There is a particular kind of infrastructure that only reveals its true value when things go wrong. It sits quietly, doing its job, attracting none of the attention that crises generate and emergency aid attracts. Then the crisis comes – the re...
False accusations of blasphemy and “anti-national” activity are no longer spontaneous eruptions of street anger; they are being organised and deployed through social media to prepare the ground for targeted killings of Bangladesh's mi...
Map showing India’s east and northeast with neighbouring countries’ locations for perspective. (Map not to scale)In the annals of military strategy, there exists a fundamental principle that nations ignore at their peril: threats, like ti...
India Sentinels illustration for representation.New Delhi: Bangladesh has cancelled a ₹179.75 crore ($21 million) defence contract with Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE). This marks the first major defence-deal ...
Indian and Bangladeshi troops at Tripura’s Agartala-Akhaura border during a joint commemoration of the 53rd anniversary of Vijay Diwas. (Photo: MEA) India’s northeastern states – Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram – s...
Indian Army troops and artillery guns and an Indian Air Force Rafale fighter are seen during Exercise Trishakti Prahar held in the Siliguri Corridor, in January 2023. (File photo)Recent developments in Bangladesh-China relations have set off alarm be...
Narendra Modi with Muhammad Yunus (L). (Photo: X/@narendramodi) New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, met the chief advisor of Bangladesh’s interim government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, on the sidelines of the 6th BIMSTEC Summit in...
The Siliguri Corridor, also known as the “Chicken’s Neck”, shown by the pin on this Google Maps screenshot.Bangladesh has been in a perpetual state of upheaval since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5, 2024. ...