Bangladesh News and Discussion

[A_Gupta]

1. If you didn’t have democracy, you’d still have Nehru-parivaar sarkaar.

2. What dominates Rakhine is not ARSA, the Rohingya militia, but the Arakan army: The Arakan Army (Rakhine: အာရက္ခတပ်တော်, romanized: Araka Tatdaw;[26] abbreviated AA), sometimes referred to as the Arakha Army is an ethnic-armed organisation based in Rakhine State (Arakan). Founded in April 2009, the Arakan Army is the military wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA). It is currently led by Commander-in-Chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing and vice deputy commander-in-chief Brigadier General Nyo Twan Awng.[1] It is the military wing of the Rakhine ethnic people in Rakhine state where they are the majority.

[eklavya]

NYT:

As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening
A brewing shift toward religious conservatism has emerged from the political vacuum in this country of 175 million people.


By Mujib Mashal and Saif Hasnat
Reporting from Taraganj and Dhaka in Bangladesh
April 1, 2025

The extremists began by asserting control over women’s bodies.

In the political vacuum that has emerged after the overthrow of Bangladesh’s authoritarian leader, religious fundamentalists in one town declared that young women could no longer play soccer. In another, they forced the police to free a man who had harassed a woman for not covering her hair in public, then draped him in garlands of flowers.

More brazen calls followed. Demonstrators at a rally in Dhaka, the capital, warned that if the government did not give the death penalty to anyone who disrespected Islam, they would carry out executions with their own hands. Days later, an outlawed group held a large march demanding an Islamic caliphate.

As Bangladesh tries to rebuild its democracy and chart a new future for its 175 million people, a streak of Islamist extremism that had long lurked beneath the country’s secular facade is bubbling to the surface.

In interviews, representatives of several Islamist parties and organizations — some of which had previously been banned — made clear that they were working to push Bangladesh in a more fundamentalist direction, a shift that has been little noticed outside the country.

The Islamist leaders are insisting that Bangladesh erect an “Islamic government” that punishes those who disrespect Islam and enforces “modesty” — vague concepts that in other places have given way to vigilantism or theocratic rule.

Officials across the political spectrum who are drafting a new Constitution acknowledged that the document was likely to drop secularism as a defining characteristic of Bangladesh, replacing it with pluralism and redrawing the country along more religious lines.

The fundamentalist turn has been especially distressing for female students who helped oust the country’s repressive prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.

They had hoped to replace her one-party rule with a democratic openness that accommodates the country’s diversity. But now they find themselves competing against a religious populism that leaves women and religious minorities, including Hindus and adherents of small sects of Islam, particularly vulnerable.

“We were at the forefront of the protests. We protected our brothers on the street,” said Sheikh Tasnim Afroz Emi, 29, a sociology graduate from Dhaka University. “Now after five, six months, the whole thing turned around.”

Critics say the country’s interim government, led by the 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has not pushed back hard enough against extremist forces. They accuse Mr. Yunus of being soft, lost in the weeds of democratic reforms, conflict-averse and unable to articulate a clear vision as extremists take up more public space.

His lieutenants describe a delicate balancing act: They must protect the right to free speech and protest after years of authoritarianism, but doing so provides an opening for extremist demands.

The police, who largely deserted after Ms. Hasina’s fall and remain demoralized, can no longer hold the line. The military, which has taken up some policing duties, is increasingly at odds with the interim government and the student movement, which wants to hold officers accountable for past atrocities.

What is beginning to happen in Bangladesh mirrors a wave of fundamentalism that has consumed the region.

Afghanistan has become an extreme ethno-religious state, depriving women of the most basic liberties. In Pakistan, Islamist extremists have exerted their will through violence for years. In India, an entrenched Hindu right wing has undermined the country’s traditions of secular democracy. Myanmar is gripped by Buddhist extremists overseeing a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
Nahid Islam, a student leader who was a government minister in Bangladesh’s interim administration before stepping away recently to lead a new political party, acknowledged “the fear is there” that the country will slip toward extremism.
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But he is hopeful that despite changes in the Constitution, values like democracy, cultural diversity and an aversion to religious extremism can hold. “I don’t think a state can be built in Bangladesh that goes against those fundamental values,” he said.

Some point to a Bengali culture with a deep tradition of art and intellectual debate. Others find hope in the shape of the country’s economy.

