India's Diplomatic Tightrope: Bangladesh Freeze, Pakistan Friction, and the Mecca Pact Shadow

India-Bangladesh relations have hit a wall after Dhaka declared there is no "propitious environment" for PM Tarique Rahman's proposed visit to India, directly blaming New Delhi's hosting of exiled leader Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry stated on August 16 that the process had been "vitiated" by Hasina's August 5 press conference in Delhi, where she declared intentions to return to Dhaka despite facing a **death...