External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there are an estimated 19,000 Indian nationals of which about 9000 are students while ensuring the country that the government is in close contact with the Indian community in Dhaka.
Amid political unrest in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there are an estimated 19,000 Indian nationals of which about 9000 are students while ensuring the country that the government is in close contact with the Indian community in Dhaka.
External Affairs Minister while briefing an all-party meeting on the Bangladesh situation told the members that Sheikh Hasina had moved to India and India would take care of the Bangladeshi leader.
President Droupadi Murmu was conferred with 'The Order of Fiji', the country's highest civilian award by President Ratu Wiliame Maivalili Katonivere of Fiji on Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on the sidelines of the Monsoon session of Lok Sabha and discussed the recent developments in Bangladesh, according to Congress sources.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor expressed hope that a solution be found "very quickly" as a fresh wave of violence gripped Bangladesh leaving at least 93 people dead.