Women are so integrated in Bangladesh’s economy — 37 percent are in the formal labor force, one of the highest rates in South Asia — that any efforts to force them back into the home could result in a backlash.

Extremist forces are trying to push their way into the picture after 15 years in which Ms. Hasina both suppressed and appeased them.

She ran a police state that cracked down on Islamist elements, including those closer to the mainstream that could pose a political challenge. At the same time, she tried to win over Islamist parties’ religiously conservative base by allowing thousands of unregulated Islamic religious seminaries and putting $1 billion toward building hundreds of mosques.

With Ms. Hasina gone, smaller extremist outfits that want to upend the system entirely, and more mainstream Islamist parties that want to work within the democratic system, appear to be converging on a shared goal of a more conservative Bangladesh.

The largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, sees a big opportunity. The party, which has significant business investments, is playing a long-term game, analysts and diplomats said. While it is unlikely to win an election expected at the end of the year, the party hopes to capitalize on the discrediting of mainstream secular parties.

Mia Golam Parwar, Jamaat’s general secretary, said the party wanted an Islamic welfare state. The closest model, in its mix of religion and politics, is Turkey, he said.

“Islam provides moral guidelines for both men and women in terms of behavior and ethics,” Mr. Parwar said. “Within these guidelines, women can take part in any profession — sports, singing, theater, judiciary, military and bureaucracy.”

In the current vacuum, however, men at the local level have been coming up with their own interpretations of Islamic governance.

In the farming town of Taraganj, a group of organizers decided last month to hold a soccer match between two teams of young women. The goal was to provide entertainment and inspire local girls.

But as preparations got underway, a town mosque leader, Ashraf Ali, proclaimed that women and girls should not be allowed to play soccer.

Sports organizers usually announce details of a game by sending loudspeakers tied to rickshaws around town. Mr. Ali matched them by sending his own speakers, warning people not to attend.

On Feb. 6, as the players were changing into their jerseys in classrooms turned into dressing rooms, local officials were holding a meeting about the game. Mr. Ali declared that he “would rather become a martyr than allow the match,” said Sirajul Islam, one of the organizers.

The local administration caved in, announcing the game’s cancellation and putting the area under curfew.

Taslima Aktar, 22, who had traveled four hours by bus to play in the match, said she had seen “a lot of cars, army and police,” who told the players that the match was off.

Ms. Aktar said that in her decade playing soccer, this was the first time she had faced such opposition.

“I am a bit afraid now of what could happen,” she said.

The organizers managed to carry out a women’s match a couple of weeks later, in the presence of dozens of security forces. But as a precaution, they asked the young women to wear stockings under their shorts.

With the preacher’s unrelenting threats, the organizers said they were not sure they would take the risk again.

During an interview, Mr. Ali, the mosque leader, beamed with pride: He had turned something mundane into something disputed. In a rural area like Taraganj, he said, women’s soccer contributes to “indecency.”

Women’s sports was just his latest cause. For years, he has preached and petitioned against the Ahmadiyya, a long-persecuted minority Muslim community, trying to drive its 500 members out of his area.

The Ahmadiyya’s place of worship was attacked by a mob on the night that Ms. Hasina’s government collapsed, part of a national wave of anarchy that targeted minority religious sites, particularly those of Hindus. The Ahmadiyya community continues to live in fear; attendance at their prayer hall has shrunk by nearly half.

They are not allowed to rebuild the hall’s destroyed sign or to broadcast their call to prayer from loudspeakers. Mr. Ali shrugged off any responsibility for the violence. But the sermons of preachers like him, declaring the Ahmadiyya heretics who need to be expelled, continue to blare.

“The public is respectful,” said A.K.M. Shafiqul Islam, the president of the local Ahmadiyya chapter. “But these religious leaders are against us.”

[shravanp]

The choice is between two modes of survival. One is to become a tech and military behemoth. An apex predator of the jungle. The other is to become vermin: rats and cockroaches. Not in a sense parasite, but more of a mere existence that can be swayed along in either direction. One survives individually, others survive as species. USA/EU is former. China is close to becoming an apex predator. Islam is squarely in the latter. India can effortlessly become the latter, but aspires to become the former. Unfortunately, there is no "third" mode of survival.

[V_Raman]

We have elephant - who is another apex species in the Jungle and we have them in numbers. Some of them can be tamed and made to work for others. But majority on the wild side will always be there and be the apex species that they are. If the wild side decides to go somewhere - there is no stopping them. But they largely stay within their territory.

