Kashem. Space and Culture, India 2016, 4:1 Page | 19 DOI: 10.20896/saci.v4i1.195 REVIEW OPEN ACCESS Recent Issues in Bangladesh-India Relations: A Bangladeshi Perspective Dr. Md. Abul Kashem† Abstract What are the recent issues in Bangladesh-India relations that determine the nature of the bilateral relations? This article is an attempt to investigate this question. It argues that there are a number of pertinent issues that determine the nature and state of Bangladesh-India relations. In this context, security, trade, visa, cricket, power, connectivity remain as vital issues. The article recommends that in this age of shared peace, security and prosperity, Bangladesh-India needs to explore and utilise the untapped potentials. Key words: Bangladesh, India, Cricket, Security, Connectivity, Trade, Water † Professor and Chairman, Department of International Relations, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, Email:
[email protected] © 2016 Kashem. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Kashem. Space and Culture, India 2016, 4:1 Page | 20 DOI: 10.20896/saci.v4i1.195 Introduction Geo-strategic and Security Issues If one looks at the history, before 1947, India, Geo-strategic and security issues remain Pakistan and Bangladesh was a single region important dimension in Bangladesh-India popularly known as Indian subcontinent. Then relations (Sobhan, 2011). It can be argued that through partition in 1947, India was divided during honourable Mr. Narendra Modi’s into India and Pakistan.