In bid to reset ties, Bangladesh envoy calls on EAM Jaishanakar, commerce minister Piyush Goyal | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As India and Bangladesh look to work towards a pragmatic reset in ties, Bangladesh high commissioner Riaz Hamidullah Friday called on external affairs minister S Jaishankar and also commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal.Jaishankar said that the conversation with Hamidullah was focused on advancing bilateral ties. In a social media post about […]

Foreign secy Vikram Misri holds courtesy meeting with Jamaat chief

[ad_1] Foreign secretary Vikram Misri (File photo) DHAKA: Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Tuesday held a courtesy meeting with Bangladesh’s leader of opposition and chief of the country’s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Shafiqur Rahman.India has had a troubled past with Pakistan-leaning Jamaat-e-Islami which sided with Islamabad during the 1971 War of Liberation. The […]

PM Modi won’t go for Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in as it clashes with Macron meet in Mumbai | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected govt of Bangladesh led by Tarique Rahman, chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), in Dhaka on Feb 17. Foreign secretary Vikram Misri will accompany him, according to official sources.BNP had invited PM Narendra Modi for the […]

‘New chapter’ ahead: Bangladesh envoy on EAM’s Dhaka visit; signals positive tone for bilateral ties | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah on Wednesday said external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Dhaka would help India and Bangladesh script a new chapter in bilateral ties, guided by shared interests, pragmatism and mutual interdependence.In a post on X, Hamidullah wrote, “As Hon External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar […]

PM Modi, Muhammad Yunus may meet in Thailand, says Dhaka | India News

[ad_1] DHAKA: PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus will hold talks on the margins of the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand on April 3-4, according to reports quoting a source in Yunus’ office.While Dhaka has sought a meeting between the two, New Delhi continues to maintain that it is looking into the request, […]