[A_Gupta]

Trump's tariffs on Bangladesh are 37%.

"The announcement is likely to have a major impact on Bangladesh, whose economy is heavily dependent on exports, particularly garments, to the US, its single largest export destination."

[Amber G.]

Who is this lady?

[Manish_P]

Looks like Suhasini Haider. Daughter of Subramanian Swamy.

Journalist

[g.sarkar]

BD newspapers are claiming that Modiji has agreed to see Md. Younus during the BIMSTEC meet. Any details?
Gautam

[drnayar]

The choice is between two modes of survival. One is to become a tech and military behemoth. An apex predator of the jungle. The other is to become vermin: rats and cockroaches. Not in a sense parasite, but more of a mere existence that can be swayed along in either direction. One survives individually, others survive as species. USA/EU is former. China is close to becoming an apex predator. Islam is squarely in the latter. India can effortlessly become the latter, but aspires to become the former. Unfortunately, there is no "third" mode of survival.

And that in turn depends on how the ratio of Hindus to Muslims will be in the coming decades... hindutva needs to take root in a deeper level

[Amber G.]

PM Modi, Bangladesh Chief Advisor Md Yunus are meeting tomorrow per Bangladeshi officials ..

[Amber G.]

@WIONews - PM Modi & Bangladesh Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus hold a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.

[A_Gupta]

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetai ... g=3&lang=1
Prime Minister's Office
azadi ka amrit mahotsav
Prime Minister meets Chief Advisor of Bangladesh on the sidelines of BIMSTEC Summit
Posted On: 04 APR 2025 3:16PM by PIB Delhi
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met today with Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok.

Prime Minister reiterated India’s support for a democratic, stable, peaceful, progressive and inclusive Bangladesh. Enunciating India’s people-centric approach to the relationship, Prime Minister highlighted that cooperation between the two countries has brought tangible benefits to the people of both countries. He underlined India’s desire to forge a positive and constructive relationship with Bangladesh based on pragmatism.

Prime Minister urged that rhetoric that vitiates the environment is best avoided. On the border, strict enforcement of the law and prevention of illegal border crossings, especially at night, are necessary for maintaining border security and stability. Bilateral mechanism could meet as appropriate to review and take forward our ties.

Prime Minister underlined India’s concerns related to the safety and security of minorities in Bangladesh, including Hindus, and expressed his expectation that the Government of Bangladesh would ensure their security, including by thoroughly investigating the cases of atrocities committed against them.

Prime Minister congratulated Bangladesh on assuming the Chair of BIMSTEC and looked forward to the forum further advancing regional cooperation under its leadership. The leaders agreed to enhance consultations and cooperation to advance regional integration, including under the BIMSTEC framework.

Prime Minister expressed his conviction that all issues of mutual interest between the two countries would continue to be addressed and resolved bilaterally through constructive discussions, in the interest of their long standing and mutually beneficial bilateral relationship.

[Cyrano]

BD is being given a long rope in public by NaMo. But they may still use it to hang themselves.

NaMo's style of functioning is not well understood by most analcysts. He never refuses to meet adversaries like a jilted lover. I think a few more messages were given which don't figure in the readout.

[A_Gupta]

Per the BD press,
“ Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus on Friday raised a number of issues, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s extradition, water sharing of common rivers and border killings, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their much-talked-about bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Bimstec Summit.”

No mention in the Indian press release.

Added: MEA press briefing
https://www.youtube.com/live/WGrxFvPXz_ ... k3DXFiPzLQ

Listening to MEA briefing Q&A, I think PM Modi must have told Yunus that India will deal only with an elected BD govt.

[chetak]

[drnayar]

BD is being given a long rope in public by NaMo. But they may still use it to hang themselves.

NaMo's style of functioning is not well understood by most analcysts. He never refuses to meet adversaries like a jilted lover. I think a few more messages were given which don't figure in the readout.

You are right. Remember he went to pakistan as well .That was it, their first and last chance.

this is probably youanus only chance to make things right., but looks like he is going the paki way., and to top it, he has no control over the country

[sanjaykumar]

Yes indeed Bangladesh, filthy, with poverty of a type unknown on planet earth, and diseased would have made a prize colony for India.

Why is it that the most abject failures have such inflated concepts of self worth?

