Dhaka has decided to sign the much-talked about Protocol for Movement of Regular, Non-regular and Personal Vehicles for Implementation of the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal) Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA) without Bhutan, deviating from its earlier stance of not going ahead without Bhutan. The current Bangladesh stance follows the decision of a meeting of the sub-regional cooperation (joint communiqué and framework agreement) held at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on November 23 this year. According to the minutes of the meeting, signed by the Prime Minister’s adviser Dr Mashiur Rahman on December 7, “Bangladesh, India and Nepal may make the MVA operational.” The representative of the Road Transport…

Rohingyas continue to cross over to Bangladesh from Myanmar's Rakhine state, with more than 2,000…