ViewsWeek Views from around the world
Many in Bangladesh are criticizing the recent unannounced visit of India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to Dhaka. Bangladeshis think India is pressing Dhaka to drift away from China.
September, 2020
July, 2020
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19 July
Remembering Genocide: From Bosnia & Herzegovina to Kashmir
The disunited Muslim countries are responsible for the miseries of the Kashmiri people. The money of the Muslim countries, particularly the Arab countries, even Bangladesh, is used to kill the Muslims of Kashmir, and beyond.
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3 July
Bangladeshi Importers Ban Indian Goods in a Tit-for-Tat Move
Bangladesh has banned imports from India via land route following New Delhi's refusal to allow Bangladeshi trucks bring in goods. Bangladeshi traders complain, the Indian ban is causing them heavy losses.
June, 2020
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27 June
View from Bangladesh: India’s Need for Soul Searching
India’s relations with its South Asian neighbors are on a free fall at present while their own relations with China are on an upward trajectory. The freefall in India’s relations with its South Asian neighbors has come at a time when ironically prime minister Narendra Modi has been pursuing a ‘neighbors first’ policy in his second term; an irony indeed.
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13 June
What is Stoking Nepal-India Tensions?
A full-blown war remains a distant possibility, because India is in no position in the new strategic realities to assert its military muscles against Nepal.
May, 2020
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19 May
Why India Wants to ‘Impose’ a Military Partnership on Bangladesh?
India's heavy investment in Bangladesh may be at risk. A wave of anti-India sentiment is sweeping much of the South Asian country over New Delhi's efforts to win concessions that go beyond the normal and in the realms that many Bangladeshis fear, could compromise their national security.
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19 May
Cyclone Amphan Death Toll Reaches 95 in India, Bangladesh
Amphan has made a landfall, bring along heavy rains and winds unto 100mph. At least seven people are dead.
March, 2020
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29 March
Is it Too Late for Bangladesh to Release its Opposition Leader for Treatment?
Many in Bangladesh and abroad are questioning the timing the country's authoritarian government chose to release the country's opposition leader Begum Khalida Zia. Is the life of Bangladesh's former prime minister in any danger?
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7 March
South Asia’s Water Challenge – Politicization of Water Resources-II
Climate change, Asia’s rapid urbanization and population growth rates are placing increased pressure on scarce water resources.
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1 March
Book Review: Blood Over Different Shades of Green
Revisiting history is often pain-some and requires a clear mind devoid of prejudice, ability to understand both sides of the coin and, above all, a sight that is agenda-less.
