Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has blamed India’s support for Sheikh Hasina for straining bilateral ties, claiming the deposed former Prime Minister was responsible for the killing of young protesters during the Dhaka unrest.

“We have problems with India right now because they didn’t like what the students have done. And they are hosting Hasina, 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 on all kinds of propaganda is coming from the other side,” Yunus said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

On the regional front, Yunus stressed the need to revive the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), calling it a “wonderful idea” that was allowed to w

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