Bangladesh's interim head Muhammad Yunus has once again stirred diplomatic unease by again treading into the issue of India's northeast region. This time, Yunus was seen presenting a Pakistani general with a controversial map depicting Assam and other northeastern states as part of Bangladesh.
It happened as Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee chairperson, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, visited Dhaka over the weekend and met Yunus, coming amid a warming of ties between the countries, whose relationship has been historically strained since the 1971 Liberation War.
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YUNUS MEETS PAK GENERAL
On Sunday
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