The West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, is not coming to Dhaka with the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday as she is purportedly unhappy with Teesta water-sharing treaty to be signed during the high-profile visit. A source close to Mamata, quoting the chief minister’s secretariat, told the news agency on Sunday that she [...]
Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, called up Sheikh Hasina on Monday evening apparently to clarify his controversial remarks which threatened to sour relations. During the phone call around 8pm when Hasina was at her official home Ganabhaban, Singh praised her leadership, and said he was sure his Sept 6-7 visit would be a [...]
The government on Sunday said that there is no reason to issue any statement in response to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent controversial remarks on Bangladesh, according to foreign secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes. ‘I think there is no need to issue any further statement as the MEA (India’s Ministry of External Affairs) and [...]