Bangladesh’s Interim Government head Muhammad Yunus made an attempt to set aside rising concerns on deterioration of ties between India and Bangladesh, saying that the Southwest Asian countries often become victims of “propaganda” but efforts are being made to beat them. He said the two nations are “highly interdependent” and relations can’t be bad. 

While talking to BBC Bangla, Yunus said that the relations with India have not deteriorated and the two nations are politically and historically close to each other. 

Meanwhile, the Bangladesh military acquired the Turkish TB-2 Bayraktar drones and is operating them close to the Indian border for surveillance operations.

Defence sources told the news agency that the Indian agencies concerned have seen the drones operating and are closely monitoring them.

Sources said the drones have been seen carrying out sorties in the last few months and are flying inside their own territory along the borders with India.

The Indian side has taken all measures, including installing radars for keeping a close watch on their activities in these areas, they said.