Articles

Bangladesh

Talk by Prof. Rounaq Jahan and Prof. Rehman Sobhan on Bangladesh: Promise and Performance

The Vivekananda International Foundation recently hosted a talk Bangladesh: Promise and Performance, delivered by Prof. Rounaq Jahan and Prof. Rehman, chaired by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF. Prof. Rounaq Jahan began her talk by giving a deta....

March 23, 2020 Interaction , Bangladesh: Promise and Performance , Bangladesh , Agricultural sector

Interaction with Honorable Md. Hassan Mahmud Esq., Minister for Information of Bangladesh

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a talk by honourable Md. Hassan Mahmud Esq. on India Bangladesh Relations, chaired by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF. Md. Hassan began by emphasizing India's role during the time of Bangladesh's in....

March 23, 2020 Interaction , India-Bangladesh Relations , Hassan Mahmud , Economic Development , Bangladesh

India's Relations with its SAARC Neighbours

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

India's relations with its SAARC neighbours have, over the decades, oscillated from very good to stressed barring Pakistan and Bhutan. With the former they have generally been very bad and with the latter very good. With the rest, notably Afghanistan....

July 23, 2019 Srilanka , SAARC neighbours , SAARC , Pakistan , neighbours , Maps , Maldives , India Relations with its SAARC Neighbours , Bangladesh , Monograph

Notes from the Sub-Continent

Mayuri Mukherjee, Consultant, VIF Commentary

Bangladesh: Optimistic but Unrealistic Budget?

On June 13, Bangladesh’s Awami League-government presented the country’s biggest-ever national budget, amounting to Tk 5,23,190 crore. However, most analysts and commentators seemed to agre....

June 20, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Sri Lanka-US agreement , Pakistan budgets , Nepal’s regulating Hindu Guthis , Bangladesh

The 1971 Genocide: Resurgent Bangladesh’s Quest for Justice, Pakistani Obduracy and India’s Role

Varun Nambiar

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina recently concluded four-day visit to New Delhi which marked a significant milestone in both the country’s relationship. Although still considered one of the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs), ....

May 22, 2017 East Pakistan , Bangladesh , genocide , war-crimes , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Terror Strikes Dhaka

C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

"This was waiting to happen"- this is how the initial reaction of shock and disbelief expressed itself. A stunned Bangladesh that has always believed in and practiced moderate and tolerant Islam, just could not come to terms with the dastardly act of....

July 04, 2016 Bangladesh , Terror - Dhaka , ISIS , radicalization , Terrorism , Neighbourhood Studies

Chinese Submarines for The Bangladesh Navy An Assessment

Commodore Gopal Suri

The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in December 2015, announced that ‘two submarines would be added to Bangladesh Navy by the middle of the next year’, i.e., 2016¹. The Prime Minister was speaking at the passing out parade of ....

April 13, 2016 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina , Bangladesh , Chinese Submarines , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , China

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 democracy , Bangladesh , Secularism , Socialism , Political Violence , Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh