Bangladesh Hints at Joining Bloc With China and Pakistan
Reading Time: 3 minutesBangladesh may be strategically positioned to join a regional bloc with China and Pakistan, excluding India, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has said, signalling a potentially significant shift in South Asian geopolitics. Responding to a question at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, Touhid noted that while such Continue Reading
Bangladesh’s Dual-Track Defence Strategy: Balancing Power in a Complex Region
Reading Time: 3 minutesBangladesh is quietly emerging as a regional military power, steadily enhancing its capabilities while navigating a complex web of geopolitical pressures. Its defence strategy is characterised by a dual-track approach that blends Chinese affordability with the technological sophistication of Western platforms. This method is not simply about acquiring weapons; it Continue Reading
Bangladesh–US Defence Dialogue Gains New Momentum as Dhaka Pursues American Hardware
Reading Time: 3 minutesBangladesh is hosting the 12th Bangladesh–US Bilateral Defence Dialogue from 10–11 December, with senior military officials from both countries convening in Dhaka to discuss strategic cooperation, regional security, and defence modernisation. A seven-member delegation from the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) arrived in the capital ahead of the dialogue to participate Continue Reading
Bangladesh–Pakistan Naval Cooperation: Interoperability, Networked Warfare and Maritime Security in the Northern Indian Ocean
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe maritime security environment of the northern Indian Ocean and the wider Indo-Pacific is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by technological change, expanding blue-economy interests, intensifying non-traditional security threats and the growing centrality of network-centric naval operations. Within this evolving setting, cooperation between the Bangladesh Navy and the Pakistan Navy has Continue Reading
Bangladesh Army to Assume Full Security Control of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Bangladesh Army is set to assume full responsibility for the security of the country’s only nuclear power facility, the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in Pabna district, amid heightened efforts to strengthen its physical protection system ahead of the plant’s commissioning. According to documents of the Armed Forces Division Continue Reading