The interim government of Bangladesh has cancelled the programme of 50 judges coming to India for training. The Economic Times gave this information on Sunday quoting the Bangladeshi Law Ministry. All these judges and judicial officers were to come to India for training from February 10. An agreement was signed with India in 2017 regarding the training of judges when Sheikh Hasina was the Prime Minister. According to the news outlet Daily Star, the Yunus government cancelled this programme after the order of the Bangladeshi Supreme Court. A day earlier, Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha, on behalf of the Yunus government, had issued a report saying that 50 lower court judges would participate in a day’s training at the National Judicial Academy and State Judicial Academy in Madhya Pradesh. The entire cost of the training programme was to be borne by the Government of India. The trainee judges selected under the programme were District and Sessions Judges or equivalent officers, Additional District and Sessions Judges, Joint District Judges, Senior Assistant Judges and Assistant Judges. Sheikh Hasina had signed an agreement in 2017 Sheikh Hasina had visited India in 2017 while she was the Prime Minister. During this period, both the countries had signed 22 agreements. These included the training and capacity development program of the officer of Bangladesh’s judiciary. An agreement was also signed between the National Judicial Academy of India and the Supreme Court of Bangladesh regarding this. Trade continues despite tension Trade continues amid the ever-increasing tension between the countries. Bangladesh has decided to buy 2 lakh tonnes of rice from India. Its first consignment of 27 thousand tonnes of rice reached Chittagong, Bangladesh on 27 December. Apart from 2 lakh tonnes of boiled rice, the interim government of Bangladesh will also import 1 lakh tonnes of rice from India through tender. Attacks on Hindus are increasing continuously in Bangladesh Since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on 5 August 2024 in Bangladesh, anti-India sentiments have gained strength. The Bangladesh government has demanded the deportation of Sheikh Hasina from India. Apart from this, religious places related to minorities are being continuously targeted. Hindu leaders are receiving threats. ISKCON religious guru Chinmay Krishna Das is in police custody since November 25 on charges of sedition. ———————— Read this news too… Read this news too… Bail plea of Hindu saint Chinmay Prabhu rejected in Bangladesh: Hearing lasted for half an hour in Chittagong court, now preparations to go to High Court Bail plea of Hindu saint Chinmay Prabhu Das in Bangladesh was rejected for the second time today. According to news agency Daily Star, Chittagong Session Court judge Saifullah Islam gave this decision after reading the arguments of both the sides. Hearing went on for about half an hour in this case. Read the full news here…
