‘Nepal's hydropower can benefit Bangladesh, entire region’

[Michael]

The terrain of Bangladesh is not suitable for hydroelectric power generation. It is now difficult to find countries willing to export technology and equipment for thermal power generation.

Considering its scarce land resources, Bangladesh should first consider building photovoltaic and wind power plants in the sea. Followed by nuclear power plants.

For a country that is badly torn internally, any major infrastructure construction is an illusion.

Whenever a major project is proposed, a large number of people will use various means to oppose, protest, and stop it..................

All national resources are consumed in internal struggles. Nor is there any foreign government or business willing to invest a lot of money in this environment.

In Bangladesh, there are those who support exchanges with India, those who support the struggle against India, those who want independence, those who support exchanges with other countries, and those who support multi-directional exchanges......................

In such an environment, are you willing to invest in large-scale infrastructure construction?

It is possible only after solving this problem.

Or, after a certain area is settled, invest in this place..........

 

[Pingle]

You need to look at this from a holistic basis.

Indian NE at least is not going to prosper and be stable without a prosperous and stable BD.

Likewise selling electricity to BD will also help develop Nepal and Bhutan in due course.

Of course BD will need to reciprocate and the 2 countries can look at "quid-pro-quo" transit facilities but 99 year lease is unrealistic but more like 25 year agreements at a time.

BD will soon wake up and be a serious country again. At the moment we have student "leaders" and anti-India elements free to say whatever they like without the responsibility of actual government. Some things are best either not said or brought up in private between responsible government officials.

A lot here talk like BD is some country that has a lot of options in terms of who it needs to deal with. Myanmar could not be more worse as a neighbour and frankly it does not, India is a critical country for it. India also needs BD to some extent in terms of raising the prosperity and stabilisation of the NE and the region as a whole which is a strategic interest for it.

It will take some time but soon the mutually beneficial co-operation between India and BD will resume.

Countries that do not trade with neighbours generally do not develop much.

Agreed NE too won't prosper without Bangladesh.... we have small narrow corridor connecting mainland with NE but transportation cost would be enormous....
Both India and Bangladesh naturally needs each other.... Noone can afford to offend each other.....

 

[MH.Yang]

For a country that is badly torn internally, any major infrastructure construction is an illusion.

Whenever a major project is proposed, a large number of people will use various means to oppose, protest, and stop it..................

All national resources are consumed in internal struggles. Nor is there any foreign government or business willing to invest a lot of money in this environment.

In Bangladesh, there are those who support exchanges with India, those who support the struggle against India, those who want independence, those who support exchanges with other countries, and those who support multi-directional exchanges......................

In such an environment, are you willing to invest in large-scale infrastructure construction?

It is possible only after solving this problem.

Or, after a certain area is settled, invest in this place..........

A hundred years ago China was in the same situation that Bangladesh is in now, but that time CCP and Mao came along.

The present Bangladesh needs a political party with nationalism as its core value and preferably owning or controlling the army, and its leader preferably without sons and daughters, a pure idealist.

 

[AbuShalehRumi]

Haseena was regarded as an Indian agent by many

Everyone in Bangladesh knows and seen the actions of BAL and Indian officials efforts to keep BAL on power. With confessions from her cronies we know for sure that entire BAL leadership is filled with RAW agents. And we also know india will not send any BAL leader especially hasina and her associates back to face justice.
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We don't have to regard anything...

And there will be little appetite in India to give concessions to a Bangladeshi government that allows Chinese and Pakistani influence to penetrate into the north east

Interesting days ahead in north east...

Indian agencies will be actively working to resurrect the Awami League or other relatively secular forces in Bangladesh

Good luck

the relationship can only be transactional.

This is the relationship we want...

 

[MH.Yang]

Yes, trade will continue . However, energy projects with long -term security and geopolitical ramifications are a different matter.

Ideally, India should be getting its hydrocarbons from Iran/Central Asia via Pakistan /Afghanistan , but security concerns prevent it.

Russia was a long -term gas supplier to Europe but got shut out off that market for good within months despite heavy costs to consumers.

Even on trade, India and Pakistan should ideally have been each other's biggest trading partners but no pair of governments has been able to agree to opening up trade because of the overhang of the Kashmir issue .

Past governments in BD have allowed Bangladeshi territory to be used to support insurgents in the north east and have loudly railed against Indian hegemony. Haseena was regarded as an Indian agent by many and if the next government is elected on an anti- Haseena platform, it will be political suicide for them to be seen doing strategic deals with India. And there will be little appetite in India to give concessions to a Bangladeshi government that allows Chinese and Pakistani influence to penetrate into the north east. Indian agencies will be actively working to resurrect the Awami League or other relatively secular forces in Bangladesh. In such an environment, the relationship can only be transactional.

Political hostility does not mean economic hostility.

India and Bangladesh need each other, and they both have enough leverage to negotiate and eventually reach a trade agreement.

I don't think it amounts to political suicide for a government to enter into a trade agreement with a hostile country. The world has too many examples to prove my point.

