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–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 Navy Delegation Undertakes Significant Bilateral Visit to Pakistan to Enhance Naval Cooperation
Reading Time: 2 minutesA senior Bangladesh Navy delegation led by Rear Admiral Moinul Hasan, Commander Chattogram Naval Area (COMCHIT), embarked on a two-day official visit to Pakistan on 23 November, marking another important step in the deepening naval partnership between Dhaka and Islamabad. Rear Admiral Hasan is accompanied by Commodore Mohammad Abdul Quader, Continue Reading
HIT Chairman’s Dhaka Visit Accelerates Bangladesh–Pakistan Defence Cooperation
Reading Time: 2 minutesPakistan’s Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) Chairman, Lieutenant General Shakir Ullah Khattak, met the Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army today at Army Headquarters in Dhaka, marking a significant step forward in defence-industrial engagement between the two countries. The meeting centred on ongoing proposals to upgrade Bangladesh’s ageing fleet Continue Reading
Pakistan and Bangladesh Mark Historic Thaw as Air Chiefs Hold First-Ever High-Level Meeting in Dubai
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a landmark development signalling a rare thaw in military-to-military relations, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), held a high-level meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, on the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow. Continue Reading