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Interaction with Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu, Minister for Information, Bangladesh

The VIF had the privilege to host Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu, Hon’ble Minister for Information and President of the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh, on 18 Aug 2016 for an interaction on India-Bangladesh relations and the way forward. The interaction c....

August 30, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , West Pakistan , India-Bangladesh Relations , Hasanul Haq Inu
BBIN: Paradigm Change in South Asia

Introduction:

In a bid to emulate the European Economic Cooperation (EEC, later EC and then EU), and the promise of success in the ASEAN models, South Asian countries got together in December 1985 to form their own South Asian Associatio....

May 10, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , BBIN , South Asia , SAARC , European Economic Cooperation
VIF Delegation’s Visit to Bangladesh

At the invitation of Bangladesh Enterprises Institute, a Dhaka based premier think-tank, a VIF delegation headed by Director, Gen. N C Vij, visited Dhaka from April 20-22, 2016. The VIF delegation included Vice Admiral K K Nayar, Lt. Gen. (R) R K Saw....

April 25, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , Foreign Affairs , BEI , Bangladesh Enterprises Institute
Pak-Bangladesh Diplomatic Spat: Tip of the Iceberg
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Recent months have seen Pakistan and Bangladesh expelling each other’s diplomats and ‘summoning’ each other’s envoys to lodge ‘strong’ protests. The expulsions and ‘summoning’ are just the tip of the iceberg, reflective of a deeper ma....

February 22, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Pakistan , Pak-Bangladesh , Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh , Bilateral ties
India- Bangladesh Relations: An Enduring Economic Partnership
Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

India and Bangladesh share a long history of enduring economic partnership and bi-lateral development. The relationship between the two countries has been one based on mutual trust and cooperation. Our multi-faceted economic relations encompass trad....

January 22, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , India- Bangladesh Relations , Economic Partnership
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 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
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