INDIA BANGLADESH BORDER

India sees Bangladesh as a "close and valued neighbour" with rapidly growing capabilities. For India, Bangladesh is the converging point of its "Neighbourhood First" and "Act East" policies besides the SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Regio...

India is presumed to have a reservation over China's involvement in a major project near its strategic Siliguri Corridor, also known as the Chicken's Neck, while Bangladesh's foreign ministry earlier said Dhaka would "take into cognizance the geopol...

Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina announced plans to enhance regional connectivity at a summit on Saturday. The initiative aims to link the Himalayan states of Bhutan and Nepal with Bangladesh for improved business and investment oppor...

A major focus of the talks between the two prime ministers was to explore ways to shore up India-Bangladesh cooperation in digital and energy connectivity even as both sides resolved to work towards peaceful management of borders between the two cou...

India and Bangladesh have reaffirmed their commitment to a free, open, and rules-based Indo-Pacific region. They will co-lead the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management pillar of the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI). The joint statement from Pr...

India and Bangladesh signed 10 MoUs during the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi. The leaders endorsed a vision statement on peace and prosperity, renewing longstanding ties. The t...

India and Bangladesh exchanged MoUs and Agreements in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, at Hyderabad House in Delhi on Saturday. After signing MoUs, PM Modi and his counterpart Hasina issued a joint statem...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held extensive talks with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to strengthen cooperation in trade, connectivity, and energy. The two leaders have met ten times since 2019, making unprecedented transformations in thei...

Newly-appointed Minister of State (MoS) Kirtivardhan Singh welcomed the visiting Bangladesh PM at the airport. This visit will give a "major boost" to India-Bangladesh ties, Official Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Randhir Jaiswal ...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Private Industry and Investment Adviser, Salman F Rehman, emphasized expanding economic cooperation with India to strengthen bilateral ties. During Hasina's two-day state visit to India, Rehman highlighted i...

PM Hasina arrived in India earlier today on a State visit from June 21 to 22 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Following the meeting, Jaishankar said that the Bangladesh PM's State visit highlights "close and abiding ties" between t...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit New Delhi for a summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 21-22. The meeting is expected to focus on defence partnership, with both sides prioritizing cross-border connectivity i...

After resuming his role as India's External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar emphasized the country's focus on resolving remaining border disputes with China amid ongoing tensions in eastern Ladakh. He also reiterated efforts to address cross-border ...

BSF officials said that during routine patrolling at Kalamchera along the India-Bangladesh border, the Indian border guards challenged a group of men, who were trying to smuggle goods from the Indian side, but did not pay any heed and instead, got a...

India is inviting heads of state and government from Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mauritius, and the Seychelles to the swearing-in ceremony of the next Narendra Modi government on June 9. The focus is on the western and southern Indian Ocean (IOR), where In...

Passenger movement through the Maitri Setu, linking India and Bangladesh in South Tripura district, is set to begin by September this year, as confirmed by a senior government official. The bridge, inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Mo...

India is looking to operate the Mongla Port in Bangladesh and build a new terminal, aiming to counterbalance China's strategic presence in the region. PM Modi is expected to discuss this with PM Hasina, who plans to visit India soon. This move would...

A Border Security Force (BSF) constable was assaulted by Bangladeshi miscreants while on duty at the India-Bangladesh International Border in West Tripura. The incident occurred when a large group of miscreants crossed the border illegally and gathe...

India has offered its support to construct a reservoir on the cross-border Teesta River in Bangladesh, Foreign Minister Hassan Mahmud said on Thursday, after visiting Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra met him and called on Prime Minister Sheikh H...