New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Following the death of former Bangladesh Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, former diplomat Ashok Sajjanhar said that Bangladesh remains a very important partner for India.

Sajjanhar, who also served as a counsellor during the Zia regime in Bangladesh, handling political affairs and bilateral relations, said that while there have been problems in the past, but "the current circumstances have to be managed well"

Speaking to ANI after her demise in a video interview, Sajjanhar said, "She was the leader of a neighbouring country, and whatever might have been the problems between us in the past, and there have been difficult relations in the past, but Bangladesh is goin...