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India Likely To Restore Visa Services In Bangladesh As Tarique Rahman Takes Charge | India News

India Likely To Restore Visa Services In Bangladesh As Tarique Rahman Takes Charge | India News

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Last Updated:February 20, 2026, 07:18 IST Indian visa centres in Bangladesh had halted operations as bilateral ties worsened following the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi. Henley Passport Index India Ranking: India Climbs 10 Spots But Loses Visa-Free Access To Two Countries Following the political transition in Bangladesh with Tarique Rahman’s government now in office, India has indicated it will likely restore full visa services in Bangladesh that had been suspended amid deteriorating bilateral ties. Aniruddha Das, India’s senior consular official in Sylhet, told bdnews24 that steps are being taken to completely reinstate all visa services. “Medical and double-entry visas are being issued now, and steps are under way to resume other categories, including travel visas,” Das said at the Sylhet District Press Club. According to bdnews24, the Indian assistant high commissioner in Sylhet also assured of maximum cooperation to strengthen bilateral ties through the facilitation of visas. He said India-Bangladesh relations stand on the “foundation of mutual respect and honour.” “The people of both countries will be the principal stakeholders of a stable, …

Why Sheikh Hasina’s opponents in Bangladesh are targeting the legacy of Mujibur Rahman | Explained News

Why Sheikh Hasina’s opponents in Bangladesh are targeting the legacy of Mujibur Rahman | Explained News

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Exactly six months after former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s unceremonious ouster from Dhaka, a mob on February 5 razed to the ground the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32. The building had been previously torched by vandals last year, hours after Hasina’s exit on August 5. Dhanmondi 32 was the residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh. It was from this house that Mujib led Bengali resistance against Pakistan throughout the 1960s till his arrest in 1971 — according to the museum’s website, Dhanmondi 32 “was the center of all of Bangabandhu’s political activities”. And it was here that renegade officers of the Bangladesh Army murdered Bangabandhu, his wife, sons, and 10-year-old grandson. (Mujib’s daughters Hasina and Rehana survived as they were abroad at the time). In 1994, Hasina converted the building into a museum. Story continues below this ad This makes Dhanmondi 32’s demolition a watershed moment in Bangladesh’s political history. But this is not the first time that anti-Hasina protesters have targeted Mujib’s legacy. Mujib in Hasina’s politics …

Rooppur nuclear power project for the well being of the people of Bangladesh: Rosatom

Rooppur nuclear power project for the well being of the people of Bangladesh: Rosatom

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A view of the Rooppur nuclear powerplant in Bangladesh. File photo Russian nuclear major Rosatom on Tuesday (December 24, 2024) said the Bangladesh anti-graft commission’s remarks are “an attempt to discredit” the Rooppur nuclear power project. In a statement issued to the media, Rosatom reiterated that the $2.65 billion Rooppur project is transparent and that it is ready to defend the case in a court of law. “Rosatom is committed to a policy of openness and the principle of combating corruption in all its projects and maintains a transparent procurement system. External audits regularly confirm the openness of the business processes of the project. Rosatom State Corporation is ready to defend its interests and reputation in court,” Rosatom said in a statement sent to The Hindu. The statement from Rosatom came a day after the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh came out with a statement alleging that deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members including her niece the UK MP Tulip Siddiq laundered around $900 million to offshore outfits in Malaysia. The commission cited an internal …

Yunus slams Sheikh Hasina’s ‘unfriendly’ remarks – India TV

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Image Source : AP (FILE) Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus and ousted PM Sheikh Hasina Dhaka: Expressing displeasure over former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remarks from India, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is heading the interim government in Dhaka, said the comments are not good for either of the countries and that Bangladesh’s relations with India are “at a low”. He also said Hasina should remain silent till Bangladesh requests her extradition to prevent the “discomfort” between the two countries. In an exclusive interview with news agency PTI, Yunus, 84, said, “If India wants to keep her until the time Bangladesh (government) wants her back, the condition would be that she has to keep quiet.” He asserted that while Bangladesh values strong ties with India, New Delhi must move “beyond the narrative that portrays every other political party except Awami League as Islamist and that the country will turn into Afghanistan without Sheikh Hasina”. “No one is comfortable with her stance there in India because we want her back to try her. She …