India-Bangladesh

The risk of flooding in India’s Bihar is intensifying as water levels in the Ganges rise. The pressure has also reached the Farakka Barrage. Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday made an urgent request to West Bengal Chief Minister Shuvendu Adhikari to open all the gates of the Farakka Barrage to control the flooding. He said opening the gates would allow the Ganges water to flow more quickly and help manage the flood situation in Bihar. In a post on X, Samrat Choudhary wrote, “...

Recently, various calculations have been made at home and abroad over the psychological tension and uncertainty in diplomatic circles surrounding the possible visit of Bangladesh’s prime minister to India. In particular, there has been a degree of hesitation over the visit since the invitation to attend the BRICS summit as chair of the regional and multilateral forum BIMSTEC. From our side, there was a natural expectation from the outset that if the prime minister visited India, it should...

Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi held meetings with Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Foreign Minister Dr. Khalilur Rahman and Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed in Dhaka on Sunday and Monday. He later arrived in India yesterday. After reaching Delhi, Trivedi met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. Following more than three important meetings with the prime minister, foreign minister and home minister, Trivedi briefed Modi on the messages he brought from Dhaka. Citi...

Efforts are underway to normalize relations between Delhi and Dhaka. Meanwhile, Parag Jain, chief of India’s external intelligence agency ‘RAW,’ has arrived in Bangladesh on an official visit. He landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on an Air India flight yesterday afternoon. A diplomatic source said Parag Jain is leading a four-member high level delegation during the visit at the invitation of the Bangladeshi authorities. However, neither country has officially disclosed anyth...