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India-Bangladesh relations: In a matter of shock for the India amid the India-Pakistan tensions, Bangladesh head of government Muhammad Yunus has passed a comment that has taken the world by surprise. The head of the government has called for 'an integrated economic plan for the Seven System States of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and India'. Muhammad Yunus added that these countries and 'India's Northeast' will benefit more by staying together than by staying apart. Here are all the details you need to know.
Bangladesh's interim government head, Muhammad Yunus, shared a post on social media platform X following his meeting with Indira Rana, Deputy Speaker of Nepal's House of Representatives, in which he referenced Northeast India.
'Interim Government Chief Muhammad Yunus called for an integrated economic strategy between Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and India's seven northeastern states, emphasizing the possibility of cross-border cooperation in hydropower, healthcare and road connectivity', Mohammad Yunus' office said in a post. Bangladesh issues a gazette notification
Bangladesh on Monday issued a gazette notification, officially banning all activities of deposed premier Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party under an overnight revised anti-terrorism law.
'The Home Ministry today issued the gazette notification banning all activities of the Awami League, its all front, associate and brotherly organisations,' Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd.) Jahangir Alam told a media briefing here.
According to the notification, Awami League and its affiliated organisations were banned under the Anti-Terrorism Act 2025 until Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) completed the trial of its leaders and activists, said a Home Ministry official.
The official said Section 18 of the revised law empowered the government to declare any 'entity' or organisation alongside an individual if they were found involved in terrorism based on reasonable grounds. The original Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 did not have the provision of banning the 'entity'.
(With inputs from agencies)
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