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Bangladesh - Politics of Confrontation: Political Deadlock

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

Sushma Swaraj’s Bangladesh Visit: A Good Start to “Neighbours First” Policy in Dhaka

Monish Gulati

Introduction Termed as a “goodwill visit”, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led her first international visit to Bangladesh on 25 June accompanied by Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh and other senior officials. The visit marked th....

August 12, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Bangladesh Migrants: A Threat to India; P K Mishra; Gyan Publishing House; PP 304; Price Rs 910

Dr A Surya Prakash

A Diligent Field Report on Illegal Migration and its Impact on India’s Unity and Integrity Bangladesh Migrants: A Threat to india by Mr. Pavas Kumar Mishra , retired Additional Director-General of the Border Security Force, is a rare bo....

August 06, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , national security , Internal Security , Muslim , Supreme Court , Book Reviews , Bangladesh Migrants

Violence Against Minority Hindus in Bangladesh: An Analysis

Dr Prakash Chandra Sahoo

Introduction Bangladesh was born in 1971 premised on a secular and democratic ethos as paragraph 2 of the preamble of the first constitution of Bangladesh which was adopted on November 4, 1972 accepted ‘nationalism’, ‘socialism’, �....

July 28, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh