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Saleem Samad

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

    by Saleem Samad September 25, 2023
    by Saleem Samad September 25, 2023

    A recent diplomatic rift between Canada and India over Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian-Indian and leader of an outlawed Khalistan killed by unknown assailants at a Sikh temple in Surrey …

  • Opinion

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

    by Saleem Samad August 22, 2023
    by Saleem Samad August 22, 2023

    DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is prepared to participate at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 22 to 24. The BRICS 2023 summit is the fifteenth …

  • World

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

    by Saleem Samad August 17, 2023
    by Saleem Samad August 17, 2023

    DHAKA: As dusk fell 19 years ago on 21 August 2004, I received a desperate phone call from a foreign diplomat (his identity cannot be disclosed). His frenzied voice was …

  • World

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

    by Saleem Samad August 1, 2023
    by Saleem Samad August 1, 2023

    DHAKA: Bangladesh and India are worried about the disturbing news of armed insurgents infiltrating into restive Mizoram state of northeast India as refugees. Both Delhi and Dhaka are sharing intelligence …

  • Opinion

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

    by Saleem Samad July 20, 2023
    by Saleem Samad July 20, 2023

    DHAKA: India wishes Bangladesh to join the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway Project (IMT Highway), which envisages connecting South Asia and South-East Asia to achieve the broader agenda of Multi-Sectoral Technical and …

  • World

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

    by Saleem Samad July 9, 2023
    by Saleem Samad July 9, 2023

    In the mid-60s the radical students of the East Pakistan Chattra (Student) League and also a few leftist elements to arouse dissent against the regime of a military dictator General …

  • Opinion

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

    by Saleem Samad June 14, 2023
    by Saleem Samad June 14, 2023

    The next parliament elections are around the corner, expected in January 2024, the hardline Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) after 10 years of hiatus held its first rally in Dhaka, …

  • World

    Why Rohingya repartition plan to Myanmar has hit a roadblock

    by Saleem Samad May 29, 2023
    by Saleem Samad May 29, 2023

    DHAKA: The million Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in southeast Bangladesh refused to be resettled into another encampment in Myanmar. The refusal of the refugees to return to Myanmar …

  • World

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

    by Saleem Samad May 8, 2023
    by Saleem Samad May 8, 2023

    Dhaka: India and Bangladesh are thinking big on multimodal connectivity- a move that not only be important for the two countries but would be key to sub-regional economic integration. In …

  • World

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

    by Saleem Samad May 2, 2023
    by Saleem Samad May 2, 2023

    Dhaka: Last week Bangladesh’s Prime Minister met her Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio in Tokyo, which political observers described as a much-awaited crucial strategic partnership. Before embarking upon a three-nation tour …

  • Opinion

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

    by Saleem Samad April 25, 2023
    by Saleem Samad April 25, 2023

    DHAKA: Bangladesh is presently at low ebb on militancy by Muslim extremists with or without links to the international terror network. But top terrorism researchers and anti-terrorism police officials do …

  • World

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

    by Saleem Samad April 22, 2023
    by Saleem Samad April 22, 2023

    DHAKA: Bangladesh is poised for exiting least developed status and seeks new avenues with major partners in the region and beyond. In an exclusive interview with Nikkei Asia, Bangladesh’s Prime …

  • World

    Is Bangladesh slowly embracing an Indo-Pacific strategy?

    by Saleem Samad April 18, 2023
    by Saleem Samad April 18, 2023

    DHAKA: Bangladesh is visibly and invisibly leaning towards the superpowers including the United States, China and Russia. But it also has friends and allies in the Middle East. India has …

  • Opinion

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

    by Saleem Samad April 7, 2023
    by Saleem Samad April 7, 2023

    Initially Bangladesh, Myanmar and India failed to accept Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) a jihadist outfit. The militant group was described as ‘Rohingya Muslim vigilantes’ with a limited ordinance, disorganised, …

  • World

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

    by Saleem Samad April 3, 2023
    by Saleem Samad April 3, 2023

    DHAKA: Amid a dollar crunch following the Coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, New Delhi and Dhaka are considering trading in the Indian Rupee. The Russia-Ukraine conflict came as the …

  • World

    Why Conservative Muslims in Bangladesh believe Ahmadiyya are heretic

    by Saleem Samad March 29, 2023
    by Saleem Samad March 29, 2023

    DHAKA: The recent spate of racial attacks on Ahmadiyya Muslims during their annual congregation at a sprawling complex in northern Bangladesh on a pretext that they are not ‘Muslims’ and …

  • World

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

    by Saleem Samad March 25, 2023
    by Saleem Samad March 25, 2023

    DHAKA: The lights are dim at the end of the tunnel in case of repatriation of Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar in …

  • World

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

    by Saleem Samad March 22, 2023
    by Saleem Samad March 22, 2023

    The beautiful Teesta River that links India and Bangladesh DHAKA: Both Bangladesh and India are embarrassed over the immense delay towards a sustainable solution to sharing of the transboundary Teesta …

  • World

    India-Bangladesh Pipeline for industrialisation of northern districts

    by Saleem Samad March 19, 2023
    by Saleem Samad March 19, 2023

    DHAKA: At a crucial juncture of an energy crisis, the much-awaited oil pipeline has been formally inaugurated jointly through video conferencing by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian …

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