When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stepped out of the usual routine of a choreographed diplomatic visit and decided to head first to the headquarters of the Missionaries of …
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Ganga Water Talks in Focus as Bangladesh Ratchets Up Demands, Sends Tech Team to Farakka
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 3 minutes readA Bangladeshi delegation flew into the city on May 20 for a meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission and a visit to the Farakka barrage where the flow of the …
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As India Sends New Envoy, Bangladesh’s Anti-India Chorus Grows Louder
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 4 minutes readAs a new high-powered Indian envoy prepares to take charge in Dhaka, the second political appointee to serve as India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, a familiar and potentially dangerous political …
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Bengal’s BJP Surge Reshapes India-Bangladesh Equation
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 4 minutes readThe Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) breakthrough in West Bengal has altered more than India’s domestic political map. It has also changed the strategic calculus along India’s eastern frontier, particularly in …
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Bengal Polls: Battle Over ‘Bangaliana’
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 5 minutes readAs Bengal celebrates ‘Poila Baisakh,’ the first day of the Bengali calendar, a vibrant expression of the culture of this riverine land, electoral battle lines are hardening over that very …