The fishy diplomacy causing tensions between Bangladesh and India

Hilsa, which is Bangladesh’s national fish, is “cherished as the queen among fish”, said the outlet. Central to the culinary identity of both Bangladesh and the bordering Indian state of West Bengal, it was once used by former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a “tool of diplomacy” to “foster ties” with India.

Can we brand Bangladesh afresh?

Fallen dictator Sheikh Hasina used to regularly lament that she did a great job, but our civil society members were behaving dumb. A few of my friends were quite aggrieved — our country made so many …