Saleem Samad

Not just Khalistanis, Canada refuses to deport assassin of Sheikh Mujib of Bangladesh

A recent diplomatic rift between Canada and India over Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian-Indian and leader of an outlawed Khalistan…

1 year ago

Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh heads for Johannesburg, sees BRICS as big opportunity to balance West

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is prepared to participate at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa from August…

1 year ago

When Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh escaped a “fool proof” assassination attempt as opposition leader

DHAKA: As dusk fell 19 years ago on 21 August 2004, I received a desperate phone call from a foreign…

1 year ago

Bangladesh and India work together to counter armed Kuki infiltration into Mizoram

DHAKA: Bangladesh and India are worried about the disturbing news of armed insurgents infiltrating into restive Mizoram state of northeast…

1 year ago

India wants Bangladesh to join key trilateral highway in outreach to ASEAN

DHAKA: India wishes Bangladesh to join the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway Project (IMT Highway), which envisages connecting South Asia and South-East…

1 year ago

Fears of an American base at Saint Martin’s Island kicks fresh row in Bangladesh politics

In the mid-60s the radical students of the East Pakistan Chattra (Student) League and also a few leftist elements to…

1 year ago

Is US encouraging rise of Bangladesh’s Islamist party to counter Sheikh Hasina?

The next parliament elections are around the corner, expected in January 2024, the hardline Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) after…

1 year ago

Why Rohingya repartition plan to Myanmar has hit a roadblock

DHAKA: The million Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in southeast Bangladesh refused to be resettled into another encampment in…

1 year ago

How India and Bangladesh are set to transform regional connectivity, bolster Act East policy

Dhaka: India and Bangladesh are thinking big on multimodal connectivity- a move that not only be important for the two…

2 years ago

Japan-Bangladesh partnership yielding new Indo-Pacific doctrine to counter China

Dhaka: Last week Bangladesh's Prime Minister met her Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio in Tokyo, which political observers described as a…

2 years ago

How Hasina, with India’s support, broke the back of Pak-sponsored terror in Bangladesh

DHAKA: Bangladesh is presently at low ebb on militancy by Muslim extremists with or without links to the international terror…

2 years ago

Sheikh Hasina’s Bangladesh looks ahead, begins free trade negotiations with 11 countries

DHAKA: Bangladesh is poised for exiting least developed status and seeks new avenues with major partners in the region and…

2 years ago

Is Bangladesh slowly embracing an Indo-Pacific strategy?

DHAKA: Bangladesh is visibly and invisibly leaning towards the superpowers including the United States, China and Russia. But it also…

2 years ago

Pakistan’s fingerprints in formation of Rohingya militant group ARSA are unmistakable

Initially Bangladesh, Myanmar and India failed to accept Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) a jihadist outfit. The militant group was…

2 years ago

Is USD hegemony in South Asia likely to dent as India-Bangladesh consider INR trade?

DHAKA: Amid a dollar crunch following the Coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, New Delhi and Dhaka are considering trading…

2 years ago

Why Conservative Muslims in Bangladesh believe Ahmadiyya are heretic

DHAKA: The recent spate of racial attacks on Ahmadiyya Muslims during their annual congregation at a sprawling complex in northern…

2 years ago

China has to go beyond tokenism to ensure return of Rohingya to Myanmar

DHAKA: The lights are dim at the end of the tunnel in case of repatriation of Rohingya refugees living in…

2 years ago

Why India and Bangladesh need to resolve the Teesta water-sharing issue ahead of elections

The beautiful Teesta River that links India and Bangladesh DHAKA: Both Bangladesh and India are embarrassed over the immense delay…

2 years ago

India-Bangladesh Pipeline for industrialisation of northern districts

DHAKA: At a crucial juncture of an energy crisis, the much-awaited oil pipeline has been formally inaugurated jointly through video…

2 years ago