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Bangladesh

At the invitation of Bangladesh Enterprises Institute, a Dhaka based premier think-tank, a VIF delegation headed by Director, Gen. N C Vij, visited Dhaka from April 20-22, 2016. The VIF delegation included Vice Admiral K K Nayar, Lt. Gen. (R) R K Saw....

April 25, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , Foreign Affairs , BEI , Bangladesh Enterprises Institute

Pak-Bangladesh Diplomatic Spat: Tip of the Iceberg

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Recent months have seen Pakistan and Bangladesh expelling each other’s diplomats and ‘summoning’ each other’s envoys to lodge ‘strong’ protests. The expulsions and ‘summoning’ are just the tip of the iceberg, reflective of a deeper ma....

February 22, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Pakistan , Pak-Bangladesh , Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh , Bilateral ties

India- Bangladesh Relations: An Enduring Economic Partnership

Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

India and Bangladesh share a long history of enduring economic partnership and bi-lateral development. The relationship between the two countries has been one based on mutual trust and cooperation. Our multi-faceted economic relations encompass trad....

January 22, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , India- Bangladesh Relations , Economic Partnership

Bangladesh - Politics of Confrontation: Political Deadlock

Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

Bangladesh’s tryst with democracy began a new chapter in the nation’s history when the newly independent nation adopted its first Constitution in 1972 with the tenets of nationalism, democracy, socialism and secularism. The then political environ....

October 14, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , democracy , Bangladesh , Secularism , Socialism , Political Violence

Prime Minister Modi’s Visit to Bangladesh - A Review

C D Sahay

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid an extremely successful 2-day visit to Bangladesh on June 6&7 2015 that was not only a high profile bilateral visit but was equally rich in substantive content and deliverable out come. As mentioned in our pre-visit ....

June 10, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

India and Bangladesh: The Importance of Seizing the Moment

Amb Tariq Karim

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, in an interview on the eve of his visit had likened the unanimous ratification of the LBA and its Protocol by the Indian Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha to the fall of the Berlin Wall. How relevant is this analogy? ....

June 09, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Upcoming Visit to Bangladesh

Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

Prime Minister Modi, as part of his continuing neighbourhood outreach agenda that began with his visit to Bhutan followed by visits to Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Seychelles, will be paying a two-day visit to Bangladesh from June 6 to 7, 2015. Unl....

June 03, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Bangladesh-India Land Boundary Agreement 1974 and Protocol thereunder of 2011 Some personal insights

Amb Tariq Karim

The unanimity with which the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha finally, on May 6 and 7 respectively this year, passed the Bangladesh-India Land Boundary Agreement, 1974 and the Protocol thereunder of 2011 was indeed a historic, game-changing development in t....

May 11, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

RTD on the Current Situation in Bangladesh

Even as Bangladesh continues to face the worst political turmoil in its history, a Round Table Discussion was held at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on April 7th, 2015 to discuss the current political situation in Bangladesh. The inte....

April 08, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , Bangladesh Nationalist Party , Awami League , Jamaat-e-Islami

Visit by Bangladeshi Parliamentary Delegation

On 25 Nov 2014, a ten-member Parliamentary delegation from Bangladesh held wide ranging interaction with the VIF faculty on ‘India-Bangladesh relations and the way forward’. The interaction kicked off on a positive note, with former Ambassador Sa....

December 03, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , India-Bangladesh Relations , Bangladeshi Parliamentary Delegation