Bangladesh Must Answer Pressure With Strategy, Not Provocation

Reading Time: 6 minutesDhaka’s response to a more difficult relationship with India should be diplomatic diversification, credible deterrence and the international defence of its sovereign rights Bangladesh’s relationship with India is entering one of its most consequential periods in decades. Political distrust, unresolved water-sharing questions, recurring border controversies and competing perceptions of sovereignty Continue Reading

Bangladesh Deepens Maritime Security Engagement Through Saudi-Led Red Sea Coalition

Reading Time: 5 minutesDhaka’s participation reflects a growing recognition that maritime security beyond the Bay of Bengal has become a strategic national interest. Bangladesh has taken a significant step in expanding its international maritime security engagement after approving the participation of a senior Armed Forces Division (AFD) delegation in the inaugural high-level meeting Continue Reading

Rangpur and Noakhali: Are They Really Bangladesh’s “Chicken’s Necks”?

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs Bangladesh modernises its armed forces and pursues a more diversified foreign and defence policy, discussions surrounding the country’s strategic geography have become increasingly prominent. Among the recurring assertions is that Bangladesh possesses two so-called “chicken’s necks”—Rangpur in the north-west and Noakhali in the south-east—which are sometimes portrayed as decisive Continue Reading

Bangladesh Moves to Dissolve RAB, New Elite Force to Replace It

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe government is preparing to dissolve the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and establish a new specialised force under a separate legal framework, according to a draft law currently being finalised by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Under the proposed legislation, the new organisation will inherit RAB’s personnel, assets and ongoing Continue Reading

Bangladesh Moves to Strengthen Border Security with Myanmar Fence Initiative

Reading Time: 3 minutesBangladesh has announced a significant new border security initiative aimed at enhancing national security, curbing transnational crime, and strengthening sovereign control along its frontiers. The government has taken steps to construct barbed-wire fencing along sections of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, with similar measures for sensitive areas of the Bangladesh-India border currently Continue Reading

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