INDIA BANGLADESH TIES

India and Bangladesh have strengthened their defence ties through a new deal signed after Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's visit to India. The Bangladesh Navy contracted India's Garden Reach Shipbuilding and Engineers (GRSE) for an 800-tonne oceangoing...

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...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has sent a special gift to the Honorable Chief Minister of Tripura Manik Saha. Fire Secretary and Assistant High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Agartala Md Rezaul Haque Chowdhury on June 27, hailed the good ti...

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 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 strengthened defense ties, signing agreements to enhance cooperation in maritime security, ocean economy, space, and telecommunication sectors. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Bangladesh's inclusion in the Indo-Pacific Oce...

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...

India and Bangladesh have agreed to begin negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced after talks with Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina. Modi emphasized that Bangladesh is India's largest dev...

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...

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...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning a trip to Bangladesh to maintain India's preeminent position in South Asia. Plans are afoot for a trip by Modi to Dhaka following an invite extended by Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. Cross-border connectivity, ...

Union Minister S Jaishankar engaged in bilateral meetings with leaders from Maldives, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony. Jaishankar expressed optimism for closer cooperation with Maldives, praise...

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...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasizes on boosting India's military preparedness and clout, focusing on expanding defense production and exports to counter China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region.

India is interested in financing Bangladesh's Teesta economic zone project, a dredging and development project aimed at turning the Teesta river belt into a zone of economic activity. India's interest was expressed during a meeting between Banglades...

In the first official visit of a high-level official to Bangladesh after the formation of the new government in January 2024 here, Kwatra also met Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud and his counterpart Masud Bin Momen.