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Jon Danilowicz, a retired American diplomat, described the situation as India "stubbornly doubling down on its failed Bangladesh policy", adding that charges like the Yunus-led government being "an Islamist regime" or the "genocide against the Hindu minority" in Bangladesh to be "ridiculously untrue". [23]
On 25 November 2024, Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu monk and spokesperson of Sanatan Jagaran Mancha, was arrested on sedition charges in Bangladesh, leading to widespread protests in India. [6] Demanding the release of Das, on 27 November, Bharatiya Janata Party 's West Bengal chief Suvendu Adhikari threatened to stage a blockade at the ...
Hindus across Bangladesh are being subject literally to death by their houses being burnt, their temples are being burnt. And there was an attempt today in the Bangladesh High Court to rule that ISKCON should be banned from the country. This is a direct attack on Hindus. Now this is a threat from India now to take action.
Bangladesh-India bilateral trade was over US$10 billion in 2018–19. [51] [52] Bilateral trade between India and Bangladesh stood at US$6.6 billion in 2013–14 with India's exports at US$6.1 billion and imports from Bangladesh at US$462 million, representing more than double the value of US$2.7 billion five years ago. [53]
India provided $47.8 million for a cross-border train link and a $388.92 million concessional line of credit for the Khulna-Mongla port rail line in Bangladesh. India provided another $1.6 billion ...
In 2002, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government banned the private news network ETV. [19] In 2008, the Military backed caretaker government banned Sachalayatan, a blogging website. [19] In 2009, Bangladesh Awami League government blocked YouTube over videos critical of the government management of the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. [19]
On 8 November, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, a far-right conservative–Islamic advocacy group, organized a rally in the wake of the Hazari Lane incident at the Anderkilla Shahi Jame Mosque square in Chattogram. After the Friday prayer, the speakers in the rally organized in the mosque premises demanded the ban of ISKCON in Bangladesh. The rally ...
The government banned the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, its student wing, the Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir and its associated bodies citing anti-terrorism laws following their involvement in the protests. [271] [272] So far, 274 cases have been filed against students in various police stations in Dhaka Metropolitan.