ul-Fitr in mind: CA
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged the countrymen to bear the message of Eid-ul-Fitr in mind to move the nation forward and establish peace in the country.
“This year’s Eid is very important so that we get closer to each other and minimise our distance, and make the nation and society united. Because getting united this time is crucial and that should be achieved,” he told a view-exchange function.
In his brief address, Prof Yunus said all should bear t...
Modi greets Yunus, Bangladesh people on Eid
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sends the following message to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to wish the people of Bangladesh on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. In his message, he says:
Excellency,
As the blessed month of Ramadan comes to a close, I take this moment to extend warm greetings and felicitations to you and the people of Bangladesh on the joyous occasion of the festival of E...
India eyes strategic gains in Yunus’ China river plan
Bangladesh’s interim government Chief Adviser, Muhammad Yunus, has embarked on a delicate diplomatic effort by urging China to share a 50-year masterplan for managing Bangladesh’s river and water systems. This request follows Beijing’s decision to construct a colossal hydropower dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, a project that has raised significant concerns in both India and Bangladesh.Yunus made this appeal during a meeting with China’s Water Resources Minister, Li Guoying, in Beijing on Friday.