[Cyrano]

Their ego was boosted by the west because the India of their dreams à la Salaam Bombay ceased to be. B'desis quickly stepped in and claimed that crown, citing micro credit Islamic banking, shadow of big mean neighbour India, cyclones and "sea levels rising due to global warming trope" as credentials for that claim.

[chetak]

Their ego was boosted by the west because the India of their dreams à la Salaam Bombay ceased to be. B'desis quickly stepped in and claimed that crown, citing micro credit Islamic banking, shadow of big mean neighbour India, cyclones and "sea levels rising due to global warming trope" as credentials for that claim.

Cyrano ji,


he is fast proving to be what is circulating on SM about him

mohamed useless khan

the duffer of dhaka

[A_Gupta]

Human rights press conference in Geneva, thoroughly exposing the Yunus government's attack on minorities, secular people and so on.
https://www.youtube.com/live/uMA8Bh615m ... JSefeKRSmL
Go long enough to hear from Tania Amir

[chetak]

these beedis are not only delusional, but also paranoid, psychotic, mentally deranged and demented with a huge chip on their shoulder ....


Like all jihadis, the beedis are greatly allergic to facts and love to creatively manufacture fiction


Recent report in a beedi paper, obviously filed by some unhinged "reporter" who overdosed on stale hilsa before he/she/it concocted this journalistic masterpiece, is placed below

We have seen Sheikh Hasina's disrespectful behaviour with Dr. Yunus: Modi


We have seen Sheikh Hasina's disrespectful behaviour with Dr. Yunus: Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Bangladesh interim government's Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus "We have seen Sheikh Hasina's disrespectful behaviour with you but we have all along paid you due honour." Narendra Modi said this to Dr. Muhammad Yunus during the BIMSTEC summit which was very recently held in Thai capital Bangkok.

The Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam updated a Facebook post on this matter on Saturday (5 April 2025). According to Shafiqul Alam, Indian Premier Narendra Modi did not come up with a negative attitude when the Bangladesh government sought ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's extradition from India.

Narendra Modi admired Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus's different activities during the BIMSTEC summit. A Bengali translation of Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam's Facebook post is as follows.

"Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was highly respectful to Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus during the bilateral meeting. Narendra Modi lauded Dr. Muhammad Yunus's actions. Narendra Modi stated that he saw Sheikh Hasina's ignominious behaviour with Dr. Muhammad Yunus but India always respects him. When the point about extraditing Sheikh Hasina from India was raised, no negative reactions came from Narendra Modi. I believe Sheikh Hasina will be sent back to Bangladesh to face trial.

Moreover, India wants to outline a new framework for driving forward relations with Bangladesh. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured Dr. Muhammad Yunus a number of times that India's alliance is with Bangladesh's people, not with any particular individual or political party.

Similarly, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus has several times said in recent months that Bangladesh wants best relations with India on the basis of equity and reciprocal honour."

[Manish_P]

I wish the meeting between PM Modi and the BD clown had been in the style of Trump-Zelensky ...

'Mischievous': India slams B'desh's version of Modi-Yunus meet

A Bangladeshi version of a meeting between chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "mischievous and politically motivated", especially the aspects relating to attacks on minorities and Dhaka's request for extraditing former premier Sheikh Hasina, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

The people cited above said Modi had responded to various issues raised by Yunus by saying that these were best discussed by the foreign ministers of the two countries.

PM Modi spoke of the progress in our bilateral relationship since 2014 and characterised it as a deep friendship between our societies and peoples, they said.

The people said the prime minister also mentioned the importance of elections as the basis of legitimacy in any democracy and that a continued procrastination in this regard would damage the chief advisor's reputation

"The Bangladeshi contention that attacks on minorities were a social media concoction was dismissed as being in contradiction of facts on the ground," said one of the people.

There is no basis for the observation made by the press secretary on the extradition request, they said, adding such attempts call into question both the "seriousness and the good faith" of the interim government.

[A_Gupta]

https://www.thedailystar.net/business/n ... ch-3865496
“ Bangladesh's exports rose 11.44 percent year-on-year to $4.25 billion in March, driven by strong and consistent growth in the readymade garment (RMG) sector, the country's top export earner.”

[chetak]

[A_Gupta]

https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/b8qfutwih1

“ Two senior officials from the US Department of State are set to visit Bangladesh mid-April, with two separate delegations. During their stay in Dhaka, a range of issues, including ongoing reform initiatives, democratic transition of Bangladesh, Rohingya crisis, and developments in Myanmar, are expected to be discussed.”
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“ Issues related to Rohingya and Myanmar will be a priority in Andrew Herrup’s visit. A senior official of the foreign ministry told Prothom Alo that the constantly changing situation in Myanmar is being considered a major barrier to the US Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS).

