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Dhaka is resetting ties with New Delhi. Modi govt must open up

Newly appointed Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Kahlilur Rahman, is expected to land in India in April. This will be first high-level outreach since PM Tarique Rahman took office.

We remember so many across India who stood by us—emotionally, physically, materially—in West Bengal, Tripura, other parts of the North-East, and beyond. We remember so much of support and succour provided to the young Mukti Bahini Force Commanders in India,” said Riaz Hamidullah, Bangladesh High Commissioner to India, at their Independence Day and National Day reception celebrated on 26 March.

The audience applauded, and what seemed to be the strongest historical connection—ignored during former Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus’s 18-month regime—seemed to have returned.

The acknowledgement of the shared history and valour of the two sides in fighting the Pakistani forces in the 1971 War of Independence came a day after Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, in his message on 25 March, marking Genocide Day, called out Pakistan, adding, “In the history of freedom-loving Bangladesh, 25 March 1971 remains one of the most disgraceful and brutal days. On that dark night, the Pakistani occupation forces carried out one of the most heinous genocides in history against the unarmed people of Bangladesh.”

Two messages, one reading: Dhaka has pressed the reset button in ties with Delhi, which were damaged and looked beyond repair during Yunus’s tenure in the interim government.

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