Bay of Bengal

By Mehedi Hasan (Dhaka Bureau) A profound policy shift is underway on the international political and geo-strategic stage. Japan- Asia’s second-largest economy and a country long defined by its post-WWII pacifism- is actively pivoting away from its historically stringent bans…

It is a fact that the geographical location of Bangladesh added extra fuel to survive this geopolitical rivalry in South Asia. Undoubtedly, the existence of the Bay of Bengal around Bangladesh not only facilitates its survival matters militarily but also…

By Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh has emerged at the center of growing geopolitical competition in the Bay of Bengal region. Intense diplomatic analysis is now underway across South Asia and the Indo-Pacific regarding the feasibility of a Chinese-proposed…

India, China, the United States, Russia and Pakistan Facing the New Balance of the Bay of Bengal “When a government falls, it is not always only a government that falls. Sometimes an entire region moves…” Bangladesh has just entered a…

The country that some reduce to polite meetings is sitting on a geopolitical fault line between China, India, the United States and the new Global South Bangladesh often appears in the international press as a pleasant postcard: meetings, flowers, breakfasts,…

A recent India Today commentary (September 2025) alarmingly depicts Chittagong Port as a threat, transforming a commercial port into a chessboard of global power and endangering Northeast India. It warns that every multinational exercise or visit to Bangladesh is a…

Soon after Professor Muhammad Yunus frankly announced that Bangladesh is the guardian of the ocean—the Bay of Bengal—the bigwigs, military hawks, politicians, and ‘Godi Media’ in India lashed out at Bangladesh for such a statement, which has been deemed a…

The 6th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) started the day before while Bangladesh took over the chairmanship for the next two years. The warm reception of Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad…

The hostile Indian “Godi Media” is once again rolling up their sleeves after Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus said that, “We Are The Only Guardian Of Ocean…” Hours before Prof Yunus arrived in Dhaka (before taking oath of public office…