Bangladesh was heavily funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Numerous organizations in the country relied on this financial assistance, employing thousands of doctors,

Talks between Border Security Force and Border Guard Bangladesh to take place in Delhi from February 17 to 20.

Their growing alliance will not bring stability to the region. Rather, it will raise the geopolitical temperature and provoke more Indian pressure on Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is going to raise several concerns in the upcoming conference with India over border-related issues.

After spending eight years in a home in India, a Bangladeshi girl is set to return home to her family. In 2017, the girl along with her parents were detained near Kolkata airport for illegal entry. The girl was spared from charges as she was a minor (8 years old) at the time and was sent to a home, reports Times of India.

This is the second meeting between Soros and Yunus in three months after the duo met in New York last year in October - weeks after the Nobel laureate took charge following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime.

Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said his government will discuss key issues related to agreements made with India during the tenure of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League will be discussed.

For all this "dam for a dam" water war, relations between the two nations along their disputed Himalayan border are not currently at boiling point. In recent years, there have been skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops in the area but 2024 "witnessed a thaw", with both sides "withdrawing troops from two flashpoints", said VOA News.

He further mentioned that discussions will include stopping border killings, ensuring that barbed wire fencing or any construction work within 150 yards of the border follows regulations, and preventing the spread of false news about Bangladesh in Indian media.

Bangladesh’s largest minority rights group has accused the country’s interim government of failing to protect religious and ethnic minorities from attacks and harassment, a claim the government has denied.

The Teesta River, critical to 12,000 sq km across India and Bangladesh, faces severe flooding risks due to climate-induced changes and silt accumulation. The need for immediate desilting is emphasized to mitigate potential disasters as the monsoon season approaches.