New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Former Bangladesh national team footballer and country's new state minister of youth and sports Aminul Haque has promised to mend strained sporting ties with India and other neighbouring countries, immediately after taking oath on Tuesday. Aminul was sworn in after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) came to power following elections on February 12.

The two countries have had smooth sporting ties but things changed ever since former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's ouster from the country last year in August. While India postponed their tour of Bangladesh last year, matters went out of hands when Mustafizur Rahman was unceremoniously removed from Indian Premier League (IPL) following a BCCI directive, after being bo...