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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]
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]
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.
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]
The two countries had signed a number of agreements in the years leading up to the clashes including the 2015 Land Boundary Agreement which served an important role in advancing the exchange of 111 enclaves (17,160.63 acres) from India to Bangladesh and reciprocatively, the latter transferred 51 enclaves (7,110.02 acres) to India.
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.