Ms Ankita Sanyal is working as Associate Research Fellow at ICPS, New Delhi. She has been a doctoral student in the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
It would be inaccurate to assert that the relations between India and Bangladesh are experiencing a 'historic low.' In fact, the dynamics of their bilateral relations are currently undergoing a transformative phase, as Bangladesh initiates a process of state reconstruction.
As India adopts a cautious 'wait and watch' approach, the recent engagements between Bangladesh and Pakistan indicate that Dhaka, under the current interim government, is prepared to initiate a new chapter in its relations with Islamabad, seemingly without regard for past grievances. The implications of this development for India, particularly whether it could lead to the resurgence of a terror axis that threatens India's security interests, remain uncertain.
Rather than resorting to denial, which is symptomatic of the Yunus government’s lack of action, it should work towards improving the country’s law and order situation, preventing communal attacks by Islamic radical groups on the Hindus, that have continued with alarming regularity since Hasina’s fall.
This Issue Brief seeks to analyse the events leading to the ouster of Hasina from power, identify the issues that brought about her fall, and the stakes for India in the evolving situation on Bangladesh.
China’s report on human rights in the 45th session of the UPR on 23 January 2024 has drawn the attention of human rights activists worldwide. It has painted a rosy picture of the human rights situation within China.
As the threat of Islamist infiltration into Bangladesh Army is being discussed in the country today, the Army has chosen not to comment on this issue… Looking at the way JeI and Islamist groups are gathering political momentum at the local levels, the possibility of a religious political impulse haunting the country in the near future cannot be brushed away.
In June, a new party, the Bangladesh Development Party, applied for registration with the Election Commission of Bangladesh. It has been known for some time that the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami – which was deregistered as a political party in 2013 since its constitution contradicts the Bangladesh Constitution – has been contemplating its political future by forming a new party.
Besides expanding the debt trap, the BRI projects have faced accusations of corruption, environmental pollution, and labour violations across these countries. The South Asian countries should play their cards right and avoid getting sucked into the 'debt trap' being laid by China.
The Tibetan culture that has an originality and specificity of its own, distinct from the Chinese culture, is being subjected to disuse with the expectation that it would ultimately lose its shine and appeal. This is cultural hegemony at its very worst with a brazen effort to steamroll diversity.
