Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has blamed India’s support for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina for straining bilateral ties, accusing her of being responsible for the killing of young protesters during recent unrest in Dhaka.

“We have problems with India right now because they didn’t like what the students have done. And they are hosting Hasina, who is the former prime minister, who created all this problem and killed the young people. That creates a lot of tension between India and Bangladesh. Also, lots of fake news is coming from the other side, making all kinds of propaganda,” Yunus said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

On the regional front, Yunus stressed the need to revive South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), calling it a

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