 

[Hope]

Everyone in Bangladesh knows and seen the actions of BAL and Indian officials efforts to keep BAL on power. With confessions from her cronies we know for sure that entire BAL leadership is filled with RAW agents. And we also know india will not send any BAL leader especially hasina and her associates back to face justice.
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We don't have to regard anything...

Interesting days ahead in north east...

Good luck

This is the relationship we want...

Yes, the relationship between India and BD is only going to deteriorate, but India needs BD less than BD needs India.

 

[Alter_Ego]

You need to look at this from a holistic basis.

Indian NE at least is not going to prosper and be stable without a prosperous and stable BD.

Likewise selling electricity to BD will also help develop Nepal and Bhutan in due course.

Of course BD will need to reciprocate and the 2 countries can look at "quid-pro-quo" transit facilities but 99 year lease is unrealistic but more like 25 year agreements at a time.

BD will soon wake up and be a serious country again. At the moment we have student "leaders" and anti-India elements free to say whatever they like without the responsibility of actual government. Some things are best either not said or brought up in private between responsible government officials.

A lot here talk like BD is some country that has a lot of options in terms of who it needs to deal with. Myanmar could not be more worse as a neighbour and frankly it does not, India is a critical country for it. India also needs BD to some extent in terms of raising the prosperity and stabilisation of the NE and the region as a whole which is a strategic interest for it.

It will take some time but soon the mutually beneficial co-operation between India and BD will resume.

Countries that do not trade with neighbours generally do not develop much.

Yeah but unfortunately India is not a country with win-win mentality.

BD and India will always be neighbors. No reason to be enemy with a neighbour i agree. Otoh India is not a country that have a prosperous BD in its intetest. BD must look to countries like Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan., who managed to build a strong economy despite constrained geopolitical location.

 

[AbuShalehRumi]

we have small narrow corridor connecting mainland with NE but transportation cost would be enormous....

Plus, that corridor is within Chinese "cheap" artillery range.

Noone can afford to offend each other.....

India struck us first by supporting BALs dictatorial regime...

 

[AbuShalehRumi]

Yes, the relationship between India and BD is only going to deteriorate, but India needs BD less than BD needs India.

How? India isn't an export destination for us...

 

[Hope]

Political hostility does not mean economic hostility.

India and Bangladesh need each other, and they both have enough leverage to negotiate and eventually reach a trade agreement.

I don't think it amounts to political suicide for a government to enter into a trade agreement with a hostile country. The world has too many examples to prove my point.

Please read my post again. I was not talking about trade agreements, but a long term strategic energy pact to supply BD with electricity generated in Nepal transmitted through Indian territory .

 

[MH.Yang]

The greatest duty of a government is to maintain order and stability, not to pursue justice and fairness. The pursuit of justice and equity is a means used to maintain order and stability; it is not an end in itself.
As long as any country can maintain order and stability, its economy is bound to grow. The more order and stability it has, the faster its economy will grow.
And the best justice and fairness is to let the people have enough material and spiritual wealth to keep society in order and security.

 

[MH.Yang]

Please read my post again. I was not talking about trade agreements, but a long term strategic energy pact to supply BD with electricity generated in Nepal transmitted through Indian territory .

This is highly unlikely. Even if the price of electricity is low, the political price that Bangladesh will have to pay to Nepal and India will be high. No country will ever feel that there is too much electricity; there are too many ways for electricity to be turned into wealth. If you want to buy power from other countries, then the price to be paid will certainly not be just money.

 

[Hope]

How? India isn't an export destination for us...

According to members of the new regime, India can flood BD at will. Also, trade with India is a much larger percentage of BD's economy than trade with BD is of India's economy. If India adopts the same approach to BD as it has towards Pakistan, it will be an irritant for India but will cripple Bangladesh.

If tensions heat up on the border, India's military power is far superior.

Ergo, BD needs a non-hostile India more than India needs a non-hostile BD.

 

[Saudang]

No thanks. This will create a crippling dependency that will become a blackmailing tool.

Whether one likes it or not, Bangladesh is geographically, culturally, and to a great extent, financially connected to India. A change in regime in Dhaka will not alter these fundamental realities. Moreover, India neither has the desire nor the need to blackmail Bangladesh. We have maintained a friendly relationship for decades, and this will continue. The so-called anti-India rhetoric is not grounded in reality and will soon be disproven.

 

[Saudang]

BTW, I like the fact indians are more concerned about Bangladesh than we Bangladeshis ourselves! Although we know why, still it is hilarious...

Well, when you're the big player in the region, you tend to keep an eye on the neighborhood. It’s not so much about being “concerned” as it is about ensuring that everyone plays nice and doesn't upset the balance. After all, when Bangladesh sneezes, the region tends to feel the chill. So, yes, we do pay attention, and for good reason.

But it's amusing to think that some might see this as over-concern. Perhaps it’s because we understand the stakes better than some would like to admit. And while it might be hilarious to you, the reality is that stability and progress aren't laughing matters. So, yes, we keep a close watch—not out of worry, but out of wisdom.