India Bangladesh Ties: India, Dhaka should address sensitive issues with sincerity, candour: Envoy | India News – The Times of India

India Bangladesh Ties: India, Dhaka should address sensitive issues with sincerity, candour: Envoy | India News – The Times of India

Difficult and sensitive issues in the relationship ought to be addressed forthright in all sincerity and candour, be in trade, security or sharing natural resources, said Bangladesh high commissioner Riaz Hamidullah on Thursday. Speaking on Bangladesh’s 56th independence and national day, Hamidullah said that the future of the 2 countries rests firmly on the people’s…

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Eid diplomacy: Bangladesh PM Rahman seeks stronger ties in letter to PM Modi | India News – The Times of India

Eid diplomacy: Bangladesh PM Rahman seeks stronger ties in letter to PM Modi | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Tarique Rahman indulged in some Eid diplomacy this week, with Rahman expressing hope in a letter to Modi on Friday that this blessed occasion would further strengthen the longstanding bonds of friendship and people-to-people ties between the two countries.Rahman told Modi that Eid-ul-Fitr is a…

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In bid to reset ties, Bangladesh envoy calls on EAM Jaishanakar, commerce minister Piyush Goyal | India News – The Times of India

In bid to reset ties, Bangladesh envoy calls on EAM Jaishanakar, commerce minister Piyush Goyal | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: As India and Bangladesh look to work towards a pragmatic reset in ties, Bangladesh high commissioner Riaz Hamidullah Friday called on external affairs minister S Jaishankar and also commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal.Jaishankar said that the conversation with Hamidullah was focused on advancing bilateral ties. In a social media post about the…

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PM Modi won’t go for Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in as it clashes with Macron meet in Mumbai | India News – The Times of India

PM Modi won’t go for Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in as it clashes with Macron meet in Mumbai | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected govt of Bangladesh led by Tarique Rahman, chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), in Dhaka on Feb 17. Foreign secretary Vikram Misri will accompany him, according to official sources.BNP had invited PM Narendra Modi for the oath…

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‘New chapter’ ahead: Bangladesh envoy on EAM’s Dhaka visit; signals positive tone for bilateral ties | India News – The Times of India

‘New chapter’ ahead: Bangladesh envoy on EAM’s Dhaka visit; signals positive tone for bilateral ties | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah on Wednesday said external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Dhaka would help India and Bangladesh script a new chapter in bilateral ties, guided by shared interests, pragmatism and mutual interdependence.In a post on X, Hamidullah wrote, “As Hon External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar left…

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Evening news wrap: Bangladesh may consider ‘scaling back’ presence in New Delhi; suspended TMC MLA floats own party and more | India News – The Times of India

Evening news wrap: Bangladesh may consider ‘scaling back’ presence in New Delhi; suspended TMC MLA floats own party and more | India News – The Times of India

Bangladesh high commission; Humayun Kabir Bangladesh has said it may consider “scaling back” presence at its New Delhi embassy, with foreign affairs adviser Touhid Hossain’s statement coming amid steadily worsening ties with India. In domestic politics, Trinamool Congress MLA and former IPS officer Humayun Kabir—recently suspended for laying the “foundation stone” of a Babri-style mosque—has…

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‘India will teach them lesson’: Assam CM slams Bangladesh leader; remark on NE states in focus | India News – The Times of India

‘India will teach them lesson’: Assam CM slams Bangladesh leader; remark on NE states in focus | India News – The Times of India

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma (File photo) NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday warned that India would not remain silent and teach a “lesson” if politicians in Bangladesh continued to make remarks about India’s northeastern region.His comments came a day after Hasnat Abdullah, a senior leader of the newly formed National…

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Delhi-Dhaka diplomatic row: Deaths of 3 Bangladeshis in Tripura sparks tiff; MEA refutes allegations by Yunus government | India News – The Times of India

Delhi-Dhaka diplomatic row: Deaths of 3 Bangladeshis in Tripura sparks tiff; MEA refutes allegations by Yunus government | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: A diplomatic row erupted between India and Bangladesh on Friday as the two nations pointed fingers at each other over the killing of three Bangladeshis in Tripura on October 15.After Dhaka lodged a “strong” protest, condemning the “brutal beating and killing”, the ministry of external affairs responded saying that three “smugglers” attacked local…

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