The Myanmar junta has no control over the country, except for some specific areas. In addition to the Rohingya crisis, the country has become a hotspot for drug and arms trafficking, kidnapping, and human trafficking, especially involving women and children.

“Andrew Herrup’s Dhaka trip will feature the whole situation,” he noted.”

[A_Gupta]

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation ... s-to-china
India cancels transhipment facility for Bangladesh’s export cargo

(This action does impact Nepal and Bhutan adversely.)

Added - IMO, while Bangladesh fully deserves this, it may not serve India's larger interests. Why - this action is contrary to WTO rules; all the nations lining up to do free trade agreements with India want reassurance that there will be a rules-based order. India's unilateral abrogation of WTO rules with respect to Bangladesh could be counter-productive.

[rajkumar]

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation ... s-to-china
India cancels transhipment facility for Bangladesh’s export cargo

(This action does impact Nepal and Bhutan adversely.)

Added - IMO, while Bangladesh fully deserves this, it may not serve India's larger interests. Why - this action is contrary to WTO rules; all the nations lining up to do free trade agreements with India want reassurance that there will be a rules-based order. India's unilateral abrogation of WTO rules with respect to Bangladesh could be counter-productive.

Don't worry about WTO. WTO in its current form is a 'dead man walking' Trump has decided to end the WTO

Bangladesh needs to be bought down a peg or two

[chetak]

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation ... s-to-china
India cancels transhipment facility for Bangladesh’s export cargo

(This action does impact Nepal and Bhutan adversely.)

Added - IMO, while Bangladesh fully deserves this, it may not serve India's larger interests. Why - this action is contrary to WTO rules; all the nations lining up to do free trade agreements with India want reassurance that there will be a rules-based order. India's unilateral abrogation of WTO rules with respect to Bangladesh could be counter-productive.

Don't worry about WTO. WTO in its current form is a 'dead man walking' Trump has decided to end the WTO

Bangladesh needs to be bought down a peg or two

Gentlemen,

This is what one news paper says: India withdraws transshipment facility extended to Bangladesh citing logistical challenges and congestion at ports

what's the WTO going to do, how will the beedis complain, and what will the beedis say, that the Indians are playing 3D chess



There are blatant human rights violations in beediland, specifically targeting the Hindu community and other minorities too that are common knowledge

International organizations have not only taken note of these incidents, but also condemned it, including trump who has personally spoken out against it

youanus has spoken, in china, about the Indian NE and the so called "seven sisters", and he has foolishly invited the cheen to do business with them via beediland, by using beediland as a base for manufacture, justifying all this nonsense by concocting some fairy tale about these states being "land locked", which is a blatant lie. This is a now matter that affects India's internal, as well as, external security interests and also reveals youanus's evil intent and there is a threat that he has also made against India by virtue of such wild statements made in a third country that is inherently inimical to the global and regional interests of India

any alleged contravention of WTO rights that may/may not affect the beedis are trumped by these two issues

we need to wait and watch and not jump the gun.

There are much bigger games that are in play in beediland involving the pakis and the cheen and India's so called chicken neck

what has been done regarding the beedi's trans shipment permissions by the Modi govt is unusual in itself, but then there is the matter of blowback and horses for courses

youanus has idiotically invited this disaster upon himself, and his fellow beedis, and the beedis cannot now complain to anyone, however they are welcome to try

Let other FTA aspiring nations also know where India has drawn the red lines

[Ashokk]

India revokes transshipment for Bangladesh’s export cargos

Explaining the decision, Indian Ministry of External Affairs Spokesman Randhir Jaiswal told reporters yesterday that the transshipment facility to Bangladesh for third country cargo resulted in a "significant congestion" across Indian airports, leading to backlog, delay and a rise in logistics cost for Indian exporters.

He, however, added, "It has no impact on Bangladesh's trade with Nepal and Bhutan."

AEPC Chairman Sudhir Sekhri had said at the time that allowing Bangladeshi export cargo from Delhi Air Cargo Terminal will further increase the logistical challenges and increase the transport cost for Indian apparel exporters.

"Almost 20-30 loaded trucks come to Delhi every day which slows down smooth cargo flow…. This has led to an excessive increase in air freight rates, delay in handling and processing of export cargo and severe congestion at the cargo terminal at the IGI Airport, Delhi, resulting in exports of Indian apparel through Delhi air cargo complex," he added.

Earlier, such transshipment of Bangladesh export cargo was allowed only through Kolkata airport.

International clothing retailers and brands sourcing from Bangladesh prefer the Delhi airport to Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) to carry goods due to the lower tariff offered by India.

The tariff at HSIA is so high that buyers remain competitive even when their goods travel a distance of nearly 1,900 kilometres in trucks from Bangladesh to Delhi via Benapole and Petrapole.

For example, it costs $3 to transport one kilogramme of garment items from the HSIA to destinations in Europe. The charge is $1.2 if the goods are sent via Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Currently, 1,000-1,500 tonnes of Bangladeshi products, mostly RMG items, are shipped to western markets through this airport, according to airport sources.

[A_Gupta]

> For example, it costs $3 to transport one kilogramme of garment items from the HSIA to destinations in Europe. The charge is $1.2 if the goods are sent via Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Thanks a heap for finding and posting this data.

[chetak]

> For example, it costs $3 to transport one kilogramme of garment items from the HSIA to destinations in Europe. The charge is $1.2 if the goods are sent via Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Thanks a heap for finding and posting this data.

A_Gupta ji,


At these rates, the beedis were undercutting Indian garment manufacturers and exporters who have been protesting for a long time against such practices

Two birds with one stone and that too, at a time when trumpwa has hiked their tariffs, and rendered them almost hors de combat

[Baikul]

Would it too improbable to consider purchasing or taking a 99 year lease on territory, or a link from Myanmar, south of Mizoram that connects to the Bay of Bengal?

Has there been any research or analysis done in this regard?

[chetak]

Would it too improbable to consider purchasing or taking a 99 year lease on territory, or a link from Myanmar, south of Mizoram that connects to the Bay of Bengal?

Has there been any research or analysis done in this regard?

Baikul ji, google

[Manish_P]

Would it too improbable to consider purchasing or taking a 99 year lease on territory, or a link from Myanmar, south of Mizoram that connects to the Bay of Bengal?

Has there been any research or analysis done in this regard?

Recently we gave away 10,000 acres to them in exchange for just 500 acres

Sorry I meant to the. beedis

We will probably be just as generous to the burmese

[Aditya_V]

Boss those were fragments of territories , our 10000 acres was occupied by the Bd's anyways

[chetak]

That was quick ......



from a beedi newspaper

India sends back 4 Bangladeshi trucks from Benapole

The trucks, carrying ready-made garments, were en route to Bhutan


Aminul Haque, vice-president of the Benapole Import-Export Association, said, "Such a decision by the Indian government will create tension in the trade and friendship of the two countries. We hope that the Indian government will avoid their aggressive decisions and maintain friendly relations."

Kamal Uddin Shimul, vice-president of the C&F Agents Association, said, "Four trucks carrying export goods were not allowed to enter India following the cancellation of the transit facility. This will cause major losses to Bangladesh's export trade."

[Manish_P]

Boss those were fragments of territories , our 10000 acres was occupied by the Bd's anyways

That's the point. We gave away territories simply because they were occupied by the beedis.

And these were not territories where 'not a blade of grass grows'...

The US pushes out illegal immigrants, the pakis kick out Afghans and we give away territories

[sanjayc]

Would it too improbable to consider purchasing or taking a 99 year lease on territory, or a link from Myanmar, south of Mizoram that connects to the Bay of Bengal?

Has there been any research or analysis done in this regard?

My only worry is that once North East gets sea access, it will become viable as a separate Xian country, and padres and Whites are going to redouble their efforts regarding "North East for Christ" movement. You will suddenly find many NGOs from Norway and Finland establishing base there for "Charity."

[A_Gupta]

https://www.indiatodayne.in/tripura/sto ... 2025-03-24

First-ever goods train from Guwahati reaches Tripura's Nischintapur

Placing it here for the last sentence in the story - I suspect the untold story is the collapse of the transit deals India has with Bangladesh post-Sheikh Hasina, and then Yunus telling the Chinese essentially that Bangladesh holds India hostage for transit.

[sanjaykumar]

Norway and Finland have both expelled Christ from their territories.

I can understand refuge being secured in a remote part of the world, about 300 yrs behind Europe when the conversions first started in the 1940s.


But I can smell the hypocrisy.