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India’s invitation to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to attend a Brics summit in New Delhi in September is being seen as a chance to repair ties after one of the most turbulent periods in relations between the neighbours in years. If Rahman accepts, he will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly for the first time since becoming Bangladesh’s leader after elections in February. Brics is an association of leading emerging national economies whose members include Brazil,...

Bangladesh is "reviewing" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to his counterpart Tarique Rahman to visit India, a senior minister said here on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman made the comments when asked about India's invitation to PM Tarique Rahman to attend the upcoming 18th BRICS Summit in Delhi. "We are currently reviewing it (invitation)," Rahman told reporters after High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi paid a courtesy call on him five weeks after his arrival as the Indian envoy here.

The Chairman of BIMSTEC, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has invited Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarek Rahman to participate in the 'Outreach' session of the BRICS summit to be held in New Delhi in September. What decision has Bangladesh made on this matter? Details in the video...

INDIA’S Gen Z uprising may not have swept away the government as it did in Bangladesh and Nepal , but it has certainly challenged an increasingly repressive system. Led by students and disgruntled youth, the protests — triggered by widespread allegations of leaked exam papers — grew into a mass movement. Demanding justice for the millions of students affected and for the reportedly dozens of suicides linked to the scandal, the protests, unprecedented in their scale, began in New Delhi and quickly spread to many parts of the country.

The state funeral of the supreme spiritual leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been recorded as one of the largest funeral events in recent history. It was notable for its massive scale and political messaging. The Western media were granted rare access to project an image of an indomitable, united regime despite recent military and leadership setbacks.

FRAGRANCE OF IDEAS Last week, the 20th July 2026 belonged to the anarchy and anarchists in India and especially so in the Delhi region. The heart of the Delhi city, comprising the busiest areas in and around Jantar-Mantar, Janpath, Connaught Place, Lutyens New Delhi, Parliament surroundings and even the Prime Minister's residential areas, were targeted specifically. All these were brought into the purview of chaos, violence, stone-pelting, attack on men and women in police uniform, retaliatory police action, damage to police and private vehicles and properties, detentions and petty political battles on roads and in the parliament.

India's youth-led Cockroach movement is demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks, following a surge in protests that have drawn tens of thousands to the capital. The government has requested more time to respond to these demands, as tensions rise amid clashes with police and disruptions in parliament.

Bangladesh's President Mohammed Shahabuddin is reportedly set to resign this Friday, according to three sources. This development follows days after former premier Sheikh Hasina announced her return from exile to surrender.

Thousands of supporters of India’s youth-led “ cockroach ” movement have been protesting since June, demanding the education minister resign over exam paper leaks , in the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term. Activists say the leaks showed widespread corruption, a complaint which has brought crowds onto the streets for years. Following are details of major rallies, triggered by graft and other crimes and causes, over the past two decades.

New Delhi, July 1: Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit on Wednesday assumed charge as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF), succeeding Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor, who retired on June 30 after four decades of service. Commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF on December 6, 1986, Air Marshal Dixit is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College, Bangladesh, and the National Defence College. A highly experienced fighter pilot, he has logged over 3,500 flying hours on a wide range of aircraft, including the Mirage-2000, MiG variants, Jaguar, Hawk, Tejas, An-32, Avro, IL-78, HPT-32 and Kiran.

For decades, Bangladesh’s foreign policy operated on a predictable, singular axis. Under the sixteen-year tenure of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka’s strategic and economic relations were deeply tethered to New Delhi. A flurry of bilateral agreements spanning digital connectivity, transit rights, and maritime security signaled a tight, almost exclusive alignment with Indian interests.

NEW DELHI: Bekas Perdana Menteri Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina yang sedang dalam buruan, berikrar akan pulang ke negaranya pada tahun ini.

Bangladesh’s fugitive former leader Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to her country “this year”, according to an interview published on Sunday, months after she was sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. Hasina, 78, fled to neighbouring India in August 2024 after a student-led uprising ended her 15-year, iron-fisted rule. She has not been seen in public since, except for a rare speech broadcast to a packed press club in New Delhi in January.

Bangladesh on Tuesday termed as "unsatisfactory" New Delhi's explanation involving the hassle of an adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at Indira Gandhi International Airport. "The explanation provided by the Indian side over the incident was not satisfactory," the state-run BSS news agency reported, quoting a foreign ministry spokesperson. He said the incident involving Prime Minister's Adviser for Information and Strategy Zahed Ur Rahman was "unfortunate and regrettable".

While Delhi’s ties with Dhaka are hit by one hiccup after another, Bangladesh's PM Tarique Rahman is set to visit China next week.

When Bangladesh’s newly elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office earlier this year, there was a tentative hint that New Delhi and Dhaka might finally transcend the bitter recriminations that followed ex-leader Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic ouster in a 2024 uprising, from which she fled into exile in India. Early indicators were positive. India’s diplomatic tone […] The post India keeps undermining the Bangladesh reset it claims to want appeared first on Asia Times .

India-Bangladesh border forces review illegal crossings, border security, and trans-border crime during four-day coordination conference in Delhi

Bangladesh and India have agreed to deepen ​cooperation along their shared border with improved intelligence sharing and coordinated patrols, according ‌to a joint statement released on Friday, amid strained relations over alleged undocumented migration. Dhaka has accused Indian authorities of attempting to force migrants across the border without due process, complicating efforts to stabilise ties following the 2024 ousting of Sheikh ​Hasina and India’s broader effort to identify and deport undocumented migrants. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India’s ​Border Security Force (BSF) described the discussions as “cordial, positive and forward-looking”, according to the statement ⁠released at the end of a four-day meeting of top border officials in New Delhi.

New Delhi, Jun 7: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Sunday said that Indian households continue to enjoy some of the lowest cooking gas prices in the world despite a sharp rise in international LPG prices following disruptions in West Asia. According to the ministry, a beneficiary of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) currently pays an effective Rs 642 for a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder after subsidy, while the general consumer in Delhi pays Rs 942. The ministry noted that the actual cost of supplying a cylinder has risen to more thanRs 1,600 due to higher global prices.

New Delhi [India], May 7 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the Indian women’s football team for capturing the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship, saying that it will encourage more youngsters to take up the sport in the coming times. India claimed the SAFF Women’s Championship title after seven years, defeating defending champions Bangladesh 3-1 in a gripping final at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa on Saturday. Posting on X, PM Modi said, “Congratulations to the Indian Women’s Football Team on winning the SAFF Women’s Championship 2026.

Trump expressed optimism about trade relations while criticizing India's tariff rates as excessive. Meanwhile, New Delhi is negotiating preferential market access terms to compete with rival exporters from Vietnam and Bangladesh.

A fire at the Flourish Stays B&B hotel in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar neighborhood killed 21 people on Wednesday. The hotel's owner, Lavkesh Bajaj, is in police custody and was previously arrested last year for allegedly facilitating illegal stays by Bangladeshi nationals using forged Indian identity documents.

For many years, India was a key training ground for many of Bangladesh’s senior officials, as well as a source of support and regional guidance. Now, some are being trained in Pakistan, a symbolic shift that has unsettled New Delhi and offered an early clue to how Dhaka’s new government wants to deal with its neighbours. A delegation of 12 senior Bangladeshi bureaucrats attended an executive training programme at the Civil Services Academy in Lahore from May 4 to May 21, a move analysts said...

Bangladesh's Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed announced that the government has formally requested India to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to face trial, including murder charges related to the July 2024 unrest. Hasina fled to New Delhi in August 2024 after mass protests forced her resignation; India has not yet acted on Bangladesh's extradition request under the bilateral treaty.