Muhammad Yunus

Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has urged US President Trump to delay reciprocal tariffs by three months, pledging increased US imports, including agricultural goods, LNG, and further trade facilitation measures.

During a bilateral meeting in Bangkok, PM Modi and Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus discussed Sheikh Hasina’s extradition, said the MEA. India also raised concerns over minority safety, illegal immigration, and stressed the need for border security.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first face-to-face engagement with Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser, Muhammad Yunus, since the interim government assumed power in Dhaka in July 2024 is more than a routine bilateral summit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, their first face-to-face meeting since the collapse of Bangladesh's former PM Sheikh Hasina's government.

PM Modi and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus were seated together at a BIMSTEC dinner in Thailand amid strained India-Bangladesh ties.

Muhammad Yunus's controversial remark that Bangladesh is "the only guardian of the ocean" for India's northeastern states has sparked widespread outrage. His comments, challenging India's sovereignty and endorsing Chinese economic expansion, have drawn sharp criticism.

Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus called on all citizens to immediately restore complete law and order and to ensure there will be no further attacks on properties associated with the family of Sheikh Hasina and politicians of Awami League party or against any citizen on any pretext, a statement from the Chief Adviser's press wing said on Friday.

India is closely watching the increased military engagement between Bangladesh and Pakistan, with a top Pakistani delegation visiting Dhaka, amid concerns over Pakistan's ISI activities and attacks on minorities in Bangladesh.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally written to the Ministry of External Affairs of India to facilitate the return of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday denounced a Bangladeshi minister’s comment about annexing India, saying that the interim government should be ‘mindful’ of the comments